Domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) by country
Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic private sources. Domestic private sources include funds from households, corporations and non-profit organizations. Such expenditures can be either prepaid to voluntary health insurance or paid directly to healthcare providers.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
83.9%
Armenia
Lowest
0.1%
Tuvalu
Median
34.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,675
What the numbers show
Domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 83.9% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.1% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.5%, and the mean is 37.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,365.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 263.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 98.8%).
Domestic private health expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 83.9% | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 2 | Myanmar | 82.8% | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 82.6% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 82.0% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 77.1% | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 74.4% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.3% | 2023 | up 45.2% | flat |
| 8 | Liberia | 71.7% | 2023 | up 63.1% | flat |
| 9 | Cameroon | 70.6% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 10 | Yemen | 70.5% | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 11 | Togo | 68.9% | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 12 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 67.7% | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 66.9% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 14 | Switzerland | 66.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 66.7% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 65.5% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 64.5% | 2023 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 18 | Egypt | 64.3% | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.2% | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 20 | Sudan | 62.9% | 2023 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 21 | Tajikistan | 62.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 22 | Cambodia | 61.8% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 23 | Nepal | 61.7% | 2023 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 24 | Niger | 61.4% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 25 | Guatemala | 61.2% | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 60.4% | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 27 | Comoros | 60.3% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 60.0% | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 29 | Haiti | 59.1% | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 58.6% | 2023 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 31 | India | 58.6% | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 58.0% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 33 | Philippines | 57.5% | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 34 | Barbados | 57.5% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 35 | Brazil | 55.9% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 36 | Senegal | 55.6% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 54.8% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 38 | Pakistan | 54.6% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 39 | Viet Nam | 54.6% | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 40 | Iraq | 54.0% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 53.7% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 52.6% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 52.4% | 2023 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 44 | Grenada | 52.1% | 2023 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 45 | Lebanon | 51.9% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.5% | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 47 | Chile | 51.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 48 | Mexico | 51.4% | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 49 | Mongolia | 51.2% | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 51.2% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | Congo | 51.1% | 2023 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 52 | Malaysia | 50.0% | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 53 | Palestine, State of | 49.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Albania | 49.5% | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 49.1% | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 56 | Bahamas | 48.9% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 57 | Eritrea | 48.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | Angola | 48.3% | 2023 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 59 | Jordan | 48.1% | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 60 | Panama | 48.0% | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ukraine | 47.9% | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 47.6% | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 63 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.3% | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 64 | Benin | 46.9% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 65 | Algeria | 46.9% | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 66 | Mauritania | 46.4% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 67 | United States of America | 46.0% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 68 | Indonesia | 45.8% | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 45.8% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.7% | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 71 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 44.8% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 44.6% | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 73 | Paraguay | 44.5% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 74 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 44.3% | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 75 | Korea | 43.4% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 76 | China | 42.9% | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 42.8% | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 78 | Tunisia | 42.8% | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 42.4% | 2023 | up 24.5% | flat |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.3% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 81 | Singapore | 41.5% | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.0% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 83 | Bahrain | 40.7% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 84 | Latvia | 40.4% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 39.2% | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 86 | Argentina | 38.9% | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 87 | El Salvador | 38.6% | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 38.5% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 89 | Ecuador | 37.8% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Gambia | 37.6% | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 36.7% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 36.4% | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 93 | South Africa | 36.3% | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 35.0% | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 95 | Kenya | 35.0% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 96 | Lithuania | 34.7% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | Serbia | 34.5% | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 98 | Uganda | 34.1% | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 34.0% | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 100 | Malta | 34.0% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 101 | South Sudan | 33.4% | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 102 | Belize | 33.3% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 103 | Israel | 33.3% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 33.2% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 105 | Belarus | 33.2% | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 106 | Jamaica | 33.1% | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 107 | Madagascar | 33.0% | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 108 | Suriname | 32.8% | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 32.8% | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 110 | Netherlands | 31.6% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 111 | France | 31.6% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 112 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.5% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 113 | Somalia | 31.4% | 2023 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.4% | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 115 | Liechtenstein | 31.0% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 116 | Montenegro | 30.5% | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 30.4% | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 118 | Djibouti | 30.3% | 2023 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 119 | Colombia | 30.2% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 120 | Dominica | 30.2% | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 121 | Namibia | 30.1% | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 122 | Russian Federation | 30.0% | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 123 | Gabon | 29.9% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 124 | Canada | 29.8% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 125 | Seychelles | 29.7% | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29.3% | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 127 | Andorra | 29.2% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 128 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 29.0% | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 129 | Eswatini | 28.8% | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 130 | Guyana | 28.6% | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 131 | Republic of Moldova | 28.3% | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 132 | Ghana | 28.2% | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 133 | Burundi | 27.8% | 2023 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 134 | Uruguay | 27.6% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 135 | Italy | 26.9% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 136 | Bhutan | 26.9% | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 137 | Spain | 26.8% | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 138 | Slovenia | 26.8% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 26.6% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 140 | Australia | 26.3% | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 141 | Belgium | 26.3% | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 142 | Estonia | 24.2% | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 143 | Romania | 24.1% | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 144 | Türkiye | 24.1% | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 145 | Austria | 23.5% | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 146 | Ireland | 23.4% | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 147 | Cyprus | 22.8% | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 148 | Poland | 22.8% | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 22.7% | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 150 | New Zealand | 22.3% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 22.2% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 152 | Thailand | 22.0% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 153 | Malawi | 21.7% | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 154 | Slovakia | 21.1% | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 155 | Germany | 20.9% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 156 | Palau | 20.6% | 2023 | down 25.1% | flat |
| 157 | Maldives | 19.6% | 2023 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 158 | Libya | 19.2% | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.1% | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 160 | Finland | 18.9% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 161 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.2% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 162 | Botswana | 18.0% | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 163 | Qatar | 17.0% | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 164 | Cuba | 16.6% | 2023 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 165 | Denmark | 16.6% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 166 | Iceland | 16.4% | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 167 | Rwanda | 16.0% | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 168 | Croatia | 15.9% | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 169 | Mozambique | 15.8% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 170 | Czechia | 15.7% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 171 | Japan | 15.2% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 172 | Oman | 14.7% | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 173 | Monaco | 14.3% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 174 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 14.3% | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 14.2% | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 176 | Sweden | 13.9% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 177 | Norway | 13.9% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 178 | Fiji | 13.6% | 2023 | down 62.8% | rising |
| 179 | Lesotho | 13.2% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 180 | San Marino | 13.1% | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 181 | Kiribati | 12.3% | 2023 | up 263.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 11.8% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 11.5% | 2023 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 184 | Kuwait | 11.5% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 185 | Zambia | 11.4% | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Tonga | 9.5% | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 8.6% | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 188 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.5% | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 189 | Timor-Leste | 7.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 3.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 191 | Naoero | 2.9% | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 2.0% | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0.1% | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 61.9%
- South Asia 60.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 60.0%
- IDA blend 58.7%
- Lower middle income 57.8%
- IDA total 55.9%
- Least developed countries 55.1%
- IDA only 54.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 53.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 52.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 52.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 49.3%
- Low income 48.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 48.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.8%
- Caribbean Small States 47.1%
- Low & middle income 45.9%
- Middle income 45.9%
- Early-demographic dividend 45.4%
- North America 45.2%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 45.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 44.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 44.6%
- Upper middle income 44.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 44.0%
- IBRD only 43.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 43.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 43.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 41.3%
- World 38.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 37.5%
- OECD members 37.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 37.3%
- High income 37.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 36.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 35.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 35.1%
- Arab World 35.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.3%
About this data
Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic private sources. Domestic private sources include funds from households, corporations and non-profit organizations. Such expenditures can be either prepaid to voluntary health insurance or paid directly to healthcare providers.