Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Bulgaria, 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 Bulgaria stood at 7.9%.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bulgaria peaked at 8.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 2000.
Bulgaria ranks 64th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.6% | 5.8% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 7.6% | 8.6% | 4 |
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More health data for Bulgaria
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 35,768 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 22.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 4.08 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 66.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 2.07 million (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 36,549 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 34,885 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 60.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 33,230 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 2.01 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bulgaria?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Bulgaria was 7.9% 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Bulgaria ranks 64th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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).