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Malawi: Current health expenditure
6.53percent · 2023-20.5% since 2013
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. Annual figures for Malawi from 2000 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.535 | |
| 2022 | 6.625 | |
| 2021 | 7.516 | |
| 2020 | 7.039 | |
| 2019 | 6.37 | |
| 2018 | 6.882 | |
| 2017 | 7.584 | |
| 2016 | 7.727 | |
| 2015 | 6.629 | |
| 2014 | 6.898 | |
| 2013 | 8.224 | |
| 2012 | 6.022 | |
| 2011 | 5.322 | |
| 2010 | 5.143 | |
| 2009 | 5.873 | |
| 2008 | 6.107 | |
| 2007 | 5.443 | |
| 2006 | 4.912 | |
| 2005 | 4.3 | |
| 2004 | 4.072 | |
| 2003 | 3.32 | |
| 2002 | 2.697 | |
| 2001 | 2.06 | |
| 2000 | 2.352 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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