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Sudan — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Sudan, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.85%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -20.9% since 2000
Health spending for Sudan was 2.85% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.96% in 2013. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.02% per year.
Sudan ranks 178 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Sudan sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 59% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 59%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.85%
First (2000)
3.61%
Change
-20.9%
Highest
6.96%
in 2013
Lowest
2.85%
in 2023
Average
4.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.02%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.85% |
| 2022 | 3.79% |
| 2021 | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 3.04% |
| 2019 | 4.6% |
| 2018 | 4.46% |
| 2017 | 5.92% |
| 2016 | 5.68% |
| 2015 | 5.81% |
| 2014 | 5.68% |
| 2013 | 6.96% |
| 2012 | 5.69% |
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.