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Ecuador — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Ecuador, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
7.56%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +111.6% since 2000
Health spending for Ecuador was 7.56% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.61% in 2020. The lowest was 3.57% in 2000 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.31% per year.
Ecuador ranks 72 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 38%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Ecuador sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
7.56%
First (2000)
3.57%
Change
+111.6%
Highest
8.61%
in 2020
Lowest
3.57%
in 2000
Average
6.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.31%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.56% |
| 2022 | 7.6% |
| 2021 | 8.38% |
| 2020 | 8.61% |
| 2019 | 7.81% |
| 2018 | 7.83% |
| 2017 | 7.52% |
| 2016 | 7.59% |
| 2015 | 7.77% |
| 2014 | 6.77% |
| 2013 | 6.78% |
| 2012 | 6.88% |
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.