Health spending share of GDP in Marshall Islands

Current health spending in Marshall Islands was equal to 13.4% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Marshall Islands, 2023 13.4% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −0.2percentage points 2022: 13.6%
World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 5th of 192 See the full ranking

Health spending share of GDP in Marshall Islands 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 Marshall IslandsWorld
2023 13.4% 10.1%
2022 13.6% 10.0%
2021 12.5% 10.3%
2020 12.1% 10.7%
2019 15.0% 9.7%
2018 14.5% 9.6%
2017 12.0% 9.7%
2016 14.6% 9.8%
2015 14.8% 9.7%
2014 12.0% 9.4%
2013 12.1% 9.3%
2012 11.7% 9.3%
2011 11.4% 9.3%
2010 17.7% 9.5%
2009 18.7% 9.8%
2008 19.0% 9.1%
2007 16.8% 9.1%
2006 22.3% 9.2%
2005 18.5% 9.3%
2004 14.2% 9.4%
2003 13.3% 9.5%
2002 12.1% 9.3%
2001 11.2% 9.0%
2000 13.5% 8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 13.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 12.1%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Marshall Islands has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.1%.

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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 Marshall Islands
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