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Rwanda — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Rwanda, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.13%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +43.4% since 2000
Health spending for Rwanda was 5.13% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.10% in 2012. The lowest was 3.13% in 2002 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.58% per year.
Rwanda ranks 121 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Rwanda sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 37% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.13%
First (2000)
3.58%
Change
+43.4%
Highest
8.10%
in 2012
Lowest
3.13%
in 2002
Average
6.35%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.58%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.13% |
| 2022 | 5.93% |
| 2021 | 6.23% |
| 2020 | 5.8% |
| 2019 | 4.91% |
| 2018 | 5.46% |
| 2017 | 5.38% |
| 2016 | 5.97% |
| 2015 | 6.65% |
| 2014 | 6.98% |
| 2013 | 6.77% |
| 2012 | 8.1% |
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.