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Mexico — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Mexico, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.50%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +29.7% since 2000
Health spending for Mexico was 5.50% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.05% in 2020. The lowest was 4.24% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.14% per year.
Mexico ranks 116 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Mexico sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.50%
First (2000)
4.24%
Change
+29.7%
Highest
6.05%
in 2020
Lowest
4.24%
in 2000
Average
5.40%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.14%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.5% |
| 2022 | 5.71% |
| 2021 | 5.88% |
| 2020 | 6.05% |
| 2019 | 5.3% |
| 2018 | 5.24% |
| 2017 | 5.31% |
| 2016 | 5.38% |
| 2015 | 5.53% |
| 2014 | 5.35% |
| 2013 | 5.58% |
| 2012 | 5.42% |
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.