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Lebanon — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Lebanon, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.57%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -48.5% since 2000
Health spending for Lebanon was 5.57% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 10.83% in 2000. The lowest was 4.40% in 2021 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.85% per year.
Lebanon ranks 113 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Lebanon sits level with it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 49% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 21%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.57%
First (2000)
10.83%
Change
-48.5%
Highest
10.83%
in 2000
Lowest
4.40%
in 2021
Average
7.77%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.85%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.57% |
| 2022 | 4.91% |
| 2021 | 4.4% |
| 2020 | 7.48% |
| 2019 | 8.69% |
| 2018 | 8.07% |
| 2017 | 7.8% |
| 2016 | 7.92% |
| 2015 | 7.42% |
| 2014 | 7.52% |
| 2013 | 7.07% |
| 2012 | 7% |
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.