The health expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in Malaysia declined to 3.91 percent in 2022. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significantly higher share than the preceding years. This indicator estimates current health expenditures, including 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. The level of current health expenditure is expressed as a share of GDP.
Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.
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World Bank. (March 24, 2025). Health expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in Malaysia 2008 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/780547/health-expenditure-share-of-gdp-malaysia/
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World Bank. (2025). Health expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in Malaysia 2008 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/780547/health-expenditure-share-of-gdp-malaysia/
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Health expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in Malaysia 2008 to 2022 [Graph], World Bank, March 24, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/780547/health-expenditure-share-of-gdp-malaysia/