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Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
92.5%
Brunei Darussalam
Lowest
1.7%
Afghanistan
Median
56.6%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,876

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 92.5% in Brunei Darussalam; the lowest is 1.7% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.6%, and the mean is 52.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 248.3%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 69.0%).

Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brunei Darussalam 92.5% 2023 up 2.1% rising
2 Kuwait 88.5% 2023 up 5.5% rising
3 Cook Islands 87.7% 2023 up 1.1% rising
4 San Marino 86.9% 2023 down 2.4% rising
5 Luxembourg 86.6% 2023 up 3.3% flat
6 Norway 86.1% 2023 up 1.3% flat
7 Sweden 86.1% 2023 up 2.4% flat
8 Monaco 85.7% 2023 up 5.6% rising
9 Oman 85.3% 2023 down 2.5% rising
10 Japan 84.8% 2023 up 0.7% rising
11 Czechia 84.3% 2023 down 0.1% flat
12 Croatia 84.0% 2023 down 1.7% flat
13 Naoero 83.6% 2023 up 49.6% rising
14 Iceland 83.6% 2023 up 4.1% flat
15 Cuba 83.4% 2023 down 4.8% rising
16 Denmark 83.3% 2023 down 1.4% flat
17 Qatar 83.0% 2023 down 1.4% rising
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 81.8% 2023 up 2.9% flat
19 Finland 81.1% 2023 up 2.1% rising
20 Libya 80.1% 2023 up 9.2% rising
21 Germany 79.1% 2023 up 3.1% flat
22 Slovakia 78.9% 2023 up 7.7% flat
23 Maldives 78.9% 2023 up 49.7% rising
24 Kiribati 78.5% 2023 down 4.0% falling
25 Thailand 77.9% 2023 up 2.5% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 77.8% 2023 up 11.7% rising
27 Timor-Leste 77.7% 2023 up 49.1% rising
28 New Zealand 77.7% 2023 down 0.1% flat
29 Poland 77.1% 2023 up 9.7% rising
30 Cyprus 76.8% 2023 up 68.6% rising
31 Ireland 76.6% 2023 up 7.8% falling
32 Austria 76.5% 2023 up 6.2% flat
33 Türkiye 75.9% 2023 down 3.1% rising
34 Romania 75.9% 2023 down 3.9% flat
35 Estonia 75.8% 2023 up 1.8% flat
36 Botswana 75.5% 2023 up 18.0% rising
37 Marshall Islands 75.0% 2023 up 48.7% flat
38 Fiji 74.8% 2023 up 27.8% falling
39 Australia 73.7% 2023 up 8.8% flat
40 Belgium 73.7% 2023 down 2.0% flat
41 Hungary 73.4% 2023 up 10.8% flat
42 Papua New Guinea 73.3% 2023 up 10.6% falling
43 Spain 73.2% 2023 up 4.4% flat
44 Slovenia 73.2% 2023 up 4.1% flat
45 Italy 73.1% 2023 down 2.8% flat
46 Tuvalu 72.8% 2023 up 1.6% falling
47 Uruguay 72.4% 2023 up 8.9% rising
48 Andorra 70.8% 2023 up 0.9% rising
49 Colombia 70.3% 2023 up 0.7% falling
50 Canada 70.3% 2023 down 0.9% flat
51 Seychelles 70.3% 2023 down 8.1% falling
52 Guyana 70.1% 2023 up 41.3% rising
53 Russian Federation 70.0% 2023 up 12.3% rising
54 Republic of Moldova 69.6% 2023 up 49.0% rising
55 Montenegro 69.3% 2023 up 19.9% rising
56 Samoa 69.2% 2023 up 6.8% flat
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.1% 2023 up 9.5% flat
58 Liechtenstein 69.0% 2023 up 3.6% rising
59 Netherlands 68.4% 2023 down 0.9% flat
60 France 67.7% 2023 down 3.6% flat
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.3% 2023 down 3.5% rising
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 67.3% 2023 up 15.0% rising
63 Costa Rica 67.2% 2023 down 5.4% rising
64 Dominica 67.1% 2023 up 9.4% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 66.8% 2023 down 7.2% flat
66 Belarus 66.8% 2023 up 6.5% falling
67 Bhutan 66.7% 2023 down 3.2% falling
68 Malta 66.0% 2023 down 2.3% falling
69 Kazakhstan 65.8% 2023 down 5.1% rising
70 Gabon 65.7% 2023 up 2.4% rising
71 Serbia 65.5% 2023 up 9.5% falling
72 Israel 65.2% 2023 up 2.9% rising
73 Belize 65.1% 2023 down 1.6% rising
74 Lithuania 65.0% 2023 down 0.9% flat
75 Jamaica 64.3% 2023 up 36.1% rising
76 Dominican Republic 64.1% 2023 up 13.4% rising
77 Peru 63.6% 2023 up 13.4% rising
78 Ghana 63.2% 2023 up 56.3% rising
79 Solomon Islands 62.9% 2023 up 3.9% falling
80 Bulgaria 62.8% 2023 up 11.0% flat
81 Ecuador 62.0% 2023 up 8.8% rising
82 South Africa 61.6% 2023 up 20.4% rising
83 Portugal 61.4% 2023 down 1.4% falling
84 Palau 60.9% 2023 up 21.3% rising
85 El Salvador 60.5% 2023 up 15.1% rising
86 Argentina 60.2% 2023 down 5.1% rising
87 Latvia 59.5% 2023 down 0.9% rising
88 Bahrain 59.3% 2023 down 9.1% falling
89 Antigua and Barbuda 59.0% 2023 up 5.2% rising
90 Korea 58.6% 2023 up 7.2% rising
91 Cape Verde 58.6% 2023 up 1.4% falling
92 Namibia 58.5% 2023 up 13.4% rising
93 Singapore 58.5% 2023 up 40.1% rising
94 North Macedonia 57.6% 2023 down 12.3% rising
95 Nicaragua 57.4% 2023 up 13.4% rising
96 China 57.1% 2023 up 0.1% rising
97 Vanuatu 56.6% 2023 up 10.7% falling
98 Morocco 56.5% 2023 up 62.6% rising
99 Paraguay 55.4% 2023 up 26.7% rising
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.3% 2023 up 42.5% rising
101 Tunisia 54.1% 2023 down 8.5% rising
102 United States of America 54.0% 2023 up 9.0% rising
103 Indonesia 53.6% 2023 up 88.3% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 53.3% 2023 up 10.6% rising
105 Algeria 53.1% 2023 down 23.5% falling
106 Ukraine 52.1% 2021 up 3.8% falling
107 Chile 51.6% 2023 up 8.3% rising
108 Panama 51.2% 2023 down 18.1% falling
109 Greece 50.6% 2023 down 17.5% falling
110 Bahamas 50.6% 2023 up 10.8% rising
111 Saint Lucia 50.4% 2023 up 23.2% rising
112 Malaysia 50.0% 2023 down 7.2% flat
113 Albania 49.6% 2023 up 20.9% falling
114 Mexico 48.6% 2023 down 9.5% rising
115 Trinidad and Tobago 48.4% 2023 down 6.1% rising
116 Rwanda 47.0% 2023 up 46.7% rising
117 Iran, Islamic Republic of 46.7% 2023 up 23.3% rising
118 Lesotho 46.3% 2023 down 16.9% falling
119 Tonga 46.3% 2023 down 30.5% falling
120 Djibouti 46.1% 2023 down 25.5% rising
121 Iraq 46.0% 2023 up 12.7% falling
122 Niue 45.2% 2023 down 36.0% falling
123 Grenada 45.2% 2023 up 11.6% flat
124 Jordan 45.0% 2023 down 26.9% falling
125 Mongolia 45.0% 2023 down 19.5% falling
126 Gambia 44.9% 2023 up 62.2% rising
127 Kenya 44.9% 2023 up 33.3% rising
128 Angola 44.5% 2023 down 28.2% flat
129 Mauritius 44.3% 2023 up 6.0% falling
130 Viet Nam 44.3% 2023 down 2.1% rising
131 Brazil 44.1% 2023 down 0.9% flat
132 Eswatini 42.7% 2023 down 4.2% flat
133 Philippines 42.4% 2023 up 61.7% rising
134 Barbados 41.6% 2023 down 19.0% falling
135 Palestine, State of 41.4% 2023 up 34.2% rising
136 Côte d'Ivoire 40.8% 2023 up 108.5% rising
137 Zambia 40.7% 2023 up 42.2% rising
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.8% 2023 up 34.0% rising
139 India 39.0% 2023 up 69.1% rising
140 Lebanon 37.9% 2023 down 14.2% rising
141 Sao Tome and Principe 37.0% 2023 up 10.3% rising
142 Guatemala 35.8% 2023 down 6.7% rising
143 Pakistan 35.7% 2023 up 36.2% rising
144 Mali 35.4% 2023 up 71.9% rising
145 Uzbekistan 35.4% 2023 down 15.8% rising
146 Mauritania 34.2% 2023 down 9.5% rising
147 Congo 34.0% 2023 down 29.5% rising
148 Georgia 33.7% 2023 up 47.9% rising
149 Sri Lanka 33.6% 2023 down 26.1% falling
150 Switzerland 33.1% 2023 down 1.3% rising
151 Azerbaijan 32.6% 2023 down 1.3% falling
152 Zimbabwe 32.4% 2023 up 14.0% rising
153 Equatorial Guinea 32.3% 2023 down 8.3% flat
154 Egypt 32.2% 2023 up 10.2% falling
155 Honduras 31.9% 2023 down 22.5% falling
156 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 31.7% 2023 down 38.4% falling
157 Tanzania, United Republic of 31.7% 2023 up 24.2% rising
158 Burkina Faso 31.4% 2023 up 8.5% rising
159 Nepal 31.3% 2023 up 91.5% rising
160 Madagascar 28.8% 2023 down 17.1% falling
161 Senegal 27.6% 2023 up 3.3% falling
162 Cambodia 26.9% 2023 up 20.7% rising
163 Mozambique 26.5% 2023 up 6.7% falling
164 Tajikistan 25.6% 2023 down 12.0% rising
165 Chad 25.2% 2023 down 10.6% falling
166 Niger 24.0% 2023 down 20.0% rising
167 Eritrea 23.1% 2023 up 47.5% falling
168 Ethiopia 21.9% 2023 down 18.8% falling
169 Guinea 21.8% 2023 up 54.7% rising
170 Uganda 21.8% 2023 up 29.4% falling
171 Sudan 20.7% 2023 up 25.4% falling
172 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.7% 2023 up 34.0% rising
173 Turkmenistan 17.1% 2023 down 39.9% falling
174 Sierra Leone 16.7% 2023 up 140.3% rising
175 Armenia 15.7% 2023 up 17.9% falling
176 Syrian Arab Republic 14.9% 2023 down 69.0% falling
177 Burundi 14.7% 2023 down 17.5% falling
178 Cameroon 14.7% 2023 up 11.1% falling
179 Benin 14.7% 2023 down 45.0% falling
180 Bangladesh 14.5% 2023 down 24.0% falling
181 Central African Republic 14.4% 2023 down 30.4% falling
182 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.2% 2023 up 11.8% falling
183 Somalia 14.2% 2023 up 248.3% volatile
184 Nigeria 14.1% 2023 down 1.2% falling
185 Comoros 12.9% 2023 down 0.1% rising
186 Malawi 12.8% 2023 down 28.9% falling
187 Togo 11.1% 2023 down 44.5% rising
188 Myanmar 11.1% 2023 down 41.1% rising
189 Guinea-Bissau 10.6% 2023 up 35.7% falling
190 Liberia 10.0% 2023 up 125.5% falling
191 Haiti 9.3% 2023 down 19.4% falling
192 Yemen 8.4% 2023 down 57.2% volatile
193 South Sudan 4.3% 2023 down 48.9% falling
194 Afghanistan 1.7% 2023 down 67.2% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
207 places, 4,876 data points, 2000–2023
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