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Qatar — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Qatar, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.52%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +27.9% since 2000
Health spending for Qatar 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 3.82% in 2020. The lowest was 1.60% in 2011 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.08% per year.
Qatar ranks 183 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 Qatar sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 22%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.52%
First (2000)
1.97%
Change
+27.9%
Highest
3.82%
in 2020
Lowest
1.60%
in 2011
Average
2.59%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.08%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.52% |
| 2022 | 2.19% |
| 2021 | 2.89% |
| 2020 | 3.82% |
| 2019 | 3.18% |
| 2018 | 2.96% |
| 2017 | 3.21% |
| 2016 | 3.55% |
| 2015 | 3.64% |
| 2014 | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 2.08% |
| 2012 | 1.75% |
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.