Which has higher current health expenditure, North America or United States?

United States, at 16.7% against 16.3% in North America as of 2023.

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

0.4%, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North America 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.

North America vs United States: Current health expenditure

North America

16.3%

in 2023

United States

16.7%

in 2023

North America rank

1st

United States rank

3rd

Current health expenditure over time

North America
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 16.7% against 16.3% in North America, a difference of 0.4%.

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

North America ranks 1st and United States ranks 3rd of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	North America	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	14.0%	14.4%	0.4%	United States
2010s	15.8%	16.3%	0.5%	United States
2020s	16.9%	17.3%	0.4%	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current health expenditure, North America or United States?: United States, at 16.7% against 16.3% in North America as of 2023.
What is the difference in current health expenditure between North America and United States?: 0.4%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and United States?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do North America and United States rank globally for current health expenditure?: North America ranks 1st and United States ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
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.