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Serbia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Serbia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
8.03%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +38.3% since 2000
Health spending for Serbia was 8.03% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.23% in 2021. The lowest was 5.81% in 2000 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.42% per year.
Serbia ranks 61 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 32%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Serbia sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
8.03%
First (2000)
5.81%
Change
+38.3%
Highest
9.23%
in 2021
Lowest
5.81%
in 2000
Average
8.23%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.42%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.03% |
| 2022 | 8.58% |
| 2021 | 9.23% |
| 2020 | 8.31% |
| 2019 | 8.29% |
| 2018 | 8.18% |
| 2017 | 7.9% |
| 2016 | 8.15% |
| 2015 | 8.46% |
| 2014 | 8.86% |
| 2013 | 8.93% |
| 2012 | 8.96% |
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.