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Timor-Leste — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Timor-Leste, 2003–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.60%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +237.7% since 2003
Health spending for Timor-Leste was 9.60% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 21 years, from 2003 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 2.84% in 2003 (about 3.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.27% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 33 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Timor-Leste sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.60%
First (2003)
2.84%
Change
+237.7%
Highest
9.60%
in 2023
Lowest
2.84%
in 2003
Average
6.52%
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.27%
Years of data
21
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.6% |
| 2022 | 7.46% |
| 2021 | 4.92% |
| 2020 | 7.26% |
| 2019 | 4.99% |
| 2018 | 6.4% |
| 2017 | 6.8% |
| 2016 | 6.94% |
| 2015 | 7.69% |
| 2014 | 7.6% |
| 2013 | 8.53% |
| 2012 | 6.99% |
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.