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Philippines Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
What is Philippines' current health expenditure (% of gdp)? As of 2023, it's 5.1 Percentage, up from 3.7 Percentage in 2014.
| Label | Current health expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.7031 Percentage |
| 2015 | 3.8983 Percentage |
| 2016 | 3.9548 Percentage |
| 2017 | 3.9604 Percentage |
| 2018 | 3.9538 Percentage |
| 2019 | 4.1665 Percentage |
| 2020 | 5.1621 Percentage |
| 2021 | 5.975 Percentage |
| 2022 | 5.1559 Percentage |
| 2023 | 5.1012 Percentage |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
Philippines Current health expenditure (% of GDP): Key Points
- Over 2014-2023, Philippines' current health expenditure moved from 3.70 Percentage to 5.10 Percentage, a rise of 38% from start to finish.
- 2015: jumps to 3.90 Percentage (+5%).
- 2016-2018: sits at 3.95 Percentage, near enough unchanged.
- 2019-2021: surges to 5.97 Percentage (+51%).
- 2022: drops to 5.16 Percentage (-14%).
- Full span, 2014 to 2023: net gain of 37.8%, ending at 5.10 Percentage.
Reading A Choppy Series
This chart doesn't support a simple narrative. It moves up, it moves down — pick any two years and you can tell almost any story you want. Look at the whole series, not a slice of it.
Big, sudden moves like the one in 2020 (24%) are exactly the kind of single data point that can mislead if taken out of context — check it against a second source.
Worth pairing this with the same indicator for a handful of comparable economies before concluding anything about Philippines specifically — a move that looks large here can be the regional norm, or genuinely unusual, and this chart alone can't say which.
This series reflects Philippines's official reporting via the linked source. Statistics of this kind are typically benchmarked against periodic censuses or surveys, with intervening years estimated.
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