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Dominican Republic — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Dominican Republic, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.60%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -5.8% since 2000
Health spending for Dominican Republic was 4.60% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.09% in 2021. The lowest was 3.99% in 2006 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.26% per year.
Dominican Republic ranks 132 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Dominican Republic sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.60%
First (2000)
4.88%
Change
-5.8%
Highest
5.09%
in 2021
Lowest
3.99%
in 2006
Average
4.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.26%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.6% |
| 2022 | 4.65% |
| 2021 | 5.09% |
| 2020 | 4.96% |
| 2019 | 4.37% |
| 2018 | 4.22% |
| 2017 | 4.45% |
| 2016 | 4.59% |
| 2015 | 4.74% |
| 2014 | 4.81% |
| 2013 | 4.93% |
| 2012 | 5.06% |
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.