Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Iraq
Iraq: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 5.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Iraq, 2003–2023
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 Iraq stood at 5.5%.
The figure is up 27.7% on the previous year and up 97.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Iraq peaked at 5.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2006.
That places Iraq 118th 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 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 2.7% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More health data for Iraq
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 478,123 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 14.27 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 60.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 28.46 million (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 501,433 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 492,395 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 513,147 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 538,971 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 466,558 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 516,916 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Iraq?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Iraq was 5.5% 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2006.
- How does Iraq rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Iraq ranks 118th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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).