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Health expenditure by country

Current health expenditure as a share of GDP, including public and private spending on healthcare goods and services.

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Health expenditure·%· World Bank
YearItalyJapanUnited States
20248.44%——
20238.41%10.74%16.69%
20228.85%12.32%16.53%
20219.28%12.08%17.35%
20209.56%11.45%18.52%
20198.62%10.97%16.54%
20188.65%10.74%16.51%
20178.69%10.66%16.64%
20168.72%10.66%16.69%
20158.85%10.75%16.4%
20148.86%10.73%16.14%
20138.79%10.67%15.95%
20128.8%10.67%16.12%
20118.73%10.49%16.14%
20108.88%9.06%16.2%
20098.91%8.96%16.2%
20088.5%8.09%15.21%
20078.1%7.78%14.92%
20068.4%7.69%14.71%
20058.31%7.66%14.58%
20048.14%7.54%14.55%
20037.81%7.49%14.51%
20027.84%7.35%14%
20017.71%7.24%13.17%
20007.55%7.03%12.49%

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217 countries & economies

Health expenditure· latest available values, mixed observation years ·%
#Country / economyYearRelative value
1TVTuvalu27.1%2023
2NRNaoero18.2%2023
3USUnited States16.7%2023
4AFAfghanistan15%2023
5MHMarshall Islands13.4%2023
6LRLiberia13%2023
7FMMicronesia, Fed. Sts.12.9%2023
8LSLesotho12.6%2023
9DEGermany12.3%2024
10ATAustria11.8%2024
11CHSwitzerland11.7%2023
12SSSouth Sudan11.6%2023
13FRFrance11.5%2024
14CACanada11.3%2024
15SESweden11.2%2024
16GBUnited Kingdom11.1%2024
17KIKiribati10.9%2023
18PWPalau10.9%2023
19BEBelgium10.8%2023
20JPJapan10.7%2023
21PSWest Bank and Gaza10.7%2023
22CFCentral African Republic10.7%2023
23CLChile10.5%2024
24FIFinland10.5%2023
25AUAustralia10.4%2023
26ARArgentina10.3%2023
27PTPortugal10.2%2024
28NZNew Zealand10.1%2024
29NLNetherlands10%2024
30SISlovenia9.9%2024
31BRBrazil9.7%2023
32YEYemen9.7%2023
33MEMontenegro9.7%2023
34TLTimor-Leste9.6%2023
35NANamibia9.5%2023
36NONorway9.4%2023
37DKDenmark9.4%2024
38CUCuba9.4%2023
39AMArmenia9.3%2023
40SVEl Salvador9.3%2023
41MVMaldives9.2%2023
42ESSpain9.2%2023
43BIBurundi9.1%2023
44UYUruguay9%2023
45ISIceland9%2024
46BABosnia and Herzegovina8.9%2023
47ZASouth Africa8.9%2023
48MTMalta8.8%2023
49GWGuinea-Bissau8.8%2023
50KRSouth Korea8.7%2024
51CZCzechia8.5%2024
52MZMozambique8.5%2023
53ITItaly8.4%2024
54GRGreece8.4%2023
55PYParaguay8.4%2023
56PAPanama8.3%2023
57NINicaragua8.3%2023
58UAUkraine8.2%2021
59COColombia8.1%2024
60CYCyprus8.1%2023
61PLPoland8.1%2024
62RSSerbia8%2023
63TNTunisia8%2023
64BGBulgaria7.9%2023
65EEEstonia7.8%2024
66LYLibya7.8%2023
67BFBurkina Faso7.8%2023
68HNHonduras7.7%2023
69ADAndorra7.7%2023
70JOJordan7.7%2023
71JMJamaica7.6%2023
72LTLithuania7.6%2024
73ECEcuador7.6%2023
74TTTrinidad and Tobago7.5%2023
75SZEswatini7.5%2023
76TJTajikistan7.4%2023
77MKNorth Macedonia7.4%2023
78TOTonga7.4%2023
79SKSlovakia7.4%2023
80LVLatvia7.3%2023
81HRCroatia7.1%2023
82ILIsrael7.1%2023
83BYBelarus7.1%2023
84ALAlbania7.1%2023
85RURussia7%2023
86BOBolivia6.9%2023
87CRCosta Rica6.9%2023
88GEGeorgia6.9%2023
89IEIreland6.9%2024
90GTGuatemala6.8%2023
91WSSamoa6.8%2023
92UZUzbekistan6.7%2023
93MDMoldova6.7%2023
94SMSan Marino6.6%2023
95KMComoros6.6%2023
96MWMalawi6.5%2023
97HUHungary6.4%2023
98BSBahamas, The6.3%2023
99BWBotswana6.3%2023
100NPNepal6.2%2023
101TGTogo6.1%2023
102MNMongolia6.1%2023
103MAMorocco6.1%2023
104IRIran6%2023
105ZMZambia6%2023
106CNChina5.9%2023
107LULuxembourg5.9%2024
108CVCabo Verde5.8%2023
109STSao Tome and Principe5.8%2023
110KNSt. Kitts and Nevis5.7%2023
111LILiechtenstein5.7%2023
112RORomania5.7%2023
113SASaudi Arabia5.7%2023
114PEPeru5.6%2023
115LBLebanon5.6%2023
116MUMauritius5.6%2023
117IQIraq5.5%2023
118MXMexico5.5%2023
119TMTurkmenistan5.5%2023
120SRSuriname5.4%2023
121BBBarbados5.4%2023
122SBSolomon Islands5.4%2023
123RWRwanda5.1%2023
124PHPhilippines5.1%2023
125DMDominica5%2023
126TDChad5%2023
127AEUnited Arab Emirates5%2023
128KWKuwait5%2023
129EGEgypt4.9%2023
130LCSt. Lucia4.7%2023
131SLSierra Leone4.7%2023
132GDGrenada4.7%2023
133KHCambodia4.6%2023
134DODominican Republic4.6%2023
135VNVietnam4.6%2023
136CMCameroon4.6%2023
137THThailand4.5%2023
138KGKyrgyz Republic4.5%2023
139SGSingapore4.5%2023
140SCSeychelles4.5%2023
141MMMyanmar4.5%2023
142VCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines4.4%2023
143BTBhutan4.4%2023
144KEKenya4.4%2023
145DZAlgeria4.4%2023
146MRMauritania4.3%2023
147SNSenegal4.3%2023
148TRTürkiye4.3%2023
149AZAzerbaijan4.3%2023
150UGUganda4.2%2023
151NGNigeria4.2%2023
152BZBelize4.1%2023
153VUVanuatu4.1%2023
154NENiger4%2023
155BHBahrain4%2023
156MYMalaysia4%2023
157AGAntigua and Barbuda3.9%2023
158MLMali3.8%2023
159VEVenezuela3.8%2023
160KZKazakhstan3.8%2023
161SOSomalia, Fed. Rep.3.7%2023
162GNGuinea3.7%2023
163CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo3.7%2023
164EREritrea3.7%2023
165LKSri Lanka3.7%2023
166FJFiji3.6%2023
167GQEquatorial Guinea3.5%2023
168OMOman3.5%2023
169CICote d'Ivoire3.4%2023
170MGMadagascar3.4%2023
171INIndia3.3%2023
172BJBenin3.3%2023
173CGRepublic of the Congo3.3%2023
174HTHaiti3.2%2023
175GAGabon3.1%2023
176MCMonaco3.1%2023
177TZTanzania3.1%2023
178GHGhana2.9%2023
179ZWZimbabwe2.9%2023
180GMGambia, The2.9%2023
181PGPapua New Guinea2.9%2023
182SDSudan2.9%2023
183ETEthiopia2.8%2023
184SYSyrian Arab Republic2.7%2023
185IDIndonesia2.7%2023
186AOAngola2.5%2023
187QAQatar2.5%2023
188PKPakistan2.5%2023
189GYGuyana2.5%2023
190DJDjibouti2.3%2023
191BNBrunei Darussalam2.2%2023
192BDBangladesh2.2%2023
193LALaos1.3%2023
—ASAmerican Samoa——
—AWAruba——
—BMBermuda——
—VGBritish Virgin Islands——
—KYCayman Islands——
—JGChannel Islands——
—CWCuracao——
—FOFaroe Islands——
—PFFrench Polynesia——
—GIGibraltar——
—GLGreenland——
—GUGuam——
—HKHong Kong SAR, China——
—IMIsle of Man——
—XKKosovo——
—MOMacao SAR, China——
—NCNew Caledonia——
—KPNorth Korea——
—MPNorthern Mariana Islands——
—PRPuerto Rico (US)——
—SXSint Maarten (Dutch part)——
—MFSt. Martin (French part)——
—TCTurks and Caicos Islands——
—VIVirgin Islands (U.S.)——

Source: World Bank · World Development IndicatorsRetrieved 2026-09-23 · Source updated 2026-07-13

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