Health spending in Nicaragua as share of GDP 2010-2021
Spending on health represented approximately eight percent of Nicaragua's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, the highest value reported within the analyzed decade. Compared to the beginning of the period, health expenditure relative to the country's GDP grew by three percentage points. That same year, Nicaragua was among the top ten countries with the highest health expenditure as a share of their gross domestic product in Latin America and the Caribbean.