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Seychelles — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Seychelles, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.48%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -2.8% since 2000
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.48%
First (2000)
4.61%
Change
-2.8%
Highest
5.84%
in 2020
Lowest
3.44%
in 2009
Average
4.46%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.12%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.48% |
| 2022 | 4.4% |
| 2021 | 5.21% |
| 2020 | 5.84% |
| 2019 | 4.25% |
| 2018 | 4.42% |
| 2017 | 4.48% |
| 2016 | 4.71% |
| 2015 | 4.24% |
| 2014 | 4.44% |
| 2013 | 4.19% |
| 2012 | 5.29% |
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.