Health spending share of GDP in Solomon Islands

Current health spending in Solomon Islands was equal to 5.4% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2009.

Measure: Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Solomon Islands, 2023 5.4% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.5percentage points 2022: 4.8%
World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 121st of 192 See the full ranking

Health spending share of GDP in Solomon 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 Solomon IslandsWorld
2023 5.4% 10.1%
2022 4.8% 10.0%
2021 4.9% 10.3%
2020 4.9% 10.7%
2019 4.4% 9.7%
2018 3.9% 9.6%
2017 4.2% 9.7%
2016 4.5% 9.8%
2015 4.5% 9.7%
2014 4.9% 9.4%
2013 4.6% 9.3%
2012 4.9% 9.3%
2011 5.0% 9.3%
2010 4.7% 9.5%
2009 6.6% 9.8%
2008 5.5% 9.1%
2007 7.2% 9.1%
2006 8.0% 9.2%
2005 9.0% 9.3%
2004 7.7% 9.4%
2003 7.1% 9.5%
2002 10.1% 9.3%
2001 6.6% 9.0%
2000 4.8% 8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 4.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.6%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Solomon Islands has the 121st 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 Solomon 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