Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Bhutan
Bhutan: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Bhutan, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bhutan stood at 4.4%.
The figure is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bhutan peaked at 4.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2011.
Bhutan ranks 144th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.1% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 141 Seychelles 4.5% compare
- 142 Myanmar 4.5% compare
- 143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.4% compare
- 145 Kenya 4.4% compare
- 146 Algeria 4.4% compare
- 147 Mauritania 4.3% compare
More health data for Bhutan
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 6,272 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 26,102 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 7.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 6,494 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 6,862 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 6,162 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 6,142 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 6,797 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 6.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 6,787 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bhutan?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bhutan was 4.4% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2011.
- How does Bhutan rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Bhutan ranks 144th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).