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Papua New Guinea — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Papua New Guinea, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.87%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +42.2% since 2000
Health spending for Papua New Guinea was 2.87% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.27% in 2014. The lowest was 1.82% in 2015 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.54% per year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 177 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Papua New Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.87%
First (2000)
2.02%
Change
+42.2%
Highest
3.27%
in 2014
Lowest
1.82%
in 2015
Average
2.43%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.54%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.87% |
| 2022 | 2.61% |
| 2021 | 2.34% |
| 2020 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 2.33% |
| 2018 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.23% |
| 2016 | 2.33% |
| 2015 | 1.82% |
| 2014 | 3.27% |
| 2013 | 3% |
| 2012 | 2.67% |
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.