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

Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.

Countries reporting
193
Highest
26.2%
San Marino
Lowest
1.5%
Afghanistan
Median
10.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,981

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 26.2% in San Marino; the lowest is 1.5% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.1%, 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 58 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 314.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 54.1%).

Domestic general government health expenditure: 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 Chile 19.3% 2024 up 23.0% rising
14 New Zealand 19.2% 2023 up 4.5% rising
15 Germany 19.2% 2023 up 5.2% rising
16 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.1% 2023 up 16.6% rising
17 El Salvador 18.5% 2023 up 10.7% flat
18 Nicaragua 18.3% 2023 up 14.4% rising
19 Canada 17.8% 2024 down 6.4% 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 Colombia 17.2% 2024 up 6.6% rising
25 South Africa 16.9% 2023 up 17.8% rising
26 Denmark 16.9% 2024 up 6.7% rising
27 Montenegro 16.6% 2023 up 55.3% rising
28 Argentina 16.3% 2023 down 2.4% flat
29 Austria 16.2% 2023 up 13.3% 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 Maldives 15.6% 2023 down 2.3% rising
38 Netherlands 15.6% 2023 up 2.1% rising
39 Thailand 15.6% 2023 up 27.9% rising
40 Korea 15.5% 2024 up 32.0% 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 France 13.8% 2024 down 2.4% rising
57 Cape Verde 13.8% 2023 up 52.7% 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 Suriname 11.5% 2023 up 64.2% rising
83 Italy 11.4% 2023 down 11.9% flat
84 Trinidad and Tobago 11.1% 2023 up 40.2% rising
85 Luxembourg 10.9% 2024 up 0.6% falling
86 Belize 10.9% 2023 down 11.4% rising
87 Oman 10.8% 2023 up 94.3% rising
88 Kazakhstan 10.7% 2023 up 14.8% flat
89 Romania 10.7% 2023 down 7.5% rising
90 Eswatini 10.6% 2023 down 8.8% flat
91 Morocco 10.6% 2023 up 76.6% rising
92 Ukraine 10.6% 2021 up 40.9% rising
93 Jordan 10.5% 2023 down 20.0% falling
94 Viet Nam 10.5% 2023 up 28.1% rising
95 China 10.4% 2023 up 10.1% rising
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 Cambodia 6.6% 2023 down 2.1% falling
148 Côte d'Ivoire 6.6% 2023 up 43.4% rising
149 Sri Lanka 6.3% 2023 down 37.3% falling
150 Iraq 6.2% 2023 up 160.3% rising
151 Algeria 6.2% 2023 down 47.3% flat
152 Niger 6.2% 2023 down 6.2% falling
153 Tajikistan 6.1% 2023 down 10.6% rising
154 Mauritania 5.9% 2023 up 10.4% rising
155 Angola 5.9% 2023 up 28.9% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 5.9% 2023 up 177.9% volatile
157 Ethiopia 5.7% 2023 down 8.3% falling
158 Vanuatu 5.6% 2023 down 42.9% falling
159 Madagascar 5.5% 2023 down 46.3% falling
160 Gambia 5.5% 2023 down 13.5% falling
161 Armenia 5.5% 2023 down 5.6% rising
162 Mali 5.4% 2023 up 31.5% falling
163 Congo 5.4% 2023 up 145.4% volatile
164 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.1% 2023 down 18.6% falling
165 Guinea 5.1% 2023 up 95.1% rising
166 Dominica 5.0% 2023 down 47.6% falling
167 Djibouti 4.9% 2023 down 27.4% falling
168 Uganda 4.9% 2023 down 33.6% falling
169 Liberia 4.8% 2023 up 314.0% falling
170 Zimbabwe 4.7% 2023 down 41.3% falling
171 Comoros 4.7% 2023 up 6.5% falling
172 Burundi 4.7% 2023 up 6.7% rising
173 Pakistan 4.7% 2023 up 44.1% rising
174 India 4.6% 2023 up 41.6% rising
175 Haiti 4.6% 2023 up 52.2% falling
176 Sierra Leone 4.5% 2023 down 13.2% falling
177 Nigeria 4.3% 2023 up 24.5% flat
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 Cameroon 3.9% 2023 up 56.5% falling
182 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.6% 2023 up 113.7% rising
183 Senegal 3.6% 2023 down 32.6% falling
184 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.4% 2023 up 32.9% rising
185 Malawi 3.3% 2023 down 54.1% flat
186 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.2% 2023 up 9.0% falling
187 Togo 2.6% 2023 down 45.4% flat
188 Benin 2.6% 2023 down 50.3% falling
189 Bangladesh 2.5% 2023 down 31.7% falling
190 Eritrea 2.4% 2023 unchanged falling
191 Myanmar 2.3% 2023 down 4.9% rising
192 South Sudan 2.1% 2023 up 1.4% flat
193 Afghanistan 1.5% 2023 down 17.7% falling

Regions and income groups

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 general government expenditure)
Unit
% of general government expenditure
Source
Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 4,981 data points, 2000–2024
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Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.