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Ireland — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Ireland, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
6.85%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +16.2% since 2000
Health spending for Ireland was 6.85% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 10.52% in 2009. The lowest was 5.90% in 2000 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.63% per year.
Ireland ranks 88 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 47%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Ireland sits below it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
6.85%
First (2000)
5.90%
Change
+16.2%
Highest
10.52%
in 2009
Lowest
5.90%
in 2000
Average
7.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.63%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.85% |
| 2023 | 6.58% |
| 2022 | 6.02% |
| 2021 | 6.44% |
| 2020 | 6.97% |
| 2019 | 6.62% |
| 2018 | 6.75% |
| 2017 | 6.92% |
| 2016 | 7.34% |
| 2015 | 7.08% |
| 2014 | 9.23% |
| 2013 | 10.03% |
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.