Health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece
Greece: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 8.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece stood at 8.6%.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece peaked at 12.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2013.
Greece ranks 121st of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.6% | — |
| 2001 | 11.0% | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 10.0% | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 11.4% | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 11.3% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 12.5% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 8.2% | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.0% | 9.6% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 8.2% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Greece was 8.6% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2013.
- How does Greece rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Greece ranks 121st out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Health spending as a share of total government spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.