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Vanuatu — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Vanuatu, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.12%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +24.6% since 2000
Health spending for Vanuatu was 4.12% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.59% in 2021. The lowest was 2.88% in 2017 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.96% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 151 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Vanuatu sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.12%
First (2000)
3.31%
Change
+24.6%
Highest
4.59%
in 2021
Lowest
2.88%
in 2017
Average
3.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.96%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.12% |
| 2022 | 4.06% |
| 2021 | 4.59% |
| 2020 | 4.12% |
| 2019 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 3.44% |
| 2017 | 2.88% |
| 2016 | 2.99% |
| 2015 | 4.16% |
| 2014 | 3.64% |
| 2013 | 4.39% |
| 2012 | 3.94% |
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.