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Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
27.1%
Tuvalu
Lowest
1.3%
Laos
Median
6.5%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,876

What the numbers show

Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 27.1% in Tuvalu; the lowest is 1.3% in Laos.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.5%, and the mean is 6.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 59.1%).

Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 27.1% 2023 up 96.2% rising
2 Nauru 18.2% 2023 up 90.3% falling
3 United States 16.7% 2023 up 4.7% rising
4 Niue 16.1% 2023 up 63.3% volatile
5 Afghanistan 15.0% 2023 up 70.2% rising
6 Marshall Islands 13.4% 2023 up 10.5% falling
7 Liberia 13.0% 2023 up 81.7% rising
8 Micronesia (country) 12.9% 2023 up 5.4% rising
9 Lesotho 12.6% 2023 up 14.9% rising
10 Germany 11.7% 2023 up 9.3% rising
11 Switzerland 11.7% 2023 up 10.3% rising
12 South Sudan 11.6% 2023 down 47.5% falling
13 France 11.5% 2023 up 1.2% rising
14 Canada 11.2% 2023 up 7.2% rising
15 Austria 11.2% 2023 up 7.2% rising
16 Sweden 11.2% 2023 up 1.5% rising
17 United Kingdom 11.0% 2023 up 10.0% rising
18 Kiribati 10.9% 2023 up 25.7% flat
19 Palau 10.9% 2023 down 0.7% rising
20 Belgium 10.8% 2023 up 1.6% rising
21 Japan 10.7% 2023 up 0.6% rising
22 Palestine 10.7% 2023 up 2.7% falling
23 Central African Republic 10.7% 2023 up 123.5% rising
24 Finland 10.5% 2023 up 6.4% rising
25 Australia 10.4% 2023 up 18.9% rising
26 Argentina 10.3% 2023 up 3.5% rising
27 Chile 10.2% 2023 up 36.1% rising
28 New Zealand 10.1% 2023 up 13.3% rising
29 Portugal 10.0% 2023 up 6.7% rising
30 Netherlands 9.8% 2023 down 6.4% rising
31 Brazil 9.7% 2023 up 22.0% rising
32 Yemen 9.7% 2023 up 95.4% rising
33 Montenegro 9.7% 2023 up 14.0% rising
34 East Timor 9.6% 2023 up 12.5% rising
35 Denmark 9.6% 2023 down 7.2% rising
36 Namibia 9.5% 2023 down 6.0% falling
37 Norway 9.4% 2023 up 6.3% rising
38 Cuba 9.4% 2023 down 10.0% rising
39 Armenia 9.3% 2023 down 9.7% rising
40 Slovenia 9.3% 2023 up 5.2% rising
41 El Salvador 9.3% 2023 up 2.6% rising
42 Maldives 9.2% 2023 up 13.4% rising
43 Spain 9.2% 2023 up 0.9% rising
44 Burundi 9.1% 2023 up 5.4% rising
45 Uruguay 9.0% 2023 up 11.6% flat
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.9% 2023 down 5.5% rising
47 South Africa 8.9% 2023 up 10.0% rising
48 Malta 8.8% 2023 up 6.5% rising
49 Guinea-Bissau 8.8% 2023 up 25.3% rising
50 Iceland 8.7% 2023 up 5.8% flat
51 South Korea 8.6% 2023 up 41.1% rising
52 Mozambique 8.5% 2023 up 40.6% rising
53 Czechia 8.4% 2023 up 13.1% rising
54 Italy 8.4% 2023 down 4.4% rising
55 Greece 8.4% 2023 down 1.5% flat
56 Paraguay 8.4% 2023 up 37.8% rising
57 Panama 8.3% 2023 up 27.7% rising
58 Nicaragua 8.3% 2023 up 8.6% rising
59 Ukraine 8.2% 2021 up 20.3% rising
60 Colombia 8.2% 2023 up 16.3% rising
61 Cyprus 8.1% 2023 up 17.2% rising
62 Serbia 8.0% 2023 down 10.1% rising
63 Tunisia 8.0% 2023 up 22.6% rising
64 Bulgaria 7.9% 2023 up 10.9% rising
65 Libya 7.8% 2023 up 56.9% rising
66 Burkina Faso 7.8% 2023 up 40.2% rising
67 Honduras 7.7% 2023 down 9.1% rising
68 Andorra 7.7% 2023 up 13.3% rising
69 Jordan 7.7% 2023 up 6.9% falling
70 Jamaica 7.6% 2023 up 21.0% rising
71 Ecuador 7.6% 2023 up 11.6% rising
72 Trinidad and Tobago 7.5% 2023 up 56.7% rising
73 Eswatini 7.5% 2023 up 0.5% rising
74 Estonia 7.5% 2023 up 20.5% rising
75 Tajikistan 7.4% 2023 up 13.9% rising
76 North Macedonia 7.4% 2023 up 10.5% falling
77 Tonga 7.4% 2023 up 76.6% rising
78 Slovakia 7.4% 2023 down 1.7% rising
79 Lithuania 7.3% 2023 up 18.9% rising
80 Latvia 7.3% 2023 up 29.9% rising
81 Croatia 7.1% 2023 up 12.1% flat
82 Poland 7.1% 2023 up 10.7% rising
83 Israel 7.1% 2023 up 2.3% rising
84 Belarus 7.1% 2023 up 24.3% rising
85 Albania 7.1% 2023 up 13.6% rising
86 Russia 7.0% 2023 up 38.6% rising
87 Bolivia 6.9% 2023 up 24.1% rising
88 Costa Rica 6.9% 2023 down 10.6% rising
89 Georgia 6.9% 2023 down 14.3% rising
90 Guatemala 6.8% 2023 up 17.9% rising
91 Samoa 6.8% 2023 up 9.1% rising
92 Uzbekistan 6.7% 2023 up 17.9% rising
93 Moldova 6.7% 2023 down 22.4% falling
94 San Marino 6.6% 2023 down 19.8% rising
95 Ireland 6.6% 2023 down 34.5% falling
96 Comoros 6.6% 2023 up 28.4% falling
97 Malawi 6.5% 2023 down 20.5% rising
98 Hungary 6.4% 2023 down 12.0% falling
99 Bahamas 6.3% 2023 up 10.9% rising
100 Botswana 6.3% 2023 down 3.7% flat
101 Nepal 6.2% 2023 up 33.0% rising
102 Togo 6.1% 2023 up 27.6% rising
103 Mongolia 6.1% 2023 up 48.5% rising
104 Morocco 6.1% 2023 up 15.4% rising
105 Iran 6.0% 2023 up 5.0% rising
106 Zambia 6.0% 2023 up 30.7% rising
107 China 5.9% 2023 up 28.1% rising
108 Cape Verde 5.8% 2023 up 21.2% rising
109 Luxembourg 5.8% 2023 up 10.5% falling
110 Sao Tome and Principe 5.8% 2023 down 35.4% falling
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.7% 2023 up 13.5% rising
112 Liechtenstein 5.7% 2023 down 0.6% flat
113 Romania 5.7% 2023 up 9.3% rising
114 Saudi Arabia 5.7% 2023 up 28.6% rising
115 Peru 5.6% 2023 up 19.6% rising
116 Lebanon 5.6% 2023 down 21.1% falling
117 Mauritius 5.6% 2023 up 20.4% rising
118 Iraq 5.5% 2023 up 97.0% rising
119 Mexico 5.5% 2023 down 1.3% rising
120 Turkmenistan 5.5% 2023 up 38.5% rising
121 Barbados 5.4% 2023 down 16.6% rising
122 Solomon Islands 5.4% 2023 up 17.1% falling
123 Rwanda 5.1% 2023 down 24.3% flat
124 Philippines 5.1% 2023 up 19.4% rising
125 Dominica 5.0% 2023 down 6.4% rising
126 Chad 5.0% 2023 up 69.0% falling
127 United Arab Emirates 5.0% 2023 up 41.9% rising
128 Kuwait 5.0% 2023 up 99.5% rising
129 Egypt 4.9% 2023 up 4.6% falling
130 Saint Lucia 4.7% 2023 down 6.7% flat
131 Sierra Leone 4.7% 2023 down 44.2% rising
132 Grenada 4.7% 2023 down 17.3% falling
133 Cambodia 4.6% 2023 down 7.8% falling
134 Dominican Republic 4.6% 2023 down 6.6% flat
135 Vietnam 4.6% 2023 up 3.4% rising
136 Cameroon 4.6% 2023 up 25.4% rising
137 Thailand 4.5% 2023 up 31.4% rising
138 Kyrgyzstan 4.5% 2023 down 45.0% falling
139 Singapore 4.5% 2023 up 22.0% rising
140 Seychelles 4.5% 2023 up 6.9% rising
141 Myanmar 4.5% 2023 up 43.3% rising
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.4% 2023 up 4.7% rising
143 Bhutan 4.4% 2023 up 31.9% falling
144 Kenya 4.4% 2023 down 11.7% rising
145 Algeria 4.4% 2023 down 22.9% rising
146 Mauritania 4.3% 2023 up 51.4% rising
147 Senegal 4.3% 2023 down 1.4% rising
148 Turkey 4.3% 2023 down 2.2% falling
149 Azerbaijan 4.3% 2023 up 32.4% rising
150 Uganda 4.2% 2023 down 26.7% falling
151 Cook Islands 4.2% 2023 up 27.4% rising
152 Belize 4.1% 2023 down 6.2% rising
153 Vanuatu 4.1% 2023 down 6.2% rising
154 Niger 4.0% 2023 down 9.3% flat
155 Bahrain 4.0% 2023 down 3.6% rising
156 Malaysia 4.0% 2023 up 12.7% rising
157 Antigua and Barbuda 3.9% 2023 down 20.3% flat
158 Nigeria 3.9% 2023 up 12.9% flat
159 Mali 3.8% 2023 down 3.8% falling
160 Venezuela 3.8% 2023 up 56.2% rising
161 Kazakhstan 3.8% 2023 up 41.5% falling
162 Somalia 3.7% 2023 up 11.1% flat
163 Guinea 3.7% 2023 up 6.7% falling
164 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.7% 2023 up 10.3% rising
165 Eritrea 3.7% 2023 down 25.9% falling
166 Sri Lanka 3.7% 2023 down 0.3% flat
167 Fiji 3.6% 2023 up 13.0% rising
168 Equatorial Guinea 3.5% 2023 up 99.3% rising
169 Oman 3.5% 2023 up 39.3% rising
170 Cote d'Ivoire 3.4% 2023 down 7.7% falling
171 Madagascar 3.4% 2023 down 8.6% falling
172 India 3.3% 2023 down 10.9% falling
173 Benin 3.3% 2023 up 16.3% flat
174 Congo 3.3% 2023 up 69.7% rising
175 Haiti 3.2% 2023 down 22.3% rising
176 Gabon 3.1% 2023 up 10.3% falling
177 Monaco 3.1% 2023 down 31.8% falling
178 Tanzania 3.1% 2023 down 34.3% falling
179 Ghana 2.9% 2023 down 35.8% rising
180 Zimbabwe 2.9% 2023 down 58.8% falling
181 Gambia 2.9% 2023 down 26.1% falling
182 Papua New Guinea 2.9% 2023 down 4.2% flat
183 Sudan 2.9% 2023 down 59.1% flat
184 Ethiopia 2.8% 2023 down 31.2% falling
185 Syria 2.7% 2023 down 28.2% falling
186 Indonesia 2.7% 2023 down 5.8% rising
187 Angola 2.5% 2023 up 4.8% falling
188 Qatar 2.5% 2023 up 21.5% rising
189 Pakistan 2.5% 2023 up 4.3% rising
190 Guyana 2.5% 2023 down 35.1% rising
191 Djibouti 2.3% 2023 down 21.8% falling
192 Brunei 2.2% 2023 up 17.4% falling
193 Bangladesh 2.2% 2023 down 5.5% rising
194 Laos 1.3% 2023 down 44.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
207 places, 4,876 data points, 2000–2023
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