Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Maldives
Maldives: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Maldives, 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 Maldives is 9.2%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.3% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Maldives peaked at 11.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2003.
That places Maldives 42nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.6% | 6.8% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.3% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 7.5% | 11.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More health data for Maldives
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 3,916 (2025)
- Age population, age 22, female, interpolated 2,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 3,146 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 2,568 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 3,099 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 3,492 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 3,184 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 2,662 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 3,412 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 142,737 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Maldives?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Maldives was 9.2% 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2003.
- How does Maldives rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Maldives ranks 42nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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).