Health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine
Ukraine: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 10.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine stood at 10.6%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 29.2% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine peaked at 10.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2008.
Ukraine ranks 91st of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1% | — |
| 2001 | 7.6% | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 8.1% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 8.4% | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 6.8% | -17.0% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 6.9% | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 7.7% | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 8.6% | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 8.2% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 10.6% | +29.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.0% | 6.8% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 8.2% | 10.6% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Ukraine was 10.6% in 2021, 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2008.
- How does Ukraine rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Ukraine ranks 91st out of 195 countries with data for 2021.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.