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

Countries reporting
194
Highest
26.2%
San Marino
Lowest
1.5%
Afghanistan
Median
10.0%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,876

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of general government expenditure (GGE) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 26.2% in San Marino; the lowest is 1.5% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.0%, and the mean is 10.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 314.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 54.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 San Marino 26.2% 2023 up 7.6% rising
2 Costa Rica 24.9% 2023 down 15.4% flat
3 Japan 23.3% 2023 up 4.9% rising
4 United States of America 23.0% 2023 up 13.1% rising
5 Ireland 22.2% 2023 up 23.7% rising
6 Paraguay 21.6% 2023 up 42.4% rising
7 Uruguay 21.4% 2023 up 14.7% rising
8 Australia 21.0% 2023 up 36.4% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.0% 2023 up 5.6% rising
10 Cuba 20.0% 2023 up 41.3% rising
11 Panama 19.8% 2023 up 14.1% rising
12 Sweden 19.5% 2023 up 10.5% rising
13 New Zealand 19.2% 2023 up 4.5% rising
14 Germany 19.2% 2023 up 5.2% rising
15 Chile 19.2% 2023 up 24.4% rising
16 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.1% 2023 up 16.6% rising
17 Canada 18.7% 2023 up 0.8% rising
18 El Salvador 18.5% 2023 up 10.7% flat
19 Nicaragua 18.3% 2023 up 14.4% rising
20 Guatemala 17.8% 2023 up 12.2% rising
21 Tuvalu 17.5% 2023 up 41.5% rising
22 Singapore 17.4% 2023 up 24.5% rising
23 Norway 17.4% 2023 up 1.6% rising
24 Denmark 16.9% 2023 up 8.1% rising
25 South Africa 16.9% 2023 up 17.8% rising
26 Montenegro 16.6% 2023 up 55.3% rising
27 Argentina 16.3% 2023 down 2.4% flat
28 Austria 16.2% 2023 up 13.3% rising
29 Colombia 16.2% 2023 down 0.9% rising
30 Czechia 16.2% 2023 up 9.0% rising
31 Iceland 16.1% 2023 up 11.7% flat
32 Peru 16.0% 2023 up 29.5% rising
33 Lebanon 15.9% 2023 up 47.4% rising
34 Malta 15.9% 2023 up 13.6% rising
35 Jamaica 15.9% 2023 up 47.2% rising
36 Liechtenstein 15.9% 2023 up 11.7% flat
37 Korea 15.6% 2023 up 35.5% rising
38 Maldives 15.6% 2023 down 2.3% rising
39 Netherlands 15.6% 2023 up 2.1% rising
40 Thailand 15.6% 2023 up 27.9% rising
41 Dominican Republic 15.4% 2023 up 2.5% rising
42 Marshall Islands 15.2% 2023 up 37.7% falling
43 Andorra 15.2% 2023 up 35.8% falling
44 Finland 15.2% 2023 up 10.9% rising
45 Namibia 15.0% 2023 up 10.3% falling
46 Belgium 14.9% 2023 up 4.3% rising
47 Cyprus 14.9% 2023 up 118.1% rising
48 Spain 14.8% 2023 up 7.0% rising
49 Samoa 14.6% 2023 up 11.5% rising
50 Slovenia 14.6% 2023 up 35.9% rising
51 Botswana 14.6% 2023 up 22.4% rising
52 Portugal 14.6% 2023 up 24.3% flat
53 Palestine, State of 14.4% 2023 up 35.0% rising
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.4% 2023 down 2.5% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 14.4% 2023 up 69.0% rising
56 Cape Verde 13.8% 2023 up 52.7% rising
57 France 13.7% 2023 down 2.1% rising
58 Saudi Arabia 13.7% 2023 up 56.5% rising
59 Russian Federation 13.7% 2023 up 49.4% rising
60 Bahamas 13.5% 2023 down 3.9% rising
61 Palau 13.3% 2023 down 2.6% rising
62 Serbia 13.0% 2023 down 1.6% falling
63 Estonia 13.0% 2023 up 7.6% rising
64 Naoero 12.9% 2023 up 59.7% falling
65 Croatia 12.8% 2023 up 12.9% rising
66 Bulgaria 12.8% 2023 up 19.9% rising
67 Lithuania 12.7% 2023 up 12.7% rising
68 Albania 12.3% 2023 up 39.1% rising
69 Antigua and Barbuda 12.3% 2023 down 7.7% rising
70 Tunisia 12.1% 2023 down 3.2% rising
71 Slovakia 12.1% 2023 down 9.3% rising
72 Republic of Moldova 12.1% 2023 down 3.4% rising
73 North Macedonia 12.0% 2023 down 13.5% falling
74 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.0% 2023 up 30.7% rising
75 Monaco 11.9% 2023 down 39.2% falling
76 Ecuador 11.9% 2023 up 43.7% rising
77 Lesotho 11.8% 2023 up 12.8% rising
78 Poland 11.7% 2023 up 11.9% rising
79 Belarus 11.7% 2023 up 34.1% rising
80 Switzerland 11.6% 2023 up 10.4% rising
81 Israel 11.6% 2023 up 6.0% rising
82 Italy 11.4% 2023 down 11.9% flat
83 Trinidad and Tobago 11.1% 2023 up 40.2% rising
84 Belize 10.9% 2023 down 11.4% rising
85 Oman 10.8% 2023 up 94.3% rising
86 Kazakhstan 10.7% 2023 up 14.8% flat
87 Romania 10.7% 2023 down 7.5% rising
88 Eswatini 10.6% 2023 down 8.8% flat
89 Morocco 10.6% 2023 up 76.6% rising
90 Ukraine 10.6% 2021 up 40.9% rising
91 Jordan 10.5% 2023 down 20.0% falling
92 Viet Nam 10.5% 2023 up 28.1% rising
93 Luxembourg 10.4% 2023 down 1.9% falling
94 China 10.4% 2023 up 10.1% rising
95 Cook Islands 10.3% 2023 up 27.3% falling
96 Bhutan 10.2% 2023 up 43.7% rising
97 Ghana 10.1% 2023 up 16.7% flat
98 Latvia 9.9% 2023 up 17.7% rising
99 Saint Lucia 9.8% 2023 up 19.9% rising
100 Türkiye 9.8% 2023 down 3.8% rising
101 Gabon 9.6% 2023 up 82.4% rising
102 Seychelles 9.6% 2023 up 13.1% rising
103 Libya 9.6% 2023 up 92.5% rising
104 Hungary 9.5% 2023 down 0.6% falling
105 Brazil 9.5% 2023 up 6.2% rising
106 Papua New Guinea 9.5% 2023 up 31.5% falling
107 Honduras 9.4% 2023 down 20.2% flat
108 Mexico 9.4% 2023 down 16.7% flat
109 Fiji 9.3% 2023 up 24.8% falling
110 Timor-Leste 9.2% 2023 up 98.1% rising
111 Kuwait 9.0% 2023 up 65.6% rising
112 Kiribati 9.0% 2023 down 1.7% falling
113 Rwanda 8.9% 2023 up 7.5% rising
114 Zambia 8.9% 2023 up 63.0% rising
115 Burkina Faso 8.8% 2023 up 37.5% rising
116 Sao Tome and Principe 8.8% 2023 up 4.0% volatile
117 Philippines 8.8% 2023 up 35.6% rising
118 Kenya 8.7% 2023 up 21.0% rising
119 Turkmenistan 8.6% 2023 down 1.0% falling
120 Greece 8.6% 2023 up 4.8% falling
121 Mongolia 8.6% 2023 up 20.5% falling
122 Indonesia 8.5% 2023 up 96.3% rising
123 Bahrain 8.5% 2023 up 0.4% falling
124 Central African Republic 8.5% 2023 up 15.4% falling
125 Solomon Islands 8.4% 2023 up 26.7% volatile
126 Mauritius 8.2% 2023 up 2.9% rising
127 Malaysia 7.9% 2023 up 16.5% rising
128 Somalia 7.9% 2023 up 37.2% rising
129 Uzbekistan 7.9% 2023 down 17.1% rising
130 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.9% 2023 down 13.0% falling
131 Barbados 7.8% 2023 down 27.7% falling
132 Georgia 7.8% 2023 up 13.5% rising
133 Syrian Arab Republic 7.7% 2023 up 30.0% rising
134 Qatar 7.7% 2023 up 24.4% rising
135 Nepal 7.7% 2023 up 56.9% rising
136 Guyana 7.3% 2023 down 17.1% rising
137 Kyrgyzstan 7.3% 2023 down 29.4% falling
138 Grenada 7.3% 2023 down 10.2% falling
139 Chad 7.3% 2023 up 44.2% falling
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.2% 2023 up 6.9% rising
141 Sudan 7.1% 2023 down 4.9% falling
142 Tonga 7.1% 2023 down 12.9% falling
143 Brunei Darussalam 7.0% 2023 up 37.2% rising
144 Yemen 7.0% 2023 up 118.9% flat
145 Egypt 6.9% 2023 up 66.6% flat
146 Mozambique 6.8% 2023 up 43.1% flat
147 Niue 6.7% 2023 up 20.1% volatile
148 Cambodia 6.6% 2023 down 2.1% falling
149 Côte d'Ivoire 6.6% 2023 up 43.4% rising
150 Sri Lanka 6.3% 2023 down 37.3% falling
151 Iraq 6.2% 2023 up 160.3% rising
152 Algeria 6.2% 2023 down 47.3% flat
153 Niger 6.2% 2023 down 6.2% falling
154 Tajikistan 6.1% 2023 down 10.6% rising
155 Mauritania 5.9% 2023 up 10.4% rising
156 Angola 5.9% 2023 up 28.9% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea 5.9% 2023 up 177.9% volatile
158 Ethiopia 5.7% 2023 down 8.3% falling
159 Vanuatu 5.6% 2023 down 42.9% falling
160 Madagascar 5.5% 2023 down 46.3% falling
161 Gambia 5.5% 2023 down 13.5% falling
162 Armenia 5.5% 2023 down 5.6% rising
163 Mali 5.4% 2023 up 31.5% falling
164 Congo 5.4% 2023 up 145.4% volatile
165 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.1% 2023 down 18.6% falling
166 Guinea 5.1% 2023 up 95.1% rising
167 Dominica 5.0% 2023 down 47.6% falling
168 Djibouti 4.9% 2023 down 27.4% falling
169 Uganda 4.9% 2023 down 33.6% falling
170 Liberia 4.8% 2023 up 314.0% falling
171 Zimbabwe 4.7% 2023 down 41.3% falling
172 Comoros 4.7% 2023 up 6.5% falling
173 Burundi 4.7% 2023 up 6.7% rising
174 Pakistan 4.7% 2023 up 44.1% rising
175 India 4.6% 2023 up 41.6% rising
176 Haiti 4.6% 2023 up 52.2% falling
177 Sierra Leone 4.5% 2023 down 13.2% falling
178 Guinea-Bissau 4.3% 2023 down 3.5% rising
179 Azerbaijan 4.3% 2023 up 50.9% flat
180 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.0% 2023 up 2.3% rising
181 Nigeria 3.9% 2023 up 13.2% flat
182 Cameroon 3.9% 2023 up 56.5% falling
183 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.6% 2023 up 113.7% rising
184 Senegal 3.6% 2023 down 32.6% falling
185 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.4% 2023 up 32.9% rising
186 Malawi 3.3% 2023 down 54.1% flat
187 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.2% 2023 up 9.0% falling
188 Togo 2.6% 2023 down 45.4% flat
189 Benin 2.6% 2023 down 50.3% falling
190 Bangladesh 2.5% 2023 down 31.7% falling
191 Eritrea 2.4% 2023 unchanged falling
192 Myanmar 2.3% 2023 down 4.9% rising
193 South Sudan 2.1% 2023 up 1.4% flat
194 Afghanistan 1.5% 2023 down 17.7% 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 general government expenditure (GGE) (%)
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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