Current health expenditure in Switzerland
Switzerland: Current health expenditure was 11.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland stood at 11.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Switzerland peaked at 12.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.1%, in 2000.
Switzerland ranks 11th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.1% | — |
| 2001 | 9.5% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 10.1% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 10.1% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 9.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 10.1% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 10.7% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 12.0% | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 11.6% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 9.1% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 10.0% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Switzerland?
- Current health expenditure in Switzerland was 11.7% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1% in 2000.
- How does Switzerland rank for current health expenditure?
- Switzerland ranks 11th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.