Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 3.5% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.3% on the previous year and up 99.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 3.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2000.
That places Equatorial Guinea 169th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Equatorial Guinea?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Equatorial Guinea was 3.5% 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 169th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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).