Current health expenditure in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Current health expenditure was 8.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Republic of Korea, 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 Republic of Korea stood at 8.7%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Republic of Korea peaked at 8.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2000.
Republic of Korea ranks 50th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.7% | — |
| 2001 | 4.2% | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 4.7% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 5.7% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 8.9% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.6% | 3.7% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.8% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 5 |
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More health data for Republic of Korea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.43 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.1935 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,072 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 69 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate -3.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0384 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 0.1329 % 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 0.0367 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Republic of Korea?
- Current health expenditure in Republic of Korea was 8.7% 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 Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 8.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2000.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for current health expenditure?
- Republic of Korea ranks 50th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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.