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Libya — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Libya, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
7.81%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +135.2% since 2000
Health spending for Libya was 7.81% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 2.24% in 2008 (about 3.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.79% per year.
Libya ranks 65 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Libya sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 57%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
7.81%
First (2000)
3.32%
Change
+135.2%
Highest
7.81%
in 2023
Lowest
2.24%
in 2008
Average
4.44%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.79%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.81% |
| 2022 | 4.74% |
| 2021 | 6.05% |
| 2020 | 7.11% |
| 2019 | 5.55% |
| 2018 | 4.87% |
| 2017 | 4.68% |
| 2016 | 6.17% |
| 2015 | 5.81% |
| 2014 | 5.18% |
| 2013 | 4.98% |
| 2012 | 3.96% |
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.