Health spending share of GDP in Tuvalu

Current health spending in Tuvalu was equal to 27.1% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Tuvalu, 2023 27.1% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +5.8percentage points 2022: 21.3%
World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 1st of 192 See the full ranking

Health spending share of GDP in Tuvalu 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 TuvaluWorld
2023 27.1% 10.1%
2022 21.3% 10.0%
2021 18.6% 10.3%
2020 17.9% 10.7%
2019 22.2% 9.7%
2018 18.4% 9.6%
2017 24.5% 9.7%
2016 18.3% 9.8%
2015 13.4% 9.7%
2014 14.5% 9.4%
2013 13.8% 9.3%
2012 13.9% 9.3%
2011 14.7% 9.3%
2010 16.2% 9.5%
2009 13.0% 9.8%
2008 10.3% 9.1%
2007 10.5% 9.1%
2006 12.2% 9.2%
2005 10.1% 9.3%
2004 9.3% 9.4%
2003 13.7% 9.5%
2002 11.8% 9.3%
2001 18.0% 9.0%
2000 22.3% 8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.8 percentage points from 21.3% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 13.8%, the figure has changed by +13.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Tuvalu has the 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 Tuvalu
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