Health expenditure government expenditure by country
Countries reporting
195
Highest
26.2
San Marino
Lowest
1.46
Afghanistan
Median
10.05
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,588
What the numbers show
Health expenditure government expenditure is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 26.2 in San Marino; the lowest is 1.46 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.05, and the mean is 10.78.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 314.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 54.1%).
Health expenditure government expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino | 26.2 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 24.91 | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 3 | Japan | 23.3 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 23.02 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 22.16 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 6 | Paraguay | 21.57 | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 21.38 | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 21.01 | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 20.05 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 10 | Cuba | 19.98 | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 19.85 | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 19.45 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 19.21 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 19.21 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 19.17 | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 19.06 | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 18.68 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 18.51 | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 18.29 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 20 | Guatemala | 17.75 | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 17.49 | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 22 | Singapore | 17.39 | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 23 | Norway | 17.37 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 24 | Denmark | 16.92 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 16.89 | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 26 | Montenegro | 16.6 | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 16.35 | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 28 | Austria | 16.19 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 16.19 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 16.18 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 31 | Iceland | 16.06 | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 32 | Peru | 15.95 | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 33 | Lebanon | 15.91 | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 15.91 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 35 | Jamaica | 15.86 | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 36 | Liechtenstein | 15.85 | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 37 | South Korea | 15.62 | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 38 | Maldives | 15.57 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 39 | Netherlands | 15.56 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 40 | Thailand | 15.56 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 15.41 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 15.24 | 2023 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 43 | Andorra | 15.2 | 2023 | up 35.8% | falling |
| 44 | Finland | 15.19 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 45 | Namibia | 14.99 | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 46 | Belgium | 14.93 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 14.86 | 2023 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 14.85 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 49 | Samoa | 14.63 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 14.63 | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 51 | Botswana | 14.61 | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 52 | Portugal | 14.56 | 2023 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 53 | Palestine | 14.43 | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.42 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 14.41 | 2023 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 56 | Cape Verde | 13.79 | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 57 | France | 13.7 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 13.69 | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 59 | Russia | 13.67 | 2023 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 60 | Bahamas | 13.48 | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 61 | Palau | 13.26 | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 12.97 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 63 | Estonia | 12.96 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 64 | Nauru | 12.88 | 2023 | up 59.7% | falling |
| 65 | Croatia | 12.84 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 12.83 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 67 | Lithuania | 12.73 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 12.28 | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.28 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 70 | Tunisia | 12.1 | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 12.1 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 72 | Moldova | 12.07 | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 12.05 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia | 12.03 | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 75 | Monaco | 11.93 | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 76 | Ecuador | 11.87 | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 77 | Lesotho | 11.83 | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 78 | Poland | 11.75 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 79 | Belarus | 11.73 | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 80 | Switzerland | 11.65 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 81 | Israel | 11.57 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 82 | Suriname | 11.55 | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 11.44 | 2023 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.07 | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 85 | Belize | 10.88 | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 86 | Oman | 10.84 | 2023 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 10.7 | 2023 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 88 | Romania | 10.66 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 10.64 | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 90 | Morocco | 10.61 | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 10.56 | 2021 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 92 | Jordan | 10.5 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 93 | Vietnam | 10.45 | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 10.44 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 95 | China | 10.37 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 96 | Cook Islands | 10.28 | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 97 | Bhutan | 10.2 | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 10.05 | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 99 | Latvia | 9.91 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 9.79 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 101 | Turkey | 9.78 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 9.59 | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 103 | Seychelles | 9.58 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 104 | Libya | 9.57 | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 9.51 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 106 | Brazil | 9.48 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 9.45 | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 108 | Honduras | 9.43 | 2023 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 109 | Mexico | 9.36 | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 110 | Fiji | 9.32 | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 111 | East Timor | 9.16 | 2023 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 112 | Kuwait | 9.02 | 2023 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 113 | Kiribati | 9 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 114 | Rwanda | 8.92 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 115 | Zambia | 8.89 | 2023 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 8.78 | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.77 | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 8.77 | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 8.65 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 8.62 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 121 | Greece | 8.58 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 122 | Mongolia | 8.56 | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 123 | Indonesia | 8.52 | 2023 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 124 | Bahrain | 8.49 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 125 | Central African Republic | 8.48 | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 8.41 | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Mauritius | 8.24 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 128 | Malaysia | 7.94 | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 129 | Somalia | 7.9 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 7.9 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.89 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 7.81 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 133 | Georgia | 7.78 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 134 | Syria | 7.71 | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 135 | Qatar | 7.69 | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 136 | Nepal | 7.66 | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 137 | Guyana | 7.31 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.3 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 139 | Grenada | 7.27 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 140 | Chad | 7.26 | 2023 | up 44.2% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.19 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 142 | Sudan | 7.15 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 143 | Tonga | 7.06 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 144 | Brunei | 7.02 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 145 | Yemen | 6.96 | 2023 | up 118.9% | flat |
| 146 | Egypt | 6.93 | 2023 | up 66.6% | flat |
| 147 | Mozambique | 6.76 | 2023 | up 43.1% | flat |
| 148 | Niue | 6.71 | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Cambodia | 6.65 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.58 | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 6.33 | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 152 | Iraq | 6.18 | 2023 | up 160.3% | rising |
| 153 | Algeria | 6.17 | 2023 | down 47.3% | flat |
| 154 | Niger | 6.15 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 6.14 | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania | 5.94 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 157 | Angola | 5.9 | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.87 | 2023 | up 177.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 5.68 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 5.6 | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 161 | Madagascar | 5.51 | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 162 | Gambia | 5.46 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 163 | Armenia | 5.46 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 5.43 | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 165 | Congo | 5.42 | 2023 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Tanzania | 5.14 | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 167 | Guinea | 5.12 | 2023 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 168 | Dominica | 5.03 | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 169 | Djibouti | 4.89 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 170 | Uganda | 4.86 | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 171 | Liberia | 4.79 | 2023 | up 314.0% | falling |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 4.74 | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 173 | Comoros | 4.74 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 174 | Burundi | 4.73 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 4.68 | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 176 | India | 4.59 | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 177 | Haiti | 4.56 | 2023 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 4.47 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 179 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.29 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 180 | Azerbaijan | 4.26 | 2023 | up 50.9% | flat |
| 181 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 182 | Nigeria | 3.91 | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 183 | Cameroon | 3.91 | 2023 | up 56.5% | falling |
| 184 | Venezuela | 3.63 | 2023 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 185 | Senegal | 3.57 | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 3.43 | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 187 | Malawi | 3.29 | 2023 | down 54.1% | flat |
| 188 | Laos | 3.21 | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 189 | Togo | 2.56 | 2023 | down 45.4% | flat |
| 190 | Benin | 2.55 | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 191 | Bangladesh | 2.47 | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 192 | Eritrea | 2.37 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Myanmar | 2.34 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 194 | South Sudan | 2.14 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 195 | Afghanistan | 1.46 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |