Mauritania — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Mauritania, 2000–2023.
Health spending for Mauritania was 4.34% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.67% in 2022. The lowest was 2.47% in 2011 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.10% per year.
Mauritania ranks 144 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Mauritania sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 51%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 25 of 46 economies; Senegal (4.32%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 26% in 2021. That is 24% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 63 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 148th of 184 in 2000 → 177th of 188 in 2010 → 181st of 189 in 2020 → 143rd of 188 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.34% | -0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 4.67% | +0.9 pp |
| 2021 | 3.78% | +0.8 pp |
| 2020 | 3% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 3.09% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 2.88% | -0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 3.42% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 3.19% | -0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 3.67% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 3.47% | +0.6 pp |
| 2013 | 2.87% | +0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 2.65% | +0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 2.47% | -0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 2.64% | -0.5 pp |
| 2009 | 3.11% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 3.01% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.88% | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 2.7% | -0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 4.03% | +0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 4% | +0.4 pp |
| 2001 | 3.57% | +0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 3.38% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritania’s Health spending in 2001?
3.57% (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 Mauritania’s Health spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +28.6% in total — about 1.1% 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: 4.34%; 2022: 4.67%; 2021: 3.78%; 2020: 3%; 2019: 3.09%. 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.