Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) by country

Name: Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)
Creator: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

193

Highest

92.5%

Brunei Darussalam

Lowest

1.7%

Afghanistan

Median

56.6%

Years covered

2000–2024

Data points

5,675

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) is currently reported for 193 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 52.5%.

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

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 78 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: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Brunei Darussalam	92.5%	2023	up 2.1%	rising
2	Kuwait	88.5%	2023	up 5.5%	rising
3	Luxembourg	86.9%	2024	up 3.2%	flat
4	San Marino	86.9%	2023	down 2.4%	rising
5	Norway	86.1%	2023	up 1.3%	flat
6	Sweden	86.1%	2023	up 2.4%	flat
7	Monaco	85.7%	2023	up 5.6%	rising
8	Oman	85.3%	2023	down 2.5%	rising
9	Japan	84.8%	2023	up 0.7%	rising
10	Czechia	84.3%	2023	down 0.1%	flat
11	Croatia	84.0%	2023	down 1.7%	flat
12	Naoero	83.6%	2023	up 49.6%	rising
13	Iceland	83.6%	2023	up 4.1%	flat
14	Denmark	83.4%	2024	down 1.2%	flat
15	Cuba	83.4%	2023	down 4.8%	rising
16	Qatar	83.0%	2023	down 1.4%	rising
17	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	81.8%	2023	up 2.9%	flat
18	Finland	81.1%	2023	up 2.1%	rising
19	Libya	80.1%	2023	up 9.2%	rising
20	Germany	79.1%	2023	up 3.1%	flat
21	Slovakia	78.9%	2023	up 7.7%	flat
22	Maldives	78.9%	2023	up 49.7%	rising
23	Kiribati	78.5%	2023	down 4.0%	falling
24	Thailand	77.9%	2023	up 2.5%	rising
25	Saudi Arabia	77.8%	2023	up 11.7%	rising
26	Timor-Leste	77.7%	2023	up 49.1%	rising
27	New Zealand	77.7%	2023	down 0.1%	flat
28	Poland	77.1%	2023	up 9.7%	rising
29	Cyprus	76.8%	2023	up 68.6%	rising
30	Ireland	76.6%	2023	up 7.8%	falling
31	Austria	76.5%	2023	up 6.2%	flat
32	Türkiye	75.9%	2023	down 3.1%	rising
33	Romania	75.9%	2023	down 3.9%	flat
34	Estonia	75.8%	2023	up 1.8%	flat
35	Botswana	75.5%	2023	up 18.0%	rising
36	Marshall Islands	75.0%	2023	up 48.7%	flat
37	Fiji	74.8%	2023	up 27.8%	falling
38	Australia	73.7%	2023	up 8.8%	flat
39	Belgium	73.7%	2023	down 2.0%	flat
40	Hungary	73.4%	2023	up 10.8%	flat
41	Papua New Guinea	73.3%	2023	up 10.6%	falling
42	Spain	73.2%	2023	up 4.4%	flat
43	Slovenia	73.2%	2023	up 4.1%	flat
44	Italy	73.1%	2023	down 2.8%	flat
45	Tuvalu	72.8%	2023	up 1.6%	falling
46	Uruguay	72.4%	2023	up 8.9%	rising
47	Andorra	70.8%	2023	up 0.9%	rising
48	Seychelles	70.3%	2023	down 8.1%	falling
49	Canada	70.2%	2024	down 0.9%	flat
50	Guyana	70.1%	2023	up 41.3%	rising
51	Russian Federation	70.0%	2023	up 12.3%	rising
52	Colombia	69.8%	2024	down 0.9%	falling
53	Republic of Moldova	69.6%	2023	up 49.0%	rising
54	Montenegro	69.3%	2023	up 19.9%	rising
55	Samoa	69.2%	2023	up 6.8%	flat
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	69.1%	2023	up 9.5%	flat
57	Liechtenstein	69.0%	2023	up 3.6%	rising
58	France	68.4%	2024	down 1.9%	flat
59	Netherlands	68.4%	2023	down 0.9%	flat
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.3%	2023	down 3.5%	rising
61	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.3%	2023	up 15.0%	rising
62	Costa Rica	67.2%	2023	down 5.4%	rising
63	Dominica	67.1%	2023	up 9.4%	rising
64	United Arab Emirates	66.8%	2023	down 7.2%	flat
65	Belarus	66.8%	2023	up 6.5%	falling
66	Bhutan	66.7%	2023	down 3.2%	falling
67	Malta	66.0%	2023	down 2.3%	falling
68	Kazakhstan	65.8%	2023	down 5.1%	rising
69	Gabon	65.7%	2023	up 2.4%	rising
70	Serbia	65.5%	2023	up 9.5%	falling
71	Israel	65.2%	2023	up 2.9%	rising
72	Belize	65.1%	2023	down 1.6%	rising
73	Lithuania	65.0%	2023	down 0.9%	flat
74	Jamaica	64.3%	2023	up 36.1%	rising
75	Dominican Republic	64.1%	2023	up 13.4%	rising
76	Peru	63.6%	2023	up 13.4%	rising
77	Ghana	63.2%	2023	up 56.3%	rising
78	Solomon Islands	62.9%	2023	up 3.9%	falling
79	Bulgaria	62.8%	2023	up 11.0%	flat
80	Suriname	62.0%	2023	up 47.3%	rising
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	Cape Verde	58.6%	2023	up 1.4%	falling
91	Namibia	58.5%	2023	up 13.4%	rising
92	Singapore	58.5%	2023	up 40.1%	rising
93	North Macedonia	57.6%	2023	down 12.3%	rising
94	Nicaragua	57.4%	2023	up 13.4%	rising
95	China	57.1%	2023	up 0.1%	rising
96	Korea	56.6%	2024	up 3.8%	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	Panama	51.2%	2023	down 18.1%	falling
108	Greece	50.6%	2023	down 17.5%	falling
109	Bahamas	50.6%	2023	up 10.8%	rising
110	Saint Lucia	50.4%	2023	up 23.2%	rising
111	Malaysia	50.0%	2023	down 7.2%	flat
112	Albania	49.6%	2023	up 20.9%	falling
113	Mexico	48.6%	2023	down 9.5%	rising
114	Chile	48.5%	2024	up 1.6%	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	Grenada	45.2%	2023	up 11.6%	flat
123	Jordan	45.0%	2023	down 26.9%	falling
124	Mongolia	45.0%	2023	down 19.5%	falling
125	Gambia	44.9%	2023	up 62.2%	rising
126	Kenya	44.9%	2023	up 33.3%	rising
127	Angola	44.5%	2023	down 28.2%	flat
128	Mauritius	44.3%	2023	up 6.0%	falling
129	Viet Nam	44.3%	2023	down 2.1%	rising
130	Brazil	44.1%	2023	down 0.9%	flat
131	Eswatini	42.7%	2023	down 4.2%	flat
132	Philippines	42.4%	2023	up 61.7%	rising
133	Barbados	41.6%	2023	down 19.0%	falling
134	Palestine, State of	41.4%	2023	up 34.2%	rising
135	Côte d'Ivoire	40.8%	2023	up 108.5%	rising
136	Zambia	40.7%	2023	up 42.2%	rising
137	Lao People's Democratic Republic	39.8%	2023	up 34.0%	rising
138	India	39.0%	2023	up 69.1%	rising
139	Lebanon	37.9%	2023	down 14.2%	rising
140	Sao Tome and Principe	37.0%	2023	up 10.3%	rising
141	Guatemala	35.8%	2023	down 6.7%	rising
142	Pakistan	35.7%	2023	up 36.2%	rising
143	Mali	35.4%	2023	up 71.9%	rising
144	Uzbekistan	35.4%	2023	down 15.8%	rising
145	Mauritania	34.2%	2023	down 9.5%	rising
146	Congo	34.0%	2023	down 29.5%	rising
147	Georgia	33.7%	2023	up 47.9%	rising
148	Sri Lanka	33.6%	2023	down 26.1%	falling
149	Switzerland	33.1%	2023	down 1.3%	rising
150	Azerbaijan	32.6%	2023	down 1.3%	falling
151	Zimbabwe	32.4%	2023	up 14.0%	rising
152	Equatorial Guinea	32.3%	2023	down 8.3%	flat
153	Egypt	32.2%	2023	up 10.2%	falling
154	Honduras	31.9%	2023	down 22.5%	falling
155	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	31.7%	2023	down 38.4%	falling
156	Tanzania, United Republic of	31.7%	2023	up 24.2%	rising
157	Burkina Faso	31.4%	2023	up 8.5%	rising
158	Nepal	31.3%	2023	up 91.5%	rising
159	Madagascar	28.8%	2023	down 17.1%	falling
160	Senegal	27.6%	2023	up 3.3%	falling
161	Cambodia	26.9%	2023	up 20.7%	rising
162	Mozambique	26.5%	2023	up 6.7%	falling
163	Tajikistan	25.6%	2023	down 12.0%	rising
164	Chad	25.2%	2023	down 10.6%	falling
165	Niger	24.0%	2023	down 20.0%	rising
166	Eritrea	23.1%	2023	up 47.5%	falling
167	Ethiopia	21.9%	2023	down 18.8%	falling
168	Guinea	21.8%	2023	up 54.7%	rising
169	Uganda	21.8%	2023	up 29.4%	falling
170	Sudan	20.7%	2023	up 25.4%	falling
171	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	18.7%	2023	up 34.0%	rising
172	Turkmenistan	17.1%	2023	down 39.9%	falling
173	Sierra Leone	16.7%	2023	up 140.3%	rising
174	Armenia	15.7%	2023	up 17.9%	falling
175	Syrian Arab Republic	14.9%	2023	down 69.0%	falling
176	Burundi	14.7%	2023	down 17.5%	falling
177	Cameroon	14.7%	2023	up 11.1%	falling
178	Benin	14.7%	2023	down 45.0%	falling
179	Bangladesh	14.5%	2023	down 24.0%	falling
180	Central African Republic	14.4%	2023	down 30.4%	falling
181	Nigeria	14.3%	2023	up 0.2%	falling
182	Micronesia, Federated States of	14.2%	2023	up 11.8%	falling
183	Somalia	14.2%	2023	up 248.3%	volatile
184	Comoros	12.9%	2023	down 0.1%	rising
185	Malawi	12.8%	2023	down 28.9%	falling
186	Togo	11.1%	2023	down 44.5%	rising
187	Myanmar	11.1%	2023	down 41.1%	rising
188	Guinea-Bissau	10.6%	2023	up 35.7%	falling
189	Liberia	10.0%	2023	up 125.5%	falling
190	Haiti	9.3%	2023	down 19.4%	falling
191	Yemen	8.4%	2023	down 57.2%	volatile
192	South Sudan	4.3%	2023	down 48.9%	falling
193	Afghanistan	1.7%	2023	down 67.2%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

Central Europe and the Baltics 76.6%
European Union 74.4%
Euro area 73.5%
Europe & Central Asia 73.4%
Other small states 72.9%
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 69.6%
Small states 68.0%
East Asia & Pacific 64.8%
Pacific island small states 63.9%
Arab World 63.7%
High income 63.0%
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 62.9%
OECD members 62.6%
Post-demographic dividend 62.5%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 61.1%
World 60.9%
Late-demographic dividend 58.7%
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.7%
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 56.7%
IBRD only 56.2%
Upper middle income 55.5%
IDA & IBRD total 54.9%
North America 54.8%
Middle income 53.3%
Low & middle income 52.9%
Early-demographic dividend 52.8%
Caribbean Small States 52.1%
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 50.9%
Latin America & Caribbean 50.9%
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 50.4%
Africa Eastern and Southern 47.8%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 44.2%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 44.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 40.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 39.9%
South Asia 37.3%
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 37.3%
Lower middle income 36.5%
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 30.5%

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Indicator: Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)
Unit: % of current health expenditure
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 5,675 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health. Domestic public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. They do not include external resources spent by governments on health.