Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Kazakhstan, 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 Kazakhstan stood at 3.8%.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Kazakhstan peaked at 4.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2011.
That places Kazakhstan 162nd 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 | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More health data for Kazakhstan
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 187,411 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 188,220 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 179,710 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 192,431 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 61.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 184,179 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 195,183 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 199,883 (2025)
- Population, female 10.69 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 202,070 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Kazakhstan?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Kazakhstan was 3.8% 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2011.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Kazakhstan ranks 162nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).