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Sri Lanka — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Sri Lanka, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.68%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -10.3% since 2000
Health spending for Sri Lanka was 3.68% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.19% in 2021. The lowest was 3.31% in 2012 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.47% per year.
Sri Lanka ranks 161 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for South Asia is 4.42%, so Sri Lanka sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.68%
First (2000)
4.11%
Change
-10.3%
Highest
5.19%
in 2021
Lowest
3.31%
in 2012
Average
3.84%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.47%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.68% |
| 2022 | 3.98% |
| 2021 | 5.19% |
| 2020 | 4.27% |
| 2019 | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 3.64% |
| 2017 | 3.33% |
| 2016 | 3.62% |
| 2015 | 3.68% |
| 2014 | 3.47% |
| 2013 | 3.69% |
| 2012 | 3.31% |
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.