Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Libya
Libya: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Libya, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Libya is 7.8%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 64.5% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Libya peaked at 7.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2008.
Libya ranks 65th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.2% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 3.3% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 4.7% | 7.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More health data for Libya
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 70,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 73,977 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 68,152 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 71,917 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 66,961 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 70,737 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 66,591 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 70,624 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 65,956 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 26.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Libya?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Libya was 7.8% 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2008.
- How does Libya rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Libya ranks 65th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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).