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Gambia, The — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Gambia, The, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.89%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -73.2% since 2000
Health spending for Gambia, The was 2.89% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 10.79% in 2000. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -5.56% per year.
Gambia, The ranks 176 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Gambia, The sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 73% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.89%
First (2000)
10.79%
Change
-73.2%
Highest
10.79%
in 2000
Lowest
2.89%
in 2023
Average
4.62%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-5.56%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.89% |
| 2022 | 3.54% |
| 2021 | 3.74% |
| 2020 | 4.01% |
| 2019 | 3.15% |
| 2018 | 3.19% |
| 2017 | 3.35% |
| 2016 | 3.2% |
| 2015 | 3.18% |
| 2014 | 3.05% |
| 2013 | 3.91% |
| 2012 | 4.27% |
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.