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Iraq — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Iraq, 2003–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.53%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +84.6% since 2003
Health spending for Iraq was 5.53% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 21 years, from 2003 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.73% in 2020. The lowest was 2.49% in 2006 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.11% per year.
Iraq ranks 115 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Iraq sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 97%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.53%
First (2003)
3.00%
Change
+84.6%
Highest
5.73%
in 2020
Lowest
2.49%
in 2006
Average
3.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.11%
Years of data
21
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.53% |
| 2022 | 4.33% |
| 2021 | 5.14% |
| 2020 | 5.73% |
| 2019 | 4.21% |
| 2018 | 4.08% |
| 2017 | 4.09% |
| 2016 | 4.57% |
| 2015 | 3.16% |
| 2014 | 2.79% |
| 2013 | 2.81% |
| 2012 | 2.69% |
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.