Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Madagascar
Madagascar: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar is 3.4%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Madagascar peaked at 5.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2019.
Madagascar ranks 172nd of 195 countries on this measure, 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 | 4.7% | 4.0% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 4 |
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More health data for Madagascar
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 415,720 (2025)
- Population, male 50.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 429,273 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 9.42 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.75 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 440,800 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 416,942 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 428,113 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 404,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 390,666 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Madagascar?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Madagascar was 3.4% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2019.
- How does Madagascar rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Madagascar ranks 172nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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).