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Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
19.7%
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.2%
Afghanistan
Median
3.2%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,876

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 19.7% in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.2% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.2%, and the mean is 3.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 80.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 309.8%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 77.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 19.7% 2023 up 99.4% rising
2 Nauru 15.2% 2023 up 184.7% flat
3 Marshall Islands 10.1% 2023 up 64.2% falling
4 Sweden 9.6% 2023 up 4.0% rising
5 Germany 9.3% 2023 up 12.7% rising
6 Japan 9.1% 2023 up 1.3% rising
7 United States 9.0% 2023 up 14.0% rising
8 United Kingdom 9.0% 2023 up 13.2% rising
9 Kiribati 8.6% 2023 up 20.2% falling
10 Austria 8.5% 2023 up 13.9% rising
11 Finland 8.5% 2023 up 8.6% rising
12 Norway 8.1% 2023 up 7.6% rising
13 Denmark 8.0% 2023 down 8.5% rising
14 Belgium 8.0% 2023 down 0.5% rising
15 New Zealand 7.9% 2023 up 13.2% rising
16 Canada 7.9% 2023 up 6.2% rising
17 Cuba 7.8% 2023 down 14.4% rising
18 France 7.8% 2023 down 2.4% rising
19 Australia 7.7% 2023 up 29.3% rising
20 East Timor 7.5% 2023 up 67.8% rising
21 Niue 7.3% 2023 up 4.6% volatile
22 Maldives 7.3% 2023 up 69.7% rising
23 Iceland 7.3% 2023 up 10.1% flat
24 Czechia 7.1% 2023 up 13.0% rising
25 Slovenia 6.8% 2023 up 9.5% rising
26 Spain 6.7% 2023 up 5.3% rising
27 Netherlands 6.7% 2023 down 7.3% rising
28 Montenegro 6.7% 2023 up 36.7% rising
29 Palau 6.6% 2023 up 20.5% rising
30 Uruguay 6.5% 2023 up 21.5% rising
31 Libya 6.3% 2023 up 71.3% rising
32 Cyprus 6.2% 2023 up 97.5% rising
33 Argentina 6.2% 2023 down 1.7% rising
34 Portugal 6.2% 2023 up 5.3% flat
35 Italy 6.1% 2023 down 7.0% rising
36 Croatia 6.0% 2023 up 10.2% flat
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.0% 2023 down 8.7% rising
38 Lesotho 5.8% 2023 down 4.5% rising
39 Malta 5.8% 2023 up 4.1% rising
40 Slovakia 5.8% 2023 up 5.8% rising
41 San Marino 5.7% 2023 down 21.7% rising
42 Colombia 5.7% 2023 up 17.1% rising
43 Estonia 5.7% 2023 up 22.7% rising
44 El Salvador 5.6% 2023 up 18.1% rising
45 Namibia 5.5% 2023 up 6.6% flat
46 Poland 5.5% 2023 up 21.4% rising
47 South Africa 5.5% 2023 up 32.4% rising
48 Andorra 5.5% 2023 up 14.3% rising
49 Serbia 5.3% 2023 down 1.5% rising
50 Chile 5.3% 2023 up 47.4% rising
51 Ireland 5.0% 2023 down 29.3% falling
52 South Korea 5.0% 2023 up 51.3% rising
53 Luxembourg 5.0% 2023 up 14.2% falling
54 Bulgaria 5.0% 2023 up 23.1% rising
55 Russia 4.9% 2023 up 55.7% rising
56 Jamaica 4.9% 2023 up 64.6% rising
57 Nicaragua 4.8% 2023 up 23.2% rising
58 Lithuania 4.8% 2023 up 17.9% rising
59 Belarus 4.7% 2023 up 32.5% rising
60 Botswana 4.7% 2023 up 13.6% rising
61 Samoa 4.7% 2023 up 16.5% rising
62 Moldova 4.7% 2023 up 15.6% rising
63 Ecuador 4.7% 2023 up 21.3% rising
64 Hungary 4.7% 2023 down 2.5% falling
65 Bolivia 4.7% 2023 up 42.7% rising
66 Paraguay 4.6% 2023 up 74.6% rising
67 Israel 4.6% 2023 up 5.2% rising
68 Costa Rica 4.6% 2023 down 15.5% rising
69 Palestine 4.4% 2023 up 37.9% rising
70 Saudi Arabia 4.4% 2023 up 43.7% rising
71 Kuwait 4.4% 2023 up 110.4% rising
72 Romania 4.3% 2023 up 5.0% rising
73 Latvia 4.3% 2023 up 28.7% rising
74 Tunisia 4.3% 2023 up 12.2% rising
75 Brazil 4.3% 2023 up 20.9% rising
76 North Macedonia 4.3% 2023 down 3.1% falling
77 Ukraine 4.3% 2021 up 24.9% rising
78 Panama 4.3% 2023 up 4.6% rising
79 Greece 4.2% 2023 down 18.8% falling
80 Liechtenstein 3.9% 2023 up 3.0% flat
81 Switzerland 3.9% 2023 up 9.0% rising
82 Cook Islands 3.7% 2023 up 28.8% rising
83 Trinidad and Tobago 3.6% 2023 up 47.2% rising
84 Peru 3.6% 2023 up 35.6% rising
85 Thailand 3.5% 2023 up 34.8% rising
86 Albania 3.5% 2023 up 37.3% rising
87 Jordan 3.4% 2023 down 21.8% falling
88 Morocco 3.4% 2023 up 87.6% rising
89 Cape Verde 3.4% 2023 up 22.9% rising
90 Tonga 3.4% 2023 up 22.7% rising
91 China 3.4% 2023 up 28.2% rising
92 Solomon Islands 3.4% 2023 up 21.7% falling
93 Dominica 3.4% 2023 up 2.5% rising
94 United Arab Emirates 3.3% 2023 up 31.7% rising
95 Turkey 3.2% 2023 down 5.2% falling
96 Eswatini 3.2% 2023 down 3.6% rising
97 Bahamas 3.2% 2023 up 22.9% rising
98 Seychelles 3.1% 2023 down 1.7% falling
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.1% 2023 up 61.7% rising
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.1% 2023 up 14.7% rising
101 Oman 3.0% 2023 up 35.8% rising
102 Dominican Republic 2.9% 2023 up 5.9% rising
103 Bhutan 2.9% 2023 up 27.6% falling
104 Iran 2.8% 2023 up 29.5% rising
105 Mongolia 2.7% 2023 up 19.5% falling
106 Fiji 2.7% 2023 up 44.4% rising
107 Belize 2.7% 2023 down 7.7% rising
108 Mexico 2.7% 2023 down 10.7% rising
109 Monaco 2.7% 2023 down 28.0% flat
110 Singapore 2.6% 2023 up 70.8% rising
111 Iraq 2.5% 2023 up 122.1% rising
112 Kazakhstan 2.5% 2023 up 34.3% flat
113 Mauritius 2.5% 2023 up 27.7% rising
114 Honduras 2.5% 2023 down 29.6% rising
115 Burkina Faso 2.5% 2023 up 52.1% rising
116 Guatemala 2.4% 2023 up 10.0% rising
117 Zambia 2.4% 2023 up 85.8% rising
118 Rwanda 2.4% 2023 up 11.0% rising
119 Kyrgyzstan 2.4% 2023 down 39.1% falling
120 Uzbekistan 2.4% 2023 down 0.7% rising
121 Saint Lucia 2.4% 2023 up 14.9% rising
122 Bahrain 2.4% 2023 down 12.4% rising
123 Vanuatu 2.3% 2023 up 3.8% falling
124 Georgia 2.3% 2023 up 26.7% rising
125 Algeria 2.3% 2023 down 41.0% rising
126 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3% 2023 down 16.2% rising
127 Barbados 2.3% 2023 down 32.5% falling
128 Mozambique 2.2% 2023 up 50.1% rising
129 Philippines 2.2% 2023 up 93.0% rising
130 Sao Tome and Principe 2.1% 2023 down 28.8% falling
131 Lebanon 2.1% 2023 down 32.3% falling
132 Papua New Guinea 2.1% 2023 up 6.0% flat
133 Grenada 2.1% 2023 down 7.7% falling
134 Qatar 2.1% 2023 up 19.9% rising
135 Brunei 2.1% 2023 up 19.9% flat
136 Gabon 2.1% 2023 up 12.9% rising
137 Vietnam 2.0% 2023 up 1.2% rising
138 Malaysia 2.0% 2023 up 4.6% rising
139 Kenya 2.0% 2023 up 17.7% rising
140 Nepal 1.9% 2023 up 154.8% rising
141 Tajikistan 1.9% 2023 up 0.2% rising
142 Ghana 1.9% 2023 up 0.3% rising
143 Micronesia (country) 1.8% 2023 up 17.9% rising
144 Guyana 1.7% 2023 down 8.4% rising
145 Egypt 1.6% 2023 up 15.2% falling
146 Central African Republic 1.5% 2023 up 55.5% falling
147 Mauritania 1.5% 2023 up 37.0% rising
148 Armenia 1.5% 2023 up 6.5% rising
149 Indonesia 1.4% 2023 up 77.4% rising
150 Cote d'Ivoire 1.4% 2023 up 92.5% rising
151 Azerbaijan 1.4% 2023 up 30.7% rising
152 Mali 1.3% 2023 up 65.4% rising
153 Burundi 1.3% 2023 down 13.0% rising
154 India 1.3% 2023 up 50.7% rising
155 Liberia 1.3% 2023 up 309.8% rising
156 Gambia 1.3% 2023 up 19.9% rising
157 Chad 1.3% 2023 up 51.0% falling
158 Cambodia 1.2% 2023 up 11.3% rising
159 Sri Lanka 1.2% 2023 down 26.3% falling
160 Venezuela 1.2% 2023 down 3.8% rising
161 Senegal 1.2% 2023 up 1.8% falling
162 Angola 1.1% 2023 down 24.8% falling
163 Equatorial Guinea 1.1% 2023 up 82.7% rising
164 Congo 1.1% 2023 up 19.7% rising
165 Djibouti 1.1% 2023 down 41.7% falling
166 Madagascar 1.0% 2023 down 24.3% falling
167 Niger 1.0% 2023 down 27.5% rising
168 Tanzania 1.0% 2023 down 18.4% falling
169 Zimbabwe 0.9% 2023 down 53.1% falling
170 Turkmenistan 0.9% 2023 down 16.8% falling
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.9% 2023 up 70.1% rising
172 Uganda 0.9% 2023 down 5.2% falling
173 Pakistan 0.9% 2023 up 42.0% rising
174 Eritrea 0.8% 2023 up 9.4% falling
175 Comoros 0.8% 2023 up 28.3% rising
176 Malawi 0.8% 2023 down 43.5% rising
177 Yemen 0.8% 2023 down 16.4% falling
178 Guinea 0.8% 2023 up 65.1% rising
179 Sierra Leone 0.8% 2023 up 34.1% rising
180 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.7% 2023 up 47.8% volatile
181 Togo 0.7% 2023 down 29.2% rising
182 Cameroon 0.7% 2023 up 39.3% falling
183 Ethiopia 0.6% 2023 down 44.1% falling
184 Sudan 0.6% 2023 down 48.6% falling
185 Nigeria 0.5% 2023 up 11.6% falling
186 Somalia 0.5% 2023 up 287.0% volatile
187 Laos 0.5% 2023 down 25.9% falling
188 South Sudan 0.5% 2023 down 73.2% falling
189 Myanmar 0.5% 2023 down 15.7% volatile
190 Benin 0.5% 2023 down 36.0% falling
191 Syria 0.4% 2023 down 77.8% falling
192 Bangladesh 0.3% 2023 down 28.1% falling
193 Haiti 0.3% 2023 down 37.3% falling
194 Afghanistan 0.2% 2023 down 44.1% rising

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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 gross domestic product (GDP) (%)
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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