Current health expenditure in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Current health expenditure was 6.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Upper middle income, 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 Upper middle income stood at 6.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Upper middle income peaked at 6.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2007.
Upper middle income ranks 18th of 47 groups 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 Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 5.1% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 5.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More health data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.0325 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate -1.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per capita 0.0344 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, annual growth rate -1.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per capita 0.0327 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, annual growth rate 0.3107 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Upper middle income?
- Current health expenditure in Upper middle income was 6.0% 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 Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2007.
- How does Upper middle income rank for current health expenditure?
- Upper middle income ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.