Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Niger
Niger: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.0% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Niger, 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 Niger stood at 4.0%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Niger peaked at 6.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2023.
That places Niger 155th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 4 |
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More health data for Niger
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 423,756 (2025)
- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 425,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 439,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 417,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 431,792 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.91 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 46.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 409,736 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 393,646 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Niger?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Niger was 4.0% 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2023.
- How does Niger rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Niger ranks 155th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Niger 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).