Medical-related travel spending increased to $684.72 million in 2025 from $643.15 million in 2024, reflecting a 6.5 percent year-on-year rise driven by growing demand for overseas healthcare services.
According to vanguardngr, medical-related travel also recorded increases in the first three quarters before declining in the final quarter.
In Q1’25, medical travel expenditure rose to $151.53 million from $142.95 million in Q1’24, representing a 6.0 per cent YoY increase, while Q2’25 spending increased to $189.41 million from $153.67 million Q2’24, indicating a 23.3 per cent YoY rise.
In Q3’25, medical travel expenditure rose further to $208.35 million from $169.04 million in Q3’24, also representing a 23.3 per cent YoY increase, before declining by 23.7 per cent, YoY to $135.43 million in Q4’25 from $177.49 million recorded in Q4’24.
