Tuvalu: Health spending as percent of GDP

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 Tuvalu

Health spending as percent of GDP

 Latest value 19.97
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2000 - 2021
 Average 15.55
 Min - Max 9.89 - 24.28
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2021 is 19.97 percent, an increase from 18.86 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 7.21 percent, based on data from 181 countries. Historically, the average for Tuvalu from 2000 to 2021 is 15.55 percent. The minimum value, 9.89 percent, was reached in 2004 while the maximum of 24.28 percent was recorded in 2017. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Tuvalu - Health spending as percent of GDP - historical chart - 2000-2021




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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 Health spending per capita 1,070.96 2021 U.S. dollars
 Health spending as percent of GDP 19.97 2021 percent
 Life expectancy 64.85 2022 years
 Life expectancy, female 69.39 2022 years
 Life expectancy, male 61.14 2022 years
 Birth rate 23.32 2022 births per 1000 people
 Death rate 10.10 2022 deaths per 1000 people
 Fertility rate 3.14 2022 births per woman
 Tuberculosis 296.00 2022 cases per 100,000 people
 Diabetes prevalence 20.30 2021 percent
 Prevalence of anemia among children 41.90 2019 percent
 Access to drinking water, rural 5.4 2022 percent
 Access to drinking water, urban 10.5 2022 percent
 DPT immunization rate 91 2022 percent
 Hepatitis B immunization rate 91 2022 percent
 Measles immunization rate 90 2022 percent
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