Iraq: Health spending as percent of GDP

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 Iraq

Health spending as percent of GDP

 Latest value 5.25
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2003 - 2021
 Average 3.60
 Min - Max 2.49 - 6.17
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2021 is 5.25 percent, a decline from 6.17 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 7.21 percent, based on data from 181 countries. Historically, the average for Iraq from 2003 to 2021 is 3.6 percent. The minimum value, 2.49 percent, was reached in 2006 while the maximum of 6.17 percent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Iraq - Health spending as percent of GDP - Recent values chart

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Iraq - Health spending as percent of GDP - historical chart - 2003-2021




Definition: 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.

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 Life expectancy, female 73.36 2022 years
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 Birth rate 27.03 2022 births per 1000 people
 Death rate 4.43 2022 deaths per 1000 people
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 Tuberculosis 23.00 2022 cases per 100,000 people
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 Prevalence of anemia among children 29.40 2019 percent
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