Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Qatar
Qatar: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 2.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Qatar, 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 Qatar stood at 2.5%.
The figure is up 15.4% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Qatar peaked at 3.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2011.
Qatar ranks 189th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 2.4% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.2% | 3.8% | 4 |
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More health data for Qatar
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 15,066 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 13,411 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 14,413 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 14,009 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 15,428 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 14,519 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 16,318 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 17,220 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 17,415 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 16,060 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Qatar?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Qatar was 2.5% 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2011.
- How does Qatar rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Qatar ranks 189th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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).