Current health expenditure in Denmark
Denmark: Current health expenditure was 9.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Denmark, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 9.4% for current health expenditure in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Denmark peaked at 10.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2000.
Denmark ranks 37th 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 Denmark, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.1% | — |
| 2001 | 8.4% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 8.9% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 9.3% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 9.5% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 10.4% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 10.3% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 10.7% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 9.5% | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 9.6% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 9.4% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 8.1% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 9.4% | 10.7% | 5 |
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More health data for Denmark
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.1019 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,179 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 31 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 60-64, female, annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, female, per capita 0.0324 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, male, annual growth rate 3.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, male, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Denmark?
- Current health expenditure in Denmark was 9.4% 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2000.
- How does Denmark rank for current health expenditure?
- Denmark ranks 37th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.