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Norway — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Norway, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.43%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +22.4% since 2000
Health spending for Norway was 9.43% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.42% in 2020. The lowest was 7.70% in 2000 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.88% per year.
Norway ranks 35 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Norway sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.43%
First (2000)
7.70%
Change
+22.4%
Highest
11.42%
in 2020
Lowest
7.70%
in 2000
Average
9.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.88%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.43% |
| 2022 | 7.91% |
| 2021 | 9.81% |
| 2020 | 11.42% |
| 2019 | 10.44% |
| 2018 | 9.96% |
| 2017 | 10.23% |
| 2016 | 10.53% |
| 2015 | 10.07% |
| 2014 | 9.28% |
| 2013 | 8.87% |
| 2012 | 8.72% |
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.