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Samoa — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Samoa, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.78%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +58.3% since 2000
Health spending for Samoa was 6.78% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.20% in 2021. The lowest was 3.82% in 2001 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.02% per year.
Samoa ranks 90 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 48%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Samoa sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.78%
First (2000)
4.28%
Change
+58.3%
Highest
7.20%
in 2021
Lowest
3.82%
in 2001
Average
5.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.02%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.78% |
| 2022 | 6.93% |
| 2021 | 7.2% |
| 2020 | 6.09% |
| 2019 | 5.65% |
| 2018 | 4.78% |
| 2017 | 5.16% |
| 2016 | 5.64% |
| 2015 | 6.01% |
| 2014 | 6.36% |
| 2013 | 6.22% |
| 2012 | 4.99% |
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.