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United Arab Emirates — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for United Arab Emirates, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.97%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +107.6% since 2000
Health spending for United Arab Emirates was 4.97% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.82% in 2020. The lowest was 2.32% in 2005 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.23% per year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 125 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so United Arab Emirates sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 42%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.97%
First (2000)
2.40%
Change
+107.6%
Highest
5.82%
in 2020
Lowest
2.32%
in 2005
Average
3.55%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.23%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.97% |
| 2022 | 4.57% |
| 2021 | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 5.82% |
| 2019 | 4.4% |
| 2018 | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 4.01% |
| 2016 | 3.9% |
| 2015 | 3.47% |
| 2014 | 3.53% |
| 2013 | 3.5% |
| 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.