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Guinea-Bissau — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Guinea-Bissau, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
8.82%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +110.6% since 2000
Health spending for Guinea-Bissau was 8.82% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.97% in 2014. The lowest was 3.50% in 2003 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.29% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 48 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Guinea-Bissau sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
8.82%
First (2000)
4.19%
Change
+110.6%
Highest
9.97%
in 2014
Lowest
3.50%
in 2003
Average
6.29%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.29%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.82% |
| 2022 | 8.34% |
| 2021 | 8.4% |
| 2020 | 8.99% |
| 2019 | 7.15% |
| 2018 | 7.28% |
| 2017 | 7% |
| 2016 | 8.33% |
| 2015 | 8.13% |
| 2014 | 9.97% |
| 2013 | 7.04% |
| 2012 | 5.94% |
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.