Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Eritrea
Eritrea: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Eritrea, 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 Eritrea is 3.7%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Eritrea peaked at 7.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2023.
That places Eritrea 166th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 6.4% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 4 |
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More health data for Eritrea
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 41,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 43,741 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 42,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 42,908 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 42,246 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 44,025 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 43,173 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 44,632 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 42,761 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 684,764 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Eritrea?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Eritrea was 3.7% 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 2003.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2023.
- How does Eritrea rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Eritrea ranks 166th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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).