Health expenditure as a share of GDP of Sri Lanka leapt by 8.30% from 4.0 % in 2021 to 4.4 % in 2022. Since the 7.93% slump in 2017, health expenditure as a share of GDP rocketed by 30.98% in 2022.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.
| Date | Value | Change, % |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 8.30% |
| 2021 | 4.0 | -0.81% |
| 2020 | 4.1 | 4.16% |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 7.06% |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 9.34% |
| 2017 | 3.3 | -7.93% |
| 2016 | 3.6 | -1.76% |
| 2015 | 3.7 | 6.19% |
| 2014 | 3.5 | -6.11% |
| 2013 | 3.7 | 11.71% |
| 2012 | 3.3 | -7.69% |
| 2011 | 3.6 |