Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Eswatini
Eswatini: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Eswatini, 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 Eswatini stood at 7.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Eswatini peaked at 8.9% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2000.
That places Eswatini 73rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 6.9% | 4.6% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 6.8% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 70 Jamaica 7.6% compare
- 71 Ecuador 7.6% compare
- 72 Trinidad and Tobago 7.5% compare
- 74 Estonia 7.5% compare
- 75 Tajikistan 7.4% compare
- 76 North Macedonia 7.4% compare
More health data for Eswatini
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 13,814 (2025)
- Population, male 49.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 13,835 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 400,169 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 414,486 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 14,062 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 13,811 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 13,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 13,666 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 13,604 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Eswatini?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Eswatini was 7.5% 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 8.9% in 2008.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2000.
- How does Eswatini rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Eswatini ranks 73rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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).