In accordance with the 2022 annual actual spending report, issued by the Ministry of Finance, the actual
spending allocated to the Ministry of Health was ILS 2,432.4 from an overall ILS16,197.6 of overall annual
actual spending in the 2022 general budget , or 15.0% of overall expenditures.
In accordance with the 2021 annual actual spending report, issued by the Ministry of Finance, the actual
spending allocated to the Ministry of Health was ILS 2,316.1 from an overall ILS16,120.3 of annual actual
spending from the 2021 budget, or 14.1% of overall expenditures.
First: The annual actual spending of the Ministry of Health in 2022 was higher than its actual spending for 2021 by 5%, at an increase of ILS116.3 million from the overall expenditures allocated to the Ministry of Health.
Second: The percentage of the Ministry of Health’s actual spending in 2022 was 15.0% of the overall public
expenditures in Palestine, while in 2021 it was 14.4%. This is a high level of spending in comparison to previous years.
Third: The increase in actual spending in 2022 was mostly in the salaries and wages and commodities and services items. Meanwhile, this number was lower on the capital and developmental items compared to 2021.
Fourth: The actual spending on the salaries and wages and social contributions items was high in 2022 in comparison
with 2021, mainly due to the periodic annual increase in salaries.
Fifth: Actual spending on the item of commodities and services was higher in 2022 compared to 2021, increasing from
ILS1,302.9 in 2021 to ILS1,393.3 in 2022 at an increase of 7%. It should be noted that this item includes: medical
referrals, purchase of medicines and vaccines, employees on contract and the operational expenditures of the Ministry of Health.
Sixth: In spite of the elevated actual spending of the Ministry of Health in 2022 compared to 2021, this still did not include developmental expenditures, which went down in 2022 from 2021, from ILS25.7 million to ILS17.2 million.
Seventh: Capital expenditures also went down in 2022 from 2021, dropping from ILS20.7 million to ILS 11.0 million.
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It is worth noting that from the 2021-2022 analysis of comparative actual spending that the Health
Ministry’s actual spending increased in 2022 compared to 2021, whether at the level of the actual
amount spent or the ‘share’ of the Ministry of Health from overall expenditures. For the first time,
the percentage of the Ministry of Health’s actual spending was 15% of overall public expenditures.
However, this increase was primarily on the items of salaries and wages and commodities and
services, while actual spending was less on the capital and developmental items