Upper middle income vs Palestine: Current health expenditure
Current health expenditure over time
- Upper middle income
- Palestine
How they compare
Palestine currently reports 10.7% against 6.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 4.7%.
That makes Palestine's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Palestine has been ahead every year.
Upper middle income ranks 18th and Palestine ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Palestine has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Upper middle income | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 10.4% | 5.3% | Palestine |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 9.7% | 4.3% | Palestine |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 10.3% | 4.4% | Palestine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current health expenditure, Upper middle income or Palestine?
- Palestine, at 10.7% against 6.0% in Upper middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in current health expenditure between Upper middle income and Palestine?
- 4.7%, with Palestine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Palestine?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Upper middle income and Palestine rank globally for current health expenditure?
- Upper middle income ranks 18th and Palestine ranks 21st 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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About this data
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.