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Israel — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Israel, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
7.10%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +7.6% since 2000
Health spending for Israel was 7.10% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.84% in 2021. The lowest was 6.59% in 2000 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.32% per year.
Israel ranks 81 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Israel sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
7.10%
First (2000)
6.59%
Change
+7.6%
Highest
7.84%
in 2021
Lowest
6.59%
in 2000
Average
7.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.32%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.1% |
| 2022 | 7.12% |
| 2021 | 7.84% |
| 2020 | 7.75% |
| 2019 | 7.21% |
| 2018 | 7.24% |
| 2017 | 7.17% |
| 2016 | 7.1% |
| 2015 | 7.02% |
| 2014 | 7.03% |
| 2013 | 6.94% |
| 2012 | 6.94% |
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.