Domestic general government health expenditure in Euro area
Euro area: Domestic general government health expenditure was 13.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Domestic general government health expenditure in Euro area, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of general government expenditure.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 13.5% for domestic general government health expenditure in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.8% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic general government health expenditure in Euro area peaked at 16.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 2000.
Euro area ranks 8th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Domestic general government health expenditure in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of general government expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.5% | — |
| 2001 | 13.7% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 14.0% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 14.2% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 14.4% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 14.4% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 14.4% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 14.6% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 14.5% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 14.4% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 15.0% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 16.0% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 13.5% | -14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.2% | 13.5% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 14.4% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 13.5% | 16.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More health data for Euro area
- Population ages 30-34, female, per capita 0.0286 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.1709 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0309 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -0.1844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0298 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.027 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.1302 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic general government health expenditure in Euro area?
- Domestic general government health expenditure in Euro area was 13.5% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest domestic general government health expenditure recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 16.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest domestic general government health expenditure recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 2000.
- How does Euro area rank for domestic general government health expenditure?
- Euro area ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is domestic general government health expenditure rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.