Capital health expenditure (% of GDP) by country
Level of capital investments on health expressed as a percentage of GDP. Capital health investments include health infrastructure (buildings, machinery, IT) and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
1.9%
Maldives
Lowest
0.0%
Kazakhstan
Median
0.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,150
What the numbers show
Capital health expenditure (% of GDP) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 1.9% in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0% in Kazakhstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.3%.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 63,005.4%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 99.0%).
Capital health expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 1.9% | 2020 | up 699.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Comoros | 1.4% | 2019 | up 168.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Naoero | 1.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Togo | 1.0% | 2021 | up 4,775.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Palau | 1.0% | 2022 | up 1,226.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Panama | 0.9% | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 0.9% | 2014 | up 216.9% | rising |
| 8 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2021 | up 326.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Burundi | 0.8% | 2020 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.8% | 2019 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2023 | up 765.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2015 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2023 | up 495.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Nepal | 0.7% | 2021 | up 131.2% | falling |
| 15 | Marshall Islands | 0.7% | 2022 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Ukraine | 0.7% | 2020 | up 159.0% | rising |
| 17 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2023 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 18 | China | 0.6% | 2020 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 19 | United States of America | 0.6% | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 20 | Kiribati | 0.6% | 2021 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Bhutan | 0.6% | 2020 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 22 | Barbados | 0.5% | 2023 | up 605.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5% | 2021 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 0.5% | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 25 | Timor-Leste | 0.5% | 2017 | up 8,784.2% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 27 | Kenya | 0.5% | 2019 | up 162.0% | rising |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 0.5% | 2022 | up 256.9% | volatile |
| 29 | India | 0.5% | 2021 | up 150.5% | rising |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5% | 2021 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5% | 2023 | up 328.1% | rising |
| 32 | Armenia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 1,178.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.4% | 2022 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4% | 2022 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Oman | 0.4% | 2023 | up 133.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Madagascar | 0.4% | 2021 | up 366.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4% | 2015 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 39 | Peru | 0.4% | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.4% | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 41 | Ecuador | 0.4% | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Ireland | 0.3% | 2010 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.3% | 2019 | up 63,005.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2019 | up 12,919.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2019 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 46 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 0.3% | 2019 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 49 | Liberia | 0.3% | 2020 | up 428.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Bahamas | 0.3% | 2023 | up 1,238.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 0.3% | 2022 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.3% | 2023 | up 232.2% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 0.3% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 54 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 55 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2018 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 56 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2019 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 0.3% | 2021 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2022 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3% | 2023 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2018 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 0.3% | 2021 | up 437.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2021 | up 269.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Singapore | 0.3% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Niger | 0.2% | 2023 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 0.2% | 2018 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 0.2% | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 105.7% | falling |
| 68 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2018 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2020 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 70 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 0.2% | 2021 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 72 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2% | 2021 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Paraguay | 0.2% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 74 | Dominica | 0.2% | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Congo | 0.2% | 2020 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2021 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 0.2% | 2019 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Grenada | 0.2% | 2023 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.2% | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Malaysia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 84 | Nigeria | 0.2% | 2021 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2% | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2020 | up 1,229.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 2019 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2021 | up 180.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 0.1% | 2023 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 92 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2022 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Albania | 0.1% | 2022 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2022 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Mali | 0.1% | 2021 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2023 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 97 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.1% | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 99 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2022 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2022 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Monaco | 0.1% | 2015 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 102 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1% | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2020 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2021 | up 7,383.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2021 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Andorra | 0.1% | 2023 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 107 | Belize | 0.1% | 2023 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Tuvalu | 0.1% | 2021 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 109 | San Marino | 0.1% | 2023 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2022 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 112 | Benin | 0.1% | 2018 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2019 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Chad | 0.1% | 2022 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1% | 2019 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 116 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2023 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2022 | up 363.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 84.4% | falling |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2017 | down 87.2% | falling |
| 124 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2014 | up 331.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2009 | — | volatile |
About this data
Level of capital investments on health expressed as a percentage of GDP. Capital health investments include health infrastructure (buildings, machinery, IT) and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.