Seychelles — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Seychelles, 2000–2023.
Health spending for Seychelles was 4.48% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.84% in 2020. The lowest was 3.44% in 2009 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.12% per year.
Seychelles ranks 138 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Seychelles sits level with it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 7%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 23 of 46 economies; Kenya (4.35%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 37% in 2020. That is 3% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 100th of 184 in 2000 → 136th of 188 in 2010 → 115th of 189 in 2020 → 137th of 188 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.48% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -0.8 pp |
| 2021 | 5.21% | -0.6 pp |
| 2020 | 5.84% | +1.6 pp |
| 2019 | 4.25% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 4.42% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 4.48% | -0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 4.71% | +0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 4.24% | -0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 4.44% | +0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 4.19% | -1.1 pp |
| 2012 | 5.29% | +0.9 pp |
| 2011 | 4.36% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 4.4% | +1.0 pp |
| 2009 | 3.44% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 3.52% | -0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 3.79% | -0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 4.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 4.45% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 4.67% | -0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 4.86% | +0.7 pp |
| 2002 | 4.2% | -0.4 pp |
| 2001 | 4.55% | -0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 4.61% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Seychelles’s Health spending in 2001?
4.55% (2001). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Seychelles’s Health spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2023 the series was shrinking overall: -2.8% in total — about 0.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 4.48%; 2022: 4.4%; 2021: 5.21%; 2020: 5.84%; 2019: 4.25%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.