Data / Health spending, share of GDP / Colombia

Health spending, share of GDP in Colombia

Health spending, share of GDP in Colombia was 8.5% of GDP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 38 countries in 2025.

2025, % of GDP8.5 Provisional
Change on 2024-0 pts
Rank25th of 38Countries ranked
Series high9.12021
Series low5.62000

Health spending, share of GDP in Colombia, 2000 to 2025

567891020002004200820122016202020252000: 5.6 % of GDP2001: 5.9 % of GDP2002: 5.7 % of GDP2003: 5.8 % of GDP2004: 5.8 % of GDP2005: 6.1 % of GDP2006: 6.3 % of GDP2007: 6.5 % of GDP2008: 6.8 % of GDP2009: 7.3 % of GDP2010: 7.1 % of GDP2011: 6.8 % of GDP2012: 6.7 % of GDP2013: 7 % of GDP2014: 7.2 % of GDP2015: 7.5 % of GDP2016: 7.5 % of GDP2017: 7.7 % of GDP2018: 7.7 % of GDP2019: 7.8 % of GDP2020: 8.7 % of GDP2021: 9.1 % of GDP2022: 7.6 % of GDP2023: 8.1 % of GDP2024: 8.5 % of GDP2025: 8.5 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: OECD, OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.
All 26 values
Period% of GDP
20258.5 Provisional
20248.5
20238.1
20227.6
20219.1
20208.7
20197.8
20187.7
20177.7
20167.5
20157.5
20147.2
20137
20126.7
20116.8
20107.1
20097.3
20086.8
20076.5
20066.3
20056.1
20045.8
20035.8
20025.7
20015.9
20005.6

Rankings

Definition

Current expenditure on health from all financing schemes, public and private, as a percentage of GDP, under the System of Health Accounts 2011. Excludes capital investment in health facilities and equipment.

The latest year is often an OECD or national estimate and is revised when final accounts arrive.

How to cite

OECD. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest health spending, share of GDP in Colombia? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"health_expenditure_gdp","place":"co"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=health_expenditure_gdp&place=co

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the health spending, share of GDP in Colombia?

Health spending, share of GDP in Colombia was 8.5% of GDP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 38 countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest health spending, share of GDP in Colombia?

9.1% of GDP in 2021, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Health spending, share of GDP in other countries

Related statistics for Colombia

All statistics for Colombia