Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Tanzania
Tanzania: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Tanzania, 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 Tanzania is 3.1%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tanzania peaked at 7.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2020.
Tanzania ranks 179th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 3.4% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 4 |
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More health data for Tanzania
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 986,433 (2025)
- Population, male 49.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 19.49 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 29.87 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 1.04 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 996,036 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 966,597 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 902,512 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tanzania?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tanzania was 3.1% 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 7.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2020.
- How does Tanzania rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Tanzania ranks 179th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania 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).