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Tonga — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Tonga, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
7.36%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +153.5% since 2000
Health spending for Tonga was 7.36% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.14% in 2012. The lowest was 2.90% in 2000 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.13% per year.
Tonga ranks 77 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Tonga sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 77%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
7.36%
First (2000)
2.90%
Change
+153.5%
Highest
8.14%
in 2012
Lowest
2.90%
in 2000
Average
5.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.13%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.36% |
| 2022 | 7.95% |
| 2021 | 7.06% |
| 2020 | 5.56% |
| 2019 | 5.75% |
| 2018 | 6.12% |
| 2017 | 5.63% |
| 2016 | 5.23% |
| 2015 | 4.78% |
| 2014 | 5.2% |
| 2013 | 4.17% |
| 2012 | 8.14% |
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.