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Sao Tome and Principe — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.77%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -38.1% since 2000
Health spending for Sao Tome and Principe was 5.77% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.47% in 2003. The lowest was 5.48% in 2019 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.06% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 108 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Sao Tome and Principe sits above it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 35%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.77%
First (2000)
9.32%
Change
-38.1%
Highest
11.47%
in 2003
Lowest
5.48%
in 2019
Average
7.58%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.06%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.77% |
| 2022 | 5.77% |
| 2021 | 7.86% |
| 2020 | 7.32% |
| 2019 | 5.48% |
| 2018 | 5.92% |
| 2017 | 7.47% |
| 2016 | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 6.53% |
| 2014 | 7.91% |
| 2013 | 8.94% |
| 2012 | 7.07% |
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.