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Nepal — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Nepal, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.16%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +96.6% since 2000
Health spending for Nepal was 6.16% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.53% in 2022. The lowest was 3.13% in 2000 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.98% per year.
Nepal ranks 99 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 52%. The median for South Asia is 4.42%, so Nepal sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.16%
First (2000)
3.13%
Change
+96.6%
Highest
6.53%
in 2022
Lowest
3.13%
in 2000
Average
4.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.98%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.16% |
| 2022 | 6.53% |
| 2021 | 5.53% |
| 2020 | 5.21% |
| 2019 | 4.45% |
| 2018 | 4.53% |
| 2017 | 4.72% |
| 2016 | 5.42% |
| 2015 | 5.47% |
| 2014 | 5.08% |
| 2013 | 4.63% |
| 2012 | 4.49% |
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.