Jamaica's domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) was 64.35% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 17.05 percentage points from 47.29% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 64.35% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 56.86% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 47.29% | 2013 |
| Highest | 68.5% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 36.31% | 2006 |
| Average since 2014 | 58.69% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 53.31% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Jamaica's domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) fell 4.15 percentage points on 2022 (from 68.5% to 64.35%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.69 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.73 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.49 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.79 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 87% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 72.91% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2.65%, against 5.09% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2023, Jamaica had the 69th highest value of the 183 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 64.35% | 2023 |
| World | 60.94% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 50.93% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 55.53% | 2023 |
Closest to Jamaica in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health. Domestic public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. They do not include external resources spent by governments on health.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 64.35 |
| 2022 | 68.5 |
| 2021 | 63.92 |
| 2020 | 60.5 |
| 2019 | 57.09 |
| 2018 | 56.86 |
| 2017 | 58.2 |
| 2016 | 55.01 |
| 2015 | 53.8 |
| 2014 | 48.69 |
Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 58.98% (2023)
- Argentina — 60.23% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 50.56% (2023)
- Barbados — 41.64% (2023)
- Belize — 65.08% (2023)
- Bolivia — 67.28% (2023)
- Brazil — 44.13% (2023)
- Chile — 48.52% (2024)
More health data for Jamaica
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.5% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.83% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 254,729 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 17.76% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 264,030 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.83% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 518,759 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 18.29% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.79% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)?
- 64.35% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.GHED.CH.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://apps.who.int/nha/database Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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