Which has higher current health expenditure, Australia or New Zealand?

Australia, at 10.4% against 10.1% in New Zealand as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Current health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs New Zealand: Current health expenditure

Australia

10.4%

in 2023

New Zealand

10.1%

in 2024

Australia rank

25th

New Zealand rank

28th

Current health expenditure over time

Australia
New Zealand

How they compare

Australia currently reports 10.4% against 10.1% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 25th and New Zealand ranks 28th of 193 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.0%	8.2%	0.2%	New Zealand
2010s	9.5%	8.9%	0.6%	Australia
2020s	10.4%	9.9%	0.5%	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current health expenditure, Australia or New Zealand?: Australia, at 10.4% against 10.1% in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in current health expenditure between Australia and New Zealand?: 0.3%, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for current health expenditure?: Australia ranks 25th and New Zealand ranks 28th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Current health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 5,692 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.