Health expenditure
% GDP3.3%down-0.06
World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · updated 2026-10-08
South Asia / IND
India
Healthcare: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.
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Life expectancy
years72.2up+0.23
World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Infant mortality
per 1,000 births23.3down-1.20
World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Physicians
per 1,000 people0.7down-0.17
World Bank SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2020 (vs 2019) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 3.7%
- 2023
- 3.3%
decrease-0.4 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 38.2
- 2024
- 23.3
decrease-14.9 change
Spending share changed -0.4 pts; infant mortality changed -14.9 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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