Current health expenditure in Slovakia
Slovakia: Current health expenditure was 7.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Slovakia, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for current health expenditure in Slovakia is 7.4%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Slovakia peaked at 8.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2000.
Slovakia ranks 79th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.3% | — |
| 2001 | 5.3% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 6.4% | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 7.2% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 8.0% | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 7.4% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.4% | 5.3% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.6% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Slovakia?
- Current health expenditure in Slovakia was 7.4% 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2000.
- How does Slovakia rank for current health expenditure?
- Slovakia ranks 79th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.