# Government health spending, share of government spending in Samoa

Government health spending, share of government spending in Samoa was 14.63% in 2023. Source: World Health Organization.

- Indicator id: `government_health_expenditure_share`
- Place id: `ws`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as a percentage of general government expenditure (SDG indicator 1.a.2): transfers from government domestic revenue allocated to health plus social health insurance contributions, divided by total general government spending. WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, System of Health Accounts 2011.
- Note: A share of all government spending, not of GDP; health aid from abroad is excluded. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
- Source: World Health Organization, Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of general government expenditure (GGE) (%) (GHED_GGHE-DGGE_SHA2011) (https://data.who.int/indicators/i/8C8FB8F/B9C6C79)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: World Health Organization, data.who.int. Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of general government expenditure (GGE) (%) (GHED_GGHE-DGGE_SHA2011) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/8C8FB8F/B9C6C79 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=government_health_expenditure_share&place=ws

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 14.63 |
| 2022 | 14.61 |
| 2021 | 14.63 |
| 2020 | 14.57 |
| 2019 | 13.61 |
| 2018 | 12.33 |
| 2017 | 12.71 |
| 2016 | 13.94 |
| 2015 | 13.77 |
| 2014 | 13.8 |
| 2013 | 13.12 |
| 2012 | 11.64 |
| 2011 | 10.89 |
| 2010 | 13.23 |
| 2009 | 12.67 |
| 2008 | 12.52 |
| 2007 | 10.56 |
| 2006 | 12.42 |
| 2005 | 10.4 |
| 2004 | 11.04 |
| 2003 | 9.87 |
| 2002 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | 10.39 |
| 2000 | 11.8 |