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Guatemala — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Guatemala, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.80%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +26.0% since 2000
Health spending for Guatemala was 6.80% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.36% in 2021. The lowest was 5.40% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.01% per year.
Guatemala ranks 89 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 47%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Guatemala sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 18%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.80%
First (2000)
5.40%
Change
+26.0%
Highest
7.36%
in 2021
Lowest
5.40%
in 2000
Average
6.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.01%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 7.17% |
| 2021 | 7.36% |
| 2020 | 6.46% |
| 2019 | 6.17% |
| 2018 | 6.11% |
| 2017 | 6.14% |
| 2016 | 6.07% |
| 2015 | 6.01% |
| 2014 | 5.89% |
| 2013 | 5.77% |
| 2012 | 6.07% |
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.