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India — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for India, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.34%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -18.7% since 2000
Health spending for India was 3.34% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.34% in 2001. The lowest was 2.86% in 2018 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.89% per year.
India ranks 167 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for South Asia is 4.42%, so India sits below it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.34%
First (2000)
4.11%
Change
-18.7%
Highest
4.34%
in 2001
Lowest
2.86%
in 2018
Average
3.57%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.89%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.34% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.35% |
| 2020 | 3.34% |
| 2019 | 2.95% |
| 2018 | 2.86% |
| 2017 | 2.94% |
| 2016 | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.62% |
| 2013 | 3.75% |
| 2012 | 3.33% |
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.