Honduras — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Honduras, 2000–2023.
Health spending for Honduras was 7.71% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.27% in 2021. The lowest was 5.93% in 2001 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.90% per year.
Honduras ranks 67 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Honduras sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 9%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 11 of 32 economies; Jamaica (7.60%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 26% in 2020. That is 3% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 77 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 54th of 184 in 2000 → 38th of 188 in 2010 → 47th of 189 in 2020 → 64th of 188 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.71% | -0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 8.15% | -1.1 pp |
| 2021 | 9.27% | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 9.22% | +1.9 pp |
| 2019 | 7.34% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 7.23% | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 7.01% | -0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 7.71% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 7.48% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 7.91% | -0.6 pp |
| 2013 | 8.48% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 8.66% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 8.79% | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 8.73% | -0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 9% | +0.4 pp |
| 2008 | 8.6% | +0.5 pp |
| 2007 | 8.08% | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 7.86% | +0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 7.5% | +0.6 pp |
| 2004 | 6.85% | -0.0 pp |
| 2003 | 6.89% | +0.6 pp |
| 2002 | 6.24% | +0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 5.93% | -0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 6.27% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s Health spending in 2001?
5.93% (2001). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s Health spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +23.0% in total — about 0.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 7.71%; 2022: 8.15%; 2021: 9.27%; 2020: 9.22%; 2019: 7.34%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.