Current health expenditure in Lithuania
Lithuania: Current health expenditure was 7.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Lithuania, 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 Lithuania stood at 7.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Lithuania peaked at 7.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2004.
Lithuania ranks 72nd 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 Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2% | — |
| 2001 | 6.0% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 6.5% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 7.6% | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.1% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Lithuania?
- Current health expenditure in Lithuania was 7.6% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2004.
- How does Lithuania rank for current health expenditure?
- Lithuania ranks 72nd out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.