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Ghana — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Ghana, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.95%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +77.2% since 2000
Health spending for Ghana was 2.95% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.59% in 2013. The lowest was 1.66% in 2000 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.52% per year.
Ghana ranks 174 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Ghana sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.95%
First (2000)
1.66%
Change
+77.2%
Highest
4.59%
in 2013
Lowest
1.66%
in 2000
Average
3.39%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.52%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.95% |
| 2022 | 3.67% |
| 2021 | 3.86% |
| 2020 | 4.43% |
| 2019 | 3.25% |
| 2018 | 2.43% |
| 2017 | 2.69% |
| 2016 | 3.39% |
| 2015 | 4.54% |
| 2014 | 4.02% |
| 2013 | 4.59% |
| 2012 | 3.93% |
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.