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Turkmenistan — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Turkmenistan, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.50%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +36.4% since 2000
Health spending for Turkmenistan was 5.50% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.19% in 2004. The lowest was 2.81% in 2009 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.36% per year.
Turkmenistan ranks 117 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Turkmenistan sits below it. It peaked in 2004 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 39%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.50%
First (2000)
4.03%
Change
+36.4%
Highest
6.19%
in 2004
Lowest
2.81%
in 2009
Average
4.64%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.36%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.5% |
| 2022 | 5.37% |
| 2021 | 5.49% |
| 2020 | 5.57% |
| 2019 | 5.55% |
| 2018 | 5.55% |
| 2017 | 5.82% |
| 2016 | 5.59% |
| 2015 | 5.02% |
| 2014 | 4.26% |
| 2013 | 3.97% |
| 2012 | 3.34% |
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.