Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Tonga
Tonga: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Tonga, 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 Tonga stood at 7.4%.
That represents a change of down 7.4% on the previous year and up 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tonga peaked at 8.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2000.
That places Tonga 77th 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 | 4.2% | 2.9% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 4.2% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 5.6% | 8.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More health data for Tonga
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 1,265 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 1,274 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 1,344 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 1,276 (2025)
- Population, male 47.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 1,351 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 1,221 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 1,155 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 1,222 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 1,306 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tonga?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tonga was 7.4% 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2000.
- How does Tonga rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Tonga ranks 77th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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).