What is the difference in domestic general government health expenditure between United States and Uruguay?

1.6%, with United States ahead.

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

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 Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

United States vs Uruguay: Domestic general government health expenditure

United States

23.0%

in 2023

Uruguay

21.4%

in 2023

United States rank

4th

Uruguay rank

7th

Domestic general government health expenditure over time

United States
Uruguay

How they compare

United States currently reports 23.0% against 21.4% in Uruguay, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States ahead.

United States ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 7th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2000s	17.7%	15.6%	2.1%	United States
2010s	21.1%	19.3%	1.9%	United States
2020s	22.6%	21.0%	1.6%	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher domestic general government health expenditure, United States or Uruguay?: United States, at 23.0% against 21.4% in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in domestic general government health expenditure between United States and Uruguay?: 1.6%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Uruguay?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do United States and Uruguay rank globally for domestic general government health expenditure?: United States ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 7th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure)
Unit: % of general government expenditure
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 220 places, 4,981 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.