Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Brunei
Brunei: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 2.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Brunei, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Brunei is 2.2%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 25.9% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Brunei peaked at 2.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2022.
Brunei ranks 193rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 4 |
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More health data for Brunei
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 3,399 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 3,230 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 3,009 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 3,243 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 3,150 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 3,422 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 3,292 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 3,579 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 3,462 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 46,245 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Brunei?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Brunei was 2.2% 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 Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Brunei ranks 193rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei 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).