Maldives — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Maldives, 2000–2023.
Health spending for Maldives was 9.25% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.47% in 2008. The lowest was 6.78% in 2003 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.78% per year.
Maldives ranks 40 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for South Asia is 4.42%, so Maldives sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 13%. Within South Asia it ranks 1 of 6 economies; Nepal (6.16%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 52% in 2020. That is 6% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 89 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 30th of 184 in 2000 → 42nd of 188 in 2010 → 20th of 189 in 2020 → 40th of 188 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.25% | +1.8 pp |
| 2022 | 7.5% | -1.4 pp |
| 2021 | 8.85% | -2.6 pp |
| 2020 | 11.44% | +3.9 pp |
| 2019 | 7.5% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 7.29% | -1.9 pp |
| 2017 | 9.15% | -1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 10.23% | +1.6 pp |
| 2015 | 8.68% | +0.8 pp |
| 2014 | 7.91% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 8.16% | -0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 8.67% | +0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 7.92% | -0.6 pp |
| 2010 | 8.49% | -1.6 pp |
| 2009 | 10.09% | -1.4 pp |
| 2008 | 11.47% | +3.2 pp |
| 2007 | 8.31% | +0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 8.05% | -0.8 pp |
| 2005 | 8.83% | +1.3 pp |
| 2004 | 7.48% | +0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 6.78% | -2.0 pp |
| 2002 | 8.78% | +0.6 pp |
| 2001 | 8.21% | +0.5 pp |
| 2000 | 7.74% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Maldives’s Health spending in 2001?
8.21% (2001). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Maldives’s Health spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +19.6% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 9.25%; 2022: 7.5%; 2021: 8.85%; 2020: 11.44%; 2019: 7.5%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.