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St. Kitts and Nevis — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for St. Kitts and Nevis, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.74%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +19.5% since 2000
Health spending for St. Kitts and Nevis was 5.74% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.17% in 2021. The lowest was 4.40% in 2001 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.78% per year.
St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 109 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so St. Kitts and Nevis sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.74%
First (2000)
4.80%
Change
+19.5%
Highest
6.17%
in 2021
Lowest
4.40%
in 2001
Average
5.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.78%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.74% |
| 2022 | 5.53% |
| 2021 | 6.17% |
| 2020 | 5.66% |
| 2019 | 5.19% |
| 2018 | 4.9% |
| 2017 | 5.27% |
| 2016 | 5.43% |
| 2015 | 5.13% |
| 2014 | 4.75% |
| 2013 | 5.05% |
| 2012 | 5.02% |
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.