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Syrian Arab Republic — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Syrian Arab Republic, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.71%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -40.7% since 2000
Health spending for Syrian Arab Republic was 2.71% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.14% in 2003. The lowest was 2.66% in 2011 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.25% per year.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 180 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Syrian Arab Republic sits below it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 28%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.71%
First (2000)
4.57%
Change
-40.7%
Highest
5.14%
in 2003
Lowest
2.66%
in 2011
Average
3.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.25%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.71% |
| 2022 | 3.38% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 3.67% |
| 2019 | 3.97% |
| 2018 | 3.94% |
| 2017 | 3.91% |
| 2016 | 3.89% |
| 2015 | 3.67% |
| 2014 | 4.23% |
| 2013 | 3.78% |
| 2012 | 3.22% |
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.