Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Malawi
Malawi: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 6.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 6.5%.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Malawi peaked at 8.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2001.
Malawi ranks 97th 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 | 4.1% | 2.1% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 4 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 281,167 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 273,176 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 276,241 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 276,497 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 278,971 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 279,081 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 283,499 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 284,911 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 283,873 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 272,702 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Malawi?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Malawi was 6.5% 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2001.
- How does Malawi rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Malawi ranks 97th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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).