Current health expenditure in Euro area
Euro area: Current health expenditure was 10.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Euro area, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 10.8% for current health expenditure in 2024.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Euro area peaked at 11.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.6%, in 2000.
That places Euro area 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.6% | — |
| 2001 | 8.7% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 8.9% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 9.2% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 9.1% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 10.1% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 11.2% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 10.8% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.2% | 8.6% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.8% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 2 Naoero 18.2% compare
- 3 United States of America 16.7% compare
- 4 Afghanistan 15.0% compare
- 5 Marshall Islands 13.4% compare
- 6 Liberia 13.0% compare
- 7 Micronesia, Federated States of 12.9% compare
- 8 Lesotho 12.6% compare
More health data for Euro area
- Population ages 30-34, female, per capita 0.0286 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.1709 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0309 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -0.1844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0298 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.027 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.1302 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Euro area?
- Current health expenditure in Euro area was 10.8% 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 Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6% in 2000.
- How does Euro area rank for current health expenditure?
- Euro area ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.