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Uruguay — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Uruguay, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.02%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -1.7% since 2000
Health spending for Uruguay was 9.02% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.76% in 2001. The lowest was 7.46% in 2007 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.07% per year.
Uruguay ranks 43 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Uruguay sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.02%
First (2000)
9.17%
Change
-1.7%
Highest
9.76%
in 2001
Lowest
7.46%
in 2007
Average
8.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.07%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.02% |
| 2022 | 8.89% |
| 2021 | 8.92% |
| 2020 | 9.09% |
| 2019 | 9.24% |
| 2018 | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 8.72% |
| 2016 | 8.64% |
| 2015 | 8.26% |
| 2014 | 8.04% |
| 2013 | 8.08% |
| 2012 | 8.03% |
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.