Healthcare spending to reach 6% in 2025

Healthcare spending will increase gradually to 6 percent of GDP in 2025, according to a draft amendment bill, which the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers recommended to the government. In 2018 healthcare outlays will account for 4.67 percent of GDP, in 2019 – 4.84 percent, 5.03 percent in 2020, 5.22 percent in 2021, 5.41 percent in 2022, 5.6 percent in 2023 and 5.8 percent in 2024. The target 6 percent will be achieved in 2025. This year, healthcare spending stood at 4.73 percent of GDP, according to the Health Ministry.