Health spending share of GDP in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Current health spending in Somalia, Fed. Rep. was equal to 3.7% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.

Measure: Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2013 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2023 3.7% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.9percentage points 2022: 2.8%
World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 160th of 192 See the full ranking

Health spending share of GDP in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2023 3.7% 10.1%
2022 2.8% 10.0%
2021 2.7% 10.3%
2020 2.5% 10.7%
2019 2.4% 9.7%
2018 2.5% 9.6%
2017 2.4% 9.7%
2016 2.3% 9.8%
2015 2.9% 9.7%
2014 3.0% 9.4%
2013 3.4% 9.3%
2012 – 9.3%
2011 – 9.3%
2010 – 9.5%
2009 – 9.8%
2008 – 9.1%
2007 – 9.1%
2006 – 9.2%
2005 – 9.3%
2004 – 9.4%
2003 – 9.5%
2002 – 9.3%
2001 – 9.0%
2000 – 8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 2.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 3.4%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 160th 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
2013 to 2023 for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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