Government health spending in Brazil 2023, by area
In 2023, the Brazilian government spent more than 161 billion reals on health, out of which more than 46 percent, or nearly 75 billion Brazilian reals, were allocated to hospital and outpatient care. Meanwhile, epidemiological monitoring concentrated around 0.5 percent of the public health expenditure in the South American country, amounting to around 8.3 billion reals.
Public health spending by state
During the 2023 fiscal year, the Brazilian state with the highest public health expenditure was São Paulo, reaching nearly 18.4 billion Brazilian reals. Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro followed as the districts with the second and third-largest government expenditure on healthcare. In comparison, the states with the lowest health expenditure in the South American country were Acre, Amapá, and Roraima, with under 700 million Brazilian reals each.
Health spending is expected to increase in the coming years
Current health expenditure in Brazil is forecast to increase in the following years. By 2029, the figure, which includes government and consumer expenditure on health, is estimated to reach more than 343 billion U.S. dollars. In relation to its gross domestic product, Brazil allocated over 10 percent of its GDP to healthcare in 2021, being the Latin American country with the second-highest health spending relative to its gross domestic product, just after Cuba, and along with a group of countries. In addition, Brazilian households spent approximately 37 billion U.S. dollars on health out of their pockets that year, a decrease of around eight billion U.S. dollars in comparison to 2019.
