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Mozambique — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Mozambique, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
8.50%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +296.8% since 2000
Health spending for Mozambique was 8.50% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.65% in 2021. The lowest was 2.14% in 2000 (about 4.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.18% per year.
Mozambique ranks 51 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Mozambique sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 41%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
8.50%
First (2000)
2.14%
Change
+296.8%
Highest
8.65%
in 2021
Lowest
2.14%
in 2000
Average
5.59%
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.18%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 8.25% |
| 2021 | 8.65% |
| 2020 | 7.55% |
| 2019 | 7.9% |
| 2018 | 7.98% |
| 2017 | 7.81% |
| 2016 | 7.22% |
| 2015 | 6.61% |
| 2014 | 6.24% |
| 2013 | 6.05% |
| 2012 | 5.14% |
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.