Iraq: Health spending as percent of GDP

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.

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.