Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Myanmar
Myanmar: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Myanmar, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 4.5% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Myanmar peaked at 5.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2011.
Myanmar ranks 142nd 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 | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.0% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 139 Kyrgyzstan 4.5% compare
- 140 Singapore 4.5% compare
- 141 Seychelles 4.5% compare
- 143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.4% compare
- 144 Bhutan 4.4% compare
- 145 Kenya 4.4% compare
More health data for Myanmar
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 461,090 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 433,375 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 18.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 13.21 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 457,876 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 435,647 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 459,896 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 437,112 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 449,224 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Myanmar?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Myanmar was 4.5% 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 Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2011.
- How does Myanmar rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Myanmar ranks 142nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar 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).