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Myanmar — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Myanmar, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.46%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +122.0% since 2000
Health spending for Myanmar was 4.46% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.54% in 2021. The lowest was 1.95% in 2011 (about 2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.53% per year.
Myanmar ranks 139 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Myanmar sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 43%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.46%
First (2000)
2.01%
Change
+122.0%
Highest
5.54%
in 2021
Lowest
1.95%
in 2011
Average
3.24%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.53%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.46% |
| 2022 | 4.49% |
| 2021 | 5.54% |
| 2020 | 4.28% |
| 2019 | 3.81% |
| 2018 | 4.54% |
| 2017 | 4.69% |
| 2016 | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 5.2% |
| 2014 | 4.15% |
| 2013 | 3.11% |
| 2012 | 2.44% |
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.