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Marshall Islands — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Marshall Islands, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
13.41%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -0.9% since 2000
Health spending for Marshall Islands was 13.41% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 22.30% in 2006. The lowest was 11.19% in 2001 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.04% per year.
Marshall Islands ranks 5 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Marshall Islands sits above it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 40% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
13.41%
First (2000)
13.52%
Change
-0.9%
Highest
22.30%
in 2006
Lowest
11.19%
in 2001
Average
14.46%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.04%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.41% |
| 2022 | 13.61% |
| 2021 | 12.49% |
| 2020 | 12.12% |
| 2019 | 14.99% |
| 2018 | 14.47% |
| 2017 | 12.02% |
| 2016 | 14.63% |
| 2015 | 14.78% |
| 2014 | 12.04% |
| 2013 | 12.14% |
| 2012 | 11.66% |
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.