Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Burundi
Burundi: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Burundi, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 9.1% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Burundi peaked at 11.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2000.
That places Burundi 44th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.0% | 4.2% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 6.3% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 8.7% | 10.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 41 El Salvador 9.3% compare
- 42 Maldives 9.2% compare
- 43 Spain 9.2% compare
- 45 Uruguay 9.0% compare
- 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.9% compare
- 47 South Africa 8.9% compare
More health data for Burundi
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 208,108 (2025)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 207,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 210,256 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 205,420 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 207,981 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 6.33 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 44.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 205,720 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 208,430 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Burundi?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Burundi was 9.1% 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 11.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- How does Burundi rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Burundi ranks 44th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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).