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Egypt, Arab Rep. — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Egypt, Arab Rep., 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.88%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -0.8% since 2000
Health spending for Egypt, Arab Rep. was 4.88% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.51% in 2002. The lowest was 4.15% in 2010 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.03% per year.
Egypt, Arab Rep. ranks 127 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Egypt, Arab Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.88%
First (2000)
4.92%
Change
-0.8%
Highest
5.51%
in 2002
Lowest
4.15%
in 2010
Average
4.77%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.03%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.88% |
| 2022 | 4.72% |
| 2021 | 4.61% |
| 2020 | 4.15% |
| 2019 | 4.6% |
| 2018 | 4.75% |
| 2017 | 5.35% |
| 2016 | 5.07% |
| 2015 | 5.06% |
| 2014 | 4.77% |
| 2013 | 4.67% |
| 2012 | 4.46% |
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.