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Kiribati — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Kiribati, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
10.95%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +40.8% since 2000
Health spending for Kiribati was 10.95% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 13.66% in 2020. The lowest was 7.22% in 2015 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.50% per year.
Kiribati ranks 16 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Kiribati sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
10.95%
First (2000)
7.77%
Change
+40.8%
Highest
13.66%
in 2020
Lowest
7.22%
in 2015
Average
10.40%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.50%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.95% |
| 2022 | 10.53% |
| 2021 | 11.83% |
| 2020 | 13.66% |
| 2019 | 10.17% |
| 2018 | 10.9% |
| 2017 | 9.68% |
| 2016 | 9.04% |
| 2015 | 7.22% |
| 2014 | 8.95% |
| 2013 | 8.71% |
| 2012 | 7.95% |
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.