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Ethiopia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Ethiopia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.80%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -35.8% since 2000
Health spending for Ethiopia was 2.80% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.47% in 2010. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.91% per year.
Ethiopia ranks 179 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Ethiopia sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 49% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.80%
First (2000)
4.37%
Change
-35.8%
Highest
5.47%
in 2010
Lowest
2.80%
in 2023
Average
4.08%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.91%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.85% |
| 2021 | 3.21% |
| 2020 | 3.48% |
| 2019 | 3.24% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 3.45% |
| 2016 | 3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.82% |
| 2014 | 4.03% |
| 2013 | 4.08% |
| 2012 | 4.54% |
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.