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Zimbabwe — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Zimbabwe, 2010–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.93%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -72.1% since 2010
Health spending for Zimbabwe was 2.93% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 14 years, from 2010 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 10.48% in 2010. The lowest was 2.67% in 2021 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -9.35% per year.
Zimbabwe ranks 175 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Zimbabwe sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 72% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 59%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.93%
First (2010)
10.48%
Change
-72.1%
Highest
10.48%
in 2010
Lowest
2.67%
in 2021
Average
5.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-9.35%
Years of data
14
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 2.67% |
| 2020 | 2.95% |
| 2019 | 3.23% |
| 2018 | 4.67% |
| 2017 | 6.17% |
| 2016 | 7.26% |
| 2015 | 7.45% |
| 2014 | 8.13% |
| 2013 | 7.11% |
| 2012 | 6.92% |
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.