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

Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of the economy as measured by GDP.

Countries reporting
193
Highest
19.7%
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.2%
Afghanistan
Median
3.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,675

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 19.7% in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.2% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 3.7%.

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

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 309.8%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 77.8%).

Domestic general government health expenditure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 19.7% 2023 up 99.4% rising
2 Naoero 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 of America 9.0% 2023 up 14.0% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 Belgium 8.0% 2023 down 0.5% rising
14 Canada 7.9% 2024 up 9.1% rising
15 France 7.9% 2024 down 2.3% rising
16 New Zealand 7.9% 2023 up 13.2% rising
17 Denmark 7.8% 2024 down 10.1% rising
18 Cuba 7.8% 2023 down 14.4% rising
19 Australia 7.7% 2023 up 29.3% rising
20 Timor-Leste 7.5% 2023 up 67.8% rising
21 Maldives 7.3% 2023 up 69.7% rising
22 Iceland 7.3% 2023 up 10.1% flat
23 Czechia 7.1% 2023 up 13.0% rising
24 Slovenia 6.8% 2023 up 9.5% rising
25 Spain 6.7% 2023 up 5.3% rising
26 Netherlands 6.7% 2023 down 7.3% rising
27 Montenegro 6.7% 2023 up 36.7% rising
28 Palau 6.6% 2023 up 20.5% rising
29 Uruguay 6.5% 2023 up 21.5% rising
30 Libya 6.3% 2023 up 71.3% rising
31 Cyprus 6.2% 2023 up 97.5% rising
32 Argentina 6.2% 2023 down 1.7% rising
33 Portugal 6.2% 2023 up 5.3% flat
34 Italy 6.1% 2023 down 7.0% rising
35 Croatia 6.0% 2023 up 10.2% flat
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.0% 2023 down 8.7% rising
37 Lesotho 5.8% 2023 down 4.5% rising
38 Malta 5.8% 2023 up 4.1% rising
39 Slovakia 5.8% 2023 up 5.8% rising
40 San Marino 5.7% 2023 down 21.7% rising
41 Colombia 5.7% 2024 up 12.3% rising
42 Estonia 5.7% 2023 up 22.7% rising
43 El Salvador 5.6% 2023 up 18.1% rising
44 Namibia 5.5% 2023 up 6.6% flat
45 Poland 5.5% 2023 up 21.4% rising
46 South Africa 5.5% 2023 up 32.4% rising
47 Andorra 5.5% 2023 up 14.3% rising
48 Serbia 5.3% 2023 down 1.5% rising
49 Luxembourg 5.1% 2024 up 16.2% falling
50 Chile 5.1% 2024 up 36.5% rising
51 Ireland 5.0% 2023 down 29.3% falling
52 Bulgaria 5.0% 2023 up 23.1% rising
53 Russian Federation 4.9% 2023 up 55.7% rising
54 Korea 4.9% 2024 up 44.2% rising
55 Jamaica 4.9% 2023 up 64.6% rising
56 Nicaragua 4.8% 2023 up 23.2% rising
57 Lithuania 4.8% 2023 up 17.9% rising
58 Belarus 4.7% 2023 up 32.5% rising
59 Botswana 4.7% 2023 up 13.6% rising
60 Samoa 4.7% 2023 up 16.5% rising
61 Republic of Moldova 4.7% 2023 up 15.6% rising
62 Ecuador 4.7% 2023 up 21.3% rising
63 Hungary 4.7% 2023 down 2.5% falling
64 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.7% 2023 up 42.7% rising
65 Paraguay 4.6% 2023 up 74.6% rising
66 Israel 4.6% 2023 up 5.2% rising
67 Costa Rica 4.6% 2023 down 15.5% rising
68 Palestine, State of 4.4% 2023 up 37.9% rising
69 Saudi Arabia 4.4% 2023 up 43.7% rising
70 Kuwait 4.4% 2023 up 110.4% rising
71 Romania 4.3% 2023 up 5.0% rising
72 Latvia 4.3% 2023 up 28.7% rising
73 Tunisia 4.3% 2023 up 12.2% rising
74 Brazil 4.3% 2023 up 20.9% rising
75 North Macedonia 4.3% 2023 down 3.1% falling
76 Ukraine 4.3% 2021 up 24.9% rising
77 Panama 4.3% 2023 up 4.6% rising
78 Greece 4.2% 2023 down 18.8% falling
79 Liechtenstein 3.9% 2023 up 3.0% flat
80 Switzerland 3.9% 2023 up 9.0% rising
81 Trinidad and Tobago 3.6% 2023 up 47.2% rising
82 Peru 3.6% 2023 up 35.6% rising
83 Thailand 3.5% 2023 up 34.8% rising
84 Albania 3.5% 2023 up 37.3% rising
85 Jordan 3.4% 2023 down 21.8% falling
86 Morocco 3.4% 2023 up 87.6% rising
87 Cape Verde 3.4% 2023 up 22.9% rising
88 Tonga 3.4% 2023 up 22.7% rising
89 China 3.4% 2023 up 28.2% rising
90 Solomon Islands 3.4% 2023 up 21.7% falling
91 Dominica 3.4% 2023 up 2.5% rising
92 Suriname 3.4% 2023 up 77.4% rising
93 United Arab Emirates 3.3% 2023 up 31.7% rising
94 Türkiye 3.2% 2023 down 5.2% falling
95 Eswatini 3.2% 2023 down 3.6% rising
96 Bahamas 3.2% 2023 up 22.9% rising
97 Seychelles 3.1% 2023 down 1.7% falling
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.1% 2023 up 61.7% rising
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.1% 2023 up 14.7% rising
100 Oman 3.0% 2023 up 35.8% rising
101 Dominican Republic 2.9% 2023 up 5.9% rising
102 Bhutan 2.9% 2023 up 27.6% falling
103 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.8% 2023 up 29.5% rising
104 Mongolia 2.7% 2023 up 19.5% falling
105 Fiji 2.7% 2023 up 44.4% rising
106 Belize 2.7% 2023 down 7.7% rising
107 Mexico 2.7% 2023 down 10.7% rising
108 Monaco 2.7% 2023 down 28.0% flat
109 Singapore 2.6% 2023 up 70.8% rising
110 Iraq 2.5% 2023 up 122.1% rising
111 Kazakhstan 2.5% 2023 up 34.3% flat
112 Mauritius 2.5% 2023 up 27.7% rising
113 Honduras 2.5% 2023 down 29.6% rising
114 Burkina Faso 2.5% 2023 up 52.1% rising
115 Guatemala 2.4% 2023 up 10.0% rising
116 Zambia 2.4% 2023 up 85.8% rising
117 Rwanda 2.4% 2023 up 11.0% rising
118 Kyrgyzstan 2.4% 2023 down 39.1% falling
119 Uzbekistan 2.4% 2023 down 0.7% rising
120 Saint Lucia 2.4% 2023 up 14.9% rising
121 Bahrain 2.4% 2023 down 12.4% rising
122 Vanuatu 2.3% 2023 up 3.8% falling
123 Georgia 2.3% 2023 up 26.7% rising
124 Algeria 2.3% 2023 down 41.0% rising
125 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3% 2023 down 16.2% rising
126 Barbados 2.3% 2023 down 32.5% falling
127 Mozambique 2.2% 2023 up 50.1% rising
128 Philippines 2.2% 2023 up 93.0% rising
129 Sao Tome and Principe 2.1% 2023 down 28.8% falling
130 Lebanon 2.1% 2023 down 32.3% falling
131 Papua New Guinea 2.1% 2023 up 6.0% flat
132 Grenada 2.1% 2023 down 7.7% falling
133 Qatar 2.1% 2023 up 19.9% rising
134 Brunei Darussalam 2.1% 2023 up 19.9% flat
135 Gabon 2.1% 2023 up 12.9% rising
136 Viet Nam 2.0% 2023 up 1.2% rising
137 Malaysia 2.0% 2023 up 4.6% rising
138 Kenya 2.0% 2023 up 17.7% rising
139 Nepal 1.9% 2023 up 154.8% rising
140 Tajikistan 1.9% 2023 up 0.2% rising
141 Ghana 1.9% 2023 up 0.3% rising
142 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.8% 2023 up 17.9% rising
143 Guyana 1.7% 2023 down 8.4% rising
144 Egypt 1.6% 2023 up 15.2% falling
145 Central African Republic 1.5% 2023 up 55.5% falling
146 Mauritania 1.5% 2023 up 37.0% rising
147 Armenia 1.5% 2023 up 6.5% rising
148 Indonesia 1.4% 2023 up 77.4% rising
149 Côte d'Ivoire 1.4% 2023 up 92.5% rising
150 Azerbaijan 1.4% 2023 up 30.7% rising
151 Mali 1.3% 2023 up 65.4% rising
152 Burundi 1.3% 2023 down 13.0% rising
153 India 1.3% 2023 up 50.7% rising
154 Liberia 1.3% 2023 up 309.8% rising
155 Gambia 1.3% 2023 up 19.9% rising
156 Chad 1.3% 2023 up 51.0% falling
157 Cambodia 1.2% 2023 up 11.3% rising
158 Sri Lanka 1.2% 2023 down 26.3% falling
159 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.2% 2023 down 3.8% rising
160 Senegal 1.2% 2023 up 1.8% falling
161 Angola 1.1% 2023 down 24.8% falling
162 Equatorial Guinea 1.1% 2023 up 82.7% rising
163 Congo 1.1% 2023 up 19.7% rising
164 Djibouti 1.1% 2023 down 41.7% falling
165 Madagascar 1.0% 2023 down 24.3% falling
166 Niger 1.0% 2023 down 27.5% rising
167 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.0% 2023 down 18.4% falling
168 Zimbabwe 0.9% 2023 down 53.1% falling
169 Turkmenistan 0.9% 2023 down 16.8% falling
170 Guinea-Bissau 0.9% 2023 up 70.1% rising
171 Uganda 0.9% 2023 down 5.2% falling
172 Pakistan 0.9% 2023 up 42.0% rising
173 Eritrea 0.8% 2023 up 9.4% falling
174 Comoros 0.8% 2023 up 28.3% rising
175 Malawi 0.8% 2023 down 43.5% rising
176 Yemen 0.8% 2023 down 16.4% falling
177 Guinea 0.8% 2023 up 65.1% rising
178 Sierra Leone 0.8% 2023 up 34.1% rising
179 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.7% 2023 up 47.8% volatile
180 Togo 0.7% 2023 down 29.2% rising
181 Cameroon 0.7% 2023 up 39.3% falling
182 Ethiopia 0.6% 2023 down 44.1% falling
183 Nigeria 0.6% 2023 up 22.8% falling
184 Sudan 0.6% 2023 down 48.6% falling
185 Somalia 0.5% 2023 up 287.0% volatile
186 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5% 2023 down 25.9% falling
187 South Sudan 0.5% 2023 down 73.2% falling
188 Myanmar 0.5% 2023 down 15.7% volatile
189 Benin 0.5% 2023 down 36.0% falling
190 Syrian Arab Republic 0.4% 2023 down 77.8% falling
191 Bangladesh 0.3% 2023 down 28.1% falling
192 Haiti 0.3% 2023 down 37.3% falling
193 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 (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
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

Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of the economy as measured by GDP.