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Malawi — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Malawi, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.53%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +177.8% since 2000
Health spending for Malawi was 6.53% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.22% in 2013. The lowest was 2.06% in 2001 (about 3.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.54% per year.
Malawi ranks 95 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Malawi sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 21%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.53%
First (2000)
2.35%
Change
+177.8%
Highest
8.22%
in 2013
Lowest
2.06%
in 2001
Average
5.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.54%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.53% |
| 2022 | 6.63% |
| 2021 | 7.52% |
| 2020 | 7.04% |
| 2019 | 6.37% |
| 2018 | 6.88% |
| 2017 | 7.58% |
| 2016 | 7.73% |
| 2015 | 6.63% |
| 2014 | 6.9% |
| 2013 | 8.22% |
| 2012 | 6.02% |
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.