Current health expenditure (% of GDP) by country
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.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
27.1%
Tuvalu
Lowest
1.3%
Laos
Median
6.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,692
What the numbers show
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 27.1% in Tuvalu; the lowest is 1.3% in Laos.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, 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 127 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 59.1%).
Current health expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Afghanistan | 15.0% | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 13.4% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 6 | Liberia | 13.0% | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 7 | Micronesia (country) | 12.9% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 8 | Lesotho | 12.6% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 12.3% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 11.8% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 11.7% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 12 | South Sudan | 11.6% | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 13 | France | 11.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 11.3% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 11.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 11.1% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 17 | Kiribati | 10.9% | 2023 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 18 | Palau | 10.9% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 10.8% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 10.7% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 21 | Palestine | 10.7% | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 10.7% | 2023 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 10.5% | 2024 | up 34.3% | 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 | Portugal | 10.2% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 10.1% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands | 10.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 9.9% | 2024 | up 15.0% | 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 | Namibia | 9.5% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 36 | Norway | 9.4% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 9.4% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 38 | Cuba | 9.4% | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 39 | Armenia | 9.3% | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 40 | El Salvador | 9.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Maldives | 9.2% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 42 | Spain | 9.2% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Burundi | 9.1% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 44 | Uruguay | 9.0% | 2023 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 45 | Iceland | 9.0% | 2024 | up 8.4% | 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 | South Korea | 8.7% | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 51 | Czechia | 8.5% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 52 | Mozambique | 8.5% | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 8.4% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 8.4% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Paraguay | 8.4% | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 8.3% | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 58 | Ukraine | 8.2% | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 8.1% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 60 | Cyprus | 8.1% | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 61 | Poland | 8.1% | 2024 | up 26.2% | 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 | Estonia | 7.8% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 66 | Libya | 7.8% | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 7.8% | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 68 | Honduras | 7.7% | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 69 | Andorra | 7.7% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 7.7% | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 71 | Jamaica | 7.6% | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 72 | Lithuania | 7.6% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 7.6% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 7.5% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 7.4% | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 7.4% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 78 | Tonga | 7.4% | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 7.4% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 7.1% | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 82 | Israel | 7.1% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 7.1% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 7.1% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 85 | Russia | 7.0% | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 86 | Bolivia | 6.9% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 6.9% | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 88 | Georgia | 6.9% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 89 | Ireland | 6.9% | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 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 | Comoros | 6.6% | 2023 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 96 | Malawi | 6.5% | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 97 | Hungary | 6.4% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 98 | Bahamas | 6.3% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 99 | Botswana | 6.3% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 100 | Nepal | 6.2% | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 101 | Togo | 6.1% | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 102 | Mongolia | 6.1% | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 6.1% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 104 | Iran | 6.0% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 105 | Zambia | 6.0% | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 106 | China | 5.9% | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 5.9% | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 5.8% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.8% | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.7% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 111 | Liechtenstein | 5.7% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 112 | Romania | 5.7% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 5.7% | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 114 | Peru | 5.6% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 5.6% | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 116 | Mauritius | 5.6% | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 117 | Iraq | 5.5% | 2023 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 118 | Mexico | 5.5% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 5.5% | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 120 | Suriname | 5.4% | 2023 | up 20.5% | 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 | Nigeria | 4.2% | 2023 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 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 | Mali | 3.8% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 159 | Venezuela | 3.8% | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2023 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 161 | Somalia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 162 | Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 163 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.7% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 164 | Eritrea | 3.7% | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 165 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 166 | Fiji | 3.6% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 168 | Oman | 3.5% | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 169 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 170 | Madagascar | 3.4% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 171 | India | 3.3% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 172 | Benin | 3.3% | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 173 | Congo | 3.3% | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 174 | Haiti | 3.2% | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 176 | Monaco | 3.1% | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 177 | Tanzania | 3.1% | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 178 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 2.9% | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 180 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 182 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2023 | down 59.1% | flat |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 2.8% | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 184 | Syria | 2.7% | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 185 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 186 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 187 | Qatar | 2.5% | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 188 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 189 | Guyana | 2.5% | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 190 | Djibouti | 2.3% | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 191 | Brunei | 2.2% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 192 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 193 | 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.
- North America 16.3%
- Euro area 10.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 13.3%
- European Union 10.5%
- OECD members 12.7%
- High income 12.5%
- World 10.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 9.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 7.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 7.8%
- Other small states 7.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 7.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 6.8%
- Small states 6.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 6.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.2%
- Upper middle income 6.0%
- IBRD only 5.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 5.8%
- Pacific island small states 5.7%
- Middle income 5.6%
- Low & middle income 5.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 5.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 5.5%
- Caribbean Small States 5.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 5.2%
- Arab World 5.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 5.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 4.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.9%
- Early-demographic dividend 4.8%
- Low income 4.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 4.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.5%
- Africa Western and Central 4.1%
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.