Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 27.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Tuvalu, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 27.1% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.3% on the previous year and up 96.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tuvalu peaked at 27.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2004.
That places Tuvalu 1st out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.1% | 9.3% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.0% | 13.4% | 24.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.2% | 17.9% | 27.1% | 4 |
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More health data for Tuvalu
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 93 (2025)
- Population, male 4,859 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 85 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 101 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 88 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 106 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 98 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 103 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 111 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 97 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tuvalu?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Tuvalu was 27.1% 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 27.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2004.
- How does Tuvalu rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Tuvalu ranks 1st out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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).