Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Malta
Malta: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 8.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Malta, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 8.8% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Malta peaked at 9.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2000.
That places Malta 48th 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 | 7.9% | 6.6% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.9% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 45 Uruguay 9.0% compare
- 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.9% compare
- 47 South Africa 8.9% compare
- 49 Guinea-Bissau 8.8% compare
- 50 Iceland 8.7% compare
- 51 South Korea 8.6% compare
More health data for Malta
- Population ages 15-64, female 178,666 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 2,200 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 2,458 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2,233 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 2,466 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 12.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 12.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 38,781 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 2,441 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Malta?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Malta was 8.8% 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Malta ranks 48th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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).