Health spending as a share of total government spending in Sweden
Sweden: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 19.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Sweden, 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 Sweden stood at 19.5%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Sweden peaked at 19.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2000.
Sweden ranks 12th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.8% | — |
| 2001 | 12.3% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 12.6% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 12.8% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 12.7% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 12.9% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 13.5% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 17.7% | +31.1% |
| 2012 | 17.8% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 18.2% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 18.3% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 18.4% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 18.5% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 18.7% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 19.3% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 19.1% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 19.5% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.8% | 11.8% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.7% | 13.5% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 18.6% | 19.5% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Sweden?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Sweden was 19.5% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 19.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2000.
- How does Sweden rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Sweden ranks 12th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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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About this data
Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.