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Liberia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Liberia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
13.01%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +383.1% since 2000
Health spending for Liberia was 13.01% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 13.59% in 2022. The lowest was 2.16% in 2001 (about 6.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.09% per year.
Liberia ranks 6 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Liberia sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 82%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
13.01%
First (2000)
2.69%
Change
+383.1%
Highest
13.59%
in 2022
Lowest
2.16%
in 2001
Average
7.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
7.09%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.01% |
| 2022 | 13.59% |
| 2021 | 13.27% |
| 2020 | 12.91% |
| 2019 | 8.38% |
| 2018 | 10.44% |
| 2017 | 9.91% |
| 2016 | 9.89% |
| 2015 | 10.38% |
| 2014 | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 7.16% |
| 2012 | 7.63% |
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.