Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone is 4.7%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Sierra Leone peaked at 15.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2023.
That places Sierra Leone 132nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 5.4% | 5.1% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 5.3% | 15.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More health data for Sierra Leone
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 108,953 (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 110,875 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 2.61 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.32 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 112,634 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 109,298 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 110,907 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 107,509 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 105,381 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Sierra Leone?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Sierra Leone was 4.7% 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2023.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Sierra Leone ranks 132nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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).