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Cuba — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Cuba, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.38%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +42.6% since 2000
Health spending for Cuba was 9.38% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 13.79% in 2021. The lowest was 6.58% in 2000 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.55% per year.
Cuba ranks 37 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Cuba sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 32% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.38%
First (2000)
6.58%
Change
+42.6%
Highest
13.79%
in 2021
Lowest
6.58%
in 2000
Average
10.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.55%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.38% |
| 2022 | 11.79% |
| 2021 | 13.79% |
| 2020 | 12.49% |
| 2019 | 11.09% |
| 2018 | 11.02% |
| 2017 | 11.47% |
| 2016 | 12.22% |
| 2015 | 12.81% |
| 2014 | 12.14% |
| 2013 | 10.43% |
| 2012 | 9.3% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.