Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Yemen
Yemen: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Yemen, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 9.7% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 95.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Yemen peaked at 11.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2000.
That places Yemen 32nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 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 | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 4.8% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 8.8% | 11.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 29 Portugal 10.0% compare
- 30 Netherlands 9.8% compare
- 31 Brazil 9.7% compare
- 33 Montenegro 9.7% compare
- 34 East Timor 9.6% compare
- 35 Denmark 9.6% compare
More health data for Yemen
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 570,800 (2025)
- Population, male 50.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 578,203 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 607,475 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 561,315 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 589,338 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 17.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 41.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 543,962 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 512,258 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Yemen?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Yemen was 9.7% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2000.
- How does Yemen rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Yemen ranks 32nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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).