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Thailand — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Thailand, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.54%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +46.3% since 2000
Health spending for Thailand was 4.54% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.35% in 2022. The lowest was 3.03% in 2001 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.67% per year.
Thailand ranks 135 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Thailand sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.54%
First (2000)
3.10%
Change
+46.3%
Highest
5.35%
in 2022
Lowest
3.03%
in 2001
Average
3.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.67%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.54% |
| 2022 | 5.35% |
| 2021 | 5.15% |
| 2020 | 4.36% |
| 2019 | 3.79% |
| 2018 | 3.87% |
| 2017 | 3.85% |
| 2016 | 3.94% |
| 2015 | 3.85% |
| 2014 | 3.68% |
| 2013 | 3.45% |
| 2012 | 3.52% |
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.