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Lao PDR — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Lao PDR, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.33%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -69.0% since 2000
Health spending for Lao PDR was 1.33% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.48% in 2003. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.96% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 189 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Lao PDR sits below it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 70% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 45%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.33%
First (2000)
4.28%
Change
-69.0%
Highest
4.48%
in 2003
Lowest
1.33%
in 2023
Average
2.83%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.96%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.33% |
| 2022 | 2.02% |
| 2021 | 2.74% |
| 2020 | 2.06% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.25% |
| 2017 | 2.53% |
| 2016 | 2.36% |
| 2015 | 2.45% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | 2.08% |
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.