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Sierra Leone — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Sierra Leone, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.72%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -10.8% since 2000
Health spending for Sierra Leone was 4.72% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 15.12% in 2014. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.50% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 129 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 68%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Sierra Leone sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 69% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 44%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.72%
First (2000)
5.29%
Change
-10.8%
Highest
15.12%
in 2014
Lowest
4.72%
in 2023
Average
6.48%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.50%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.72% |
| 2022 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 5.07% |
| 2020 | 5.66% |
| 2019 | 5.71% |
| 2018 | 5.3% |
| 2017 | 6.01% |
| 2016 | 10.05% |
| 2015 | 12.38% |
| 2014 | 15.12% |
| 2013 | 8.46% |
| 2012 | 5.93% |
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.