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Mauritius — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Mauritius, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.57%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +94.8% since 2000
Health spending for Mauritius was 5.57% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.62% in 2021. The lowest was 2.86% in 2000 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.94% per year.
Mauritius ranks 114 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Mauritius sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.57%
First (2000)
2.86%
Change
+94.8%
Highest
6.62%
in 2021
Lowest
2.86%
in 2000
Average
4.56%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.94%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.57% |
| 2022 | 5.84% |
| 2021 | 6.62% |
| 2020 | 6.1% |
| 2019 | 5.7% |
| 2018 | 5.6% |
| 2017 | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.54% |
| 2015 | 5.55% |
| 2014 | 5.38% |
| 2013 | 4.62% |
| 2012 | 4.22% |
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.