Current health expenditure in Chile
Chile: Current health expenditure was 10.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Chile, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, current health expenditure in Chile stood at 10.5%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Chile peaked at 10.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2006.
Chile ranks 23rd of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Chile, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.0% | — |
| 2001 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 6.9% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 6.8% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 9.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 10.2% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 10.5% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.8% | 6.1% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 6.8% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 5 |
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More health data for Chile
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4062 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,755 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 115 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate 0.6594 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per capita 0.031 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Chile?
- Current health expenditure in Chile was 10.5% in 2024, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest current health expenditure recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2006.
- How does Chile rank for current health expenditure?
- Chile ranks 23rd out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Current health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.