Health spending share of GDP in Saint Lucia

Current health spending in Saint Lucia was equal to 4.7% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Saint Lucia, 2023 4.7% % of GDP
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 4.7%
World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 129th of 192 See the full ranking

Health spending share of GDP in Saint Lucia 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 Saint LuciaWorld
2023 4.7% 10.1%
2022 4.7% 10.0%
2021 6.3% 10.3%
2020 7.0% 10.7%
2019 4.3% 9.7%
2018 4.3% 9.6%
2017 4.5% 9.7%
2016 4.5% 9.8%
2015 4.6% 9.7%
2014 4.7% 9.4%
2013 5.1% 9.3%
2012 4.9% 9.3%
2011 5.1% 9.3%
2010 5.1% 9.5%
2009 5.2% 9.8%
2008 5.1% 9.1%
2007 5.5% 9.1%
2006 5.1% 9.2%
2005 4.9% 9.3%
2004 4.8% 9.4%
2003 5.2% 9.5%
2002 5.4% 9.3%
2001 5.1% 9.0%
2000 4.9% 8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 4.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 5.1%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Saint Lucia has the 129th 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 Saint Lucia
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