Total health spending as a share of GDP fluctuated between 4.3% and 5.5%
during the years 1999 and 20053
. In 2005, total health spending comprised 5.1% of GDP
(Estrada Galindo 2008). The most recent national health accounts data in Guatemala (for
2004-2005) point to four main sources of health financing: households (with a share in
total health expenditures of 69%), the government (18%), the business sector (11%) and
international aid (2%) (Estrada Galindo 2008).