Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Lesotho
Lesotho: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 12.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Lesotho, 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 Lesotho stood at 12.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lesotho peaked at 21.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2005.
That places Lesotho 9th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 4.7% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 7.4% | 21.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 10.4% | 12.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 6 Marshall Islands 13.4% compare
- 7 Liberia 13.0% compare
- 8 Micronesia (country) 12.9% compare
- 10 Germany 11.7% compare
- 11 Switzerland 11.7% compare
- 12 South Sudan 11.6% compare
More health data for Lesotho
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 27,969 (2025)
- Population, male 48.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 26,809 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 751,340 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 805,943 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 27,201 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 27,293 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 27,660 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 27,631 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 27,651 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lesotho?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lesotho was 12.6% 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 21.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2005.
- How does Lesotho rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Lesotho ranks 9th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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).