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Pakistan — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Pakistan, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.52%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +1.6% since 2000
Health spending for Pakistan was 2.52% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 2.99% in 2021. The lowest was 2.04% in 2004 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.07% per year.
Pakistan ranks 184 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 97%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Pakistan sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.52%
First (2000)
2.48%
Change
+1.6%
Highest
2.99%
in 2021
Lowest
2.04%
in 2004
Average
2.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.07%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.52% |
| 2022 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 2.99% |
| 2020 | 2.95% |
| 2019 | 2.85% |
| 2018 | 2.83% |
| 2017 | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 2.57% |
| 2015 | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 2.49% |
| 2013 | 2.42% |
| 2012 | 2.22% |
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.