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Kenya — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Kenya, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.35%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +20.1% since 2000
Health spending for Kenya was 4.35% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.39% in 2010. The lowest was 3.62% in 2000 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.80% per year.
Kenya ranks 142 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Kenya sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.35%
First (2000)
3.62%
Change
+20.1%
Highest
5.39%
in 2010
Lowest
3.62%
in 2000
Average
4.56%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.80%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.35% |
| 2022 | 4.32% |
| 2021 | 4.57% |
| 2020 | 4.49% |
| 2019 | 4.37% |
| 2018 | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 3.99% |
| 2016 | 4.75% |
| 2015 | 4.76% |
| 2014 | 4.91% |
| 2013 | 4.93% |
| 2012 | 5.02% |
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.