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Malaysia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Malaysia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.96%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +57.4% since 2000
Health spending for Malaysia was 3.96% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.37% in 2021. The lowest was 2.51% in 2000 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.99% per year.
Malaysia ranks 154 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 81%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Malaysia sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.96%
First (2000)
2.51%
Change
+57.4%
Highest
4.37%
in 2021
Lowest
2.51%
in 2000
Average
3.38%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.99%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.96% |
| 2022 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 4.37% |
| 2020 | 4.08% |
| 2019 | 3.84% |
| 2018 | 3.76% |
| 2017 | 3.71% |
| 2016 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3.82% |
| 2014 | 3.71% |
| 2013 | 3.51% |
| 2012 | 3.46% |
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.