Current health expenditure in United States of America
United States of America: Current health expenditure was 16.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in United States of America, 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 United States of America stood at 16.7%.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in United States of America peaked at 18.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2000.
United States of America ranks 3rd 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.5% | — |
| 2001 | 13.2% | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 14.7% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 16.2% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 16.1% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 16.0% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 16.1% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 16.5% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 16.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 18.5% | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 16.7% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.4% | 12.5% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 16.0% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.3% | 16.5% | 18.5% | 4 |
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- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.056 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0261 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.1919 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in United States of America?
- Current health expenditure in United States of America was 16.7% 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2000.
- How does United States of America rank for current health expenditure?
- United States of America ranks 3rd out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.