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Viet Nam — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Viet Nam, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.56%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +11.0% since 2000
Health spending for Viet Nam was 4.56% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.07% in 2010. The lowest was 3.87% in 2002 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 133 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Viet Nam sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.56%
First (2000)
4.11%
Change
+11.0%
Highest
5.07%
in 2010
Lowest
3.87%
in 2002
Average
4.58%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.46%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.56% |
| 2022 | 4.54% |
| 2021 | 4.54% |
| 2020 | 4.33% |
| 2019 | 4.97% |
| 2018 | 5.03% |
| 2017 | 4.99% |
| 2016 | 4.87% |
| 2015 | 4.71% |
| 2014 | 4.69% |
| 2013 | 4.41% |
| 2012 | 5% |
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.