Current health expenditure in High income
High income: Current health expenditure was 12.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in High income, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, current health expenditure in High income stood at 12.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in High income peaked at 13.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2000.
That places High income 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in High income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.3% | — |
| 2001 | 9.8% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 10.2% | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 10.3% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 10.3% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 11.3% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 12.2% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 13.1% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 12.6% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 12.5% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.3% | 9.3% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 11.2% | 12.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 12.5% | 13.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 1 Tuvalu 27.1% compare
- 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
More health data for High income
- Population ages 45-49, male, per capita 0.0342 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate -0.2324 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per capita 0.0331 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0293 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, annual growth rate -0.3034 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.0331 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in High income?
- Current health expenditure in High income was 12.5% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest current health expenditure recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2000.
- How does High income rank for current health expenditure?
- High income ranks 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High income 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.