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Saudi Arabia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Saudi Arabia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.69%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +35.0% since 2000
Health spending for Saudi Arabia was 5.69% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.65% in 2020. The lowest was 2.97% in 2008 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.31% per year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 111 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Saudi Arabia sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.69%
First (2000)
4.21%
Change
+35.0%
Highest
6.65%
in 2020
Lowest
2.97%
in 2008
Average
4.66%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.31%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.69% |
| 2022 | 5.31% |
| 2021 | 5.93% |
| 2020 | 6.65% |
| 2019 | 5.47% |
| 2018 | 5.34% |
| 2017 | 6.03% |
| 2016 | 6.24% |
| 2015 | 5.86% |
| 2014 | 5.16% |
| 2013 | 4.42% |
| 2012 | 3.99% |
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.