Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Ghana
Ghana: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 2.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Ghana, 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 Ghana stood at 2.9%.
The figure is down 19.8% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Ghana peaked at 4.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 180th of 195 countries on this measure, 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 | 2.9% | 1.7% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More health data for Ghana
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 416,867 (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 407,617 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 10.69 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.42 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 418,344 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 404,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 415,209 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 407,114 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 413,565 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Ghana?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Ghana was 2.9% 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Ghana ranks 180th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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).