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Suriname — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Suriname, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.41%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -7.9% since 2000
Health spending for Suriname was 5.41% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.38% in 2019. The lowest was 3.82% in 2001 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.36% per year.
Suriname ranks 118 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Suriname sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.41%
First (2000)
5.87%
Change
-7.9%
Highest
8.38%
in 2019
Lowest
3.82%
in 2001
Average
5.35%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.36%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.41% |
| 2022 | 5.93% |
| 2021 | 5.02% |
| 2020 | 6.03% |
| 2019 | 8.38% |
| 2018 | 6.61% |
| 2017 | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 5.99% |
| 2015 | 5.81% |
| 2014 | 4.52% |
| 2013 | 4.49% |
| 2012 | 4.28% |
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.