Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Gabon
Gabon: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Gabon, 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 Gabon stood at 3.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Gabon peaked at 3.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2012.
That places Gabon 177th 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 | 3.2% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More health data for Gabon
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 24,369 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 3.8% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 49,556 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 24,481 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 25,282 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 26,336 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 26,500 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 23,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 25,413 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Gabon?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Gabon was 3.1% 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2012.
- How does Gabon rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Gabon ranks 177th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon 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).