Which has higher current health expenditure, Liberia or United States?

United States, at 16.7% against 13.0% in Liberia as of 2023.

What is the difference in current health expenditure between Liberia and United States?

3.7%, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and United States?

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.

Liberia vs United States: Current health expenditure

Liberia

13.0%

in 2023

United States

16.7%

in 2023

Liberia rank

6th

United States rank

3rd

Current health expenditure over time

Liberia
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 16.7% against 13.0% in Liberia, a difference of 3.7%.

That makes United States's figure about 1.3 times Liberia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 6th and United States ranks 3rd of 193 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	4.7%	14.4%	9.7%	United States
2010s	8.9%	16.3%	7.4%	United States
2020s	13.2%	17.3%	4.1%	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current health expenditure, Liberia or United States?: United States, at 16.7% against 13.0% in Liberia as of 2023.
What is the difference in current health expenditure between Liberia and United States?: 3.7%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and United States?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Liberia and United States rank globally for current health expenditure?: Liberia ranks 6th and United States ranks 3rd 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.