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Zambia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Zambia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.98%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +45.1% since 2000
Health spending for Zambia was 5.98% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.75% in 2019. The lowest was 3.83% in 2014 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.63% per year.
Zambia ranks 104 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Zambia sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.98%
First (2000)
4.12%
Change
+45.1%
Highest
6.75%
in 2019
Lowest
3.83%
in 2014
Average
5.10%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.63%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.98% |
| 2022 | 5.21% |
| 2021 | 6.64% |
| 2020 | 6.31% |
| 2019 | 6.75% |
| 2018 | 4.77% |
| 2017 | 4.78% |
| 2016 | 4.47% |
| 2015 | 4.43% |
| 2014 | 3.83% |
| 2013 | 4.57% |
| 2012 | 4.05% |
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.