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Malta — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Malta, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
8.84%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +33.5% since 2000
Health spending for Malta was 8.84% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.85% in 2020. The lowest was 6.63% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.26% per year.
Malta ranks 47 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Malta sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
8.84%
First (2000)
6.63%
Change
+33.5%
Highest
9.85%
in 2020
Lowest
6.63%
in 2000
Average
8.35%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.26%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.84% |
| 2022 | 9.09% |
| 2021 | 9.53% |
| 2020 | 9.85% |
| 2019 | 8.89% |
| 2018 | 8.11% |
| 2017 | 8.31% |
| 2016 | 8.7% |
| 2015 | 8.7% |
| 2014 | 8.88% |
| 2013 | 8.3% |
| 2012 | 8.25% |
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.