Health spending share of GDP in Lebanon

Current health spending in Lebanon was equal to 5.6% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2023 5.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.7percentage points 2022: 4.9%
World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 114th of 192 See the full ranking

Health spending share of GDP in Lebanon 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.

Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period LebanonWorld
2023 5.6% 10.1%
2022 4.9% 10.0%
2021 4.4% 10.3%
2020 7.5% 10.7%
2019 8.7% 9.7%
2018 8.1% 9.6%
2017 7.8% 9.7%
2016 7.9% 9.8%
2015 7.4% 9.7%
2014 7.5% 9.4%
2013 7.1% 9.3%
2012 7.0% 9.3%
2011 8.2% 9.3%
2010 7.4% 9.5%
2009 7.0% 9.8%
2008 7.8% 9.1%
2007 8.6% 9.1%
2006 8.7% 9.2%
2005 7.5% 9.3%
2004 8.0% 9.4%
2003 8.7% 9.5%
2002 9.3% 9.3%
2001 10.6% 9.0%
2000 10.8% 8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 4.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 7.1%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Lebanon has the 114th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Lebanon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database