Current health expenditure in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2023. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
13.0 %
Liberia
Median country
4.5 %
half above, half below
World
10.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
2.3 to 13.0
Djibouti - Liberia

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Liberia (13.0 %) and the lowest in Djibouti (2.3 %).

The median country is at 4.5 %: half are above, half below.

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

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Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://apps.who.int/nha/database · via World Bank WDI (SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS) · licence

Health spending over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Liberia13.0
2Lesotho12.6
3South Sudan11.6
4Central African Republic10.7
5Namibia9.5
6Burundi9.1
7South Africa8.9
8Guinea-Bissau8.8
9Mozambique8.5
10Tunisia8.0
11Libya7.8
12Burkina Faso7.8
13Eswatini7.5
14Comoros6.6
15Malawi6.5
16Botswana6.3
17Togo6.1
18Morocco6.1
19Zambia6.0
20Cabo Verde5.8
21São Tomé and Principe5.8
22Mauritius5.6
23Rwanda5.1
24Chad5.0
25Egypt4.9
26Sierra Leone4.7
27Cameroon4.6
28Seychelles4.5
29Kenya4.4
30Algeria4.4
31Mauritania4.3
32Senegal4.3
33Uganda4.2
34Nigeria4.2
35Niger4.0
36Mali3.8
37Somalia3.7
38Guinea3.7
39Democratic Republic of the Congo3.7
40Eritrea3.7
41Equatorial Guinea3.5
42Côte d'Ivoire3.4
43Madagascar3.4
44Benin3.3
45Republic of the Congo3.3
46Gabon3.1
47Tanzania3.1
48Ghana2.9
49Zimbabwe2.9
50The Gambia2.9
51Sudan2.9
52Ethiopia2.8
53Angola2.5
54Djibouti2.3
World Bank, WDI · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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