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Lesotho — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Lesotho, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
12.61%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +144.6% since 2000
Health spending for Lesotho was 12.61% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 21.92% in 2019. The lowest was 4.67% in 2005 (about 2.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.97% per year.
Lesotho ranks 8 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Lesotho sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 42% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
12.61%
First (2000)
5.16%
Change
+144.6%
Highest
21.92%
in 2019
Lowest
4.67%
in 2005
Average
9.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.97%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.61% |
| 2022 | 12.9% |
| 2021 | 10.66% |
| 2020 | 10.41% |
| 2019 | 21.92% |
| 2018 | 11.13% |
| 2017 | 10.53% |
| 2016 | 9.2% |
| 2015 | 9.25% |
| 2014 | 9.99% |
| 2013 | 10.98% |
| 2012 | 9.99% |
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.