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Eswatini — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Eswatini, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
7.50%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +62.7% since 2000
Health spending for Eswatini was 7.50% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.86% in 2008. The lowest was 4.61% in 2000 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.14% per year.
Eswatini ranks 74 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Eswatini sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
7.50%
First (2000)
4.61%
Change
+62.7%
Highest
8.86%
in 2008
Lowest
4.61%
in 2000
Average
7.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.14%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.5% |
| 2022 | 7.24% |
| 2021 | 7.41% |
| 2020 | 7.1% |
| 2019 | 8.4% |
| 2018 | 7.32% |
| 2017 | 6.98% |
| 2016 | 6.82% |
| 2015 | 7.06% |
| 2014 | 7.26% |
| 2013 | 7.46% |
| 2012 | 7.82% |
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.