Health spending share of GDP in Gambia
Current health spending in Gambia was equal to 2.9% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Gambia, 2023
2.9%
Change from 2022
−0.6percentage points
World, 2023
10.1%
Position in 2023
179th of 192
Health spending share of GDP in Gambia over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Gambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.9% | 10.1% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | 10.0% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | 10.7% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | 9.7% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | 9.6% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | 9.8% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | 9.3% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | 9.3% |
| 2010 | 4.1% | 9.5% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | 9.8% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | 9.1% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | 9.1% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | 9.2% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | 9.3% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | 9.4% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | 9.5% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | 9.3% |
| 2001 | 8.3% | 9.0% |
| 2000 | 10.8% | 8.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 3.5% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3.9%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Gambia has the 179th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.1%.
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