Government health spending as a share of GDP in Czechia
Czechia: Government health spending as a share of GDP was 7.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Czechia, 1990–2025
Source: OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 7.6% for government health spending as a share of gdp in 2025.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government health spending as a share of gdp in Czechia peaked at 7.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1990.
That places Czechia 19th out of 59 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.6% | — |
| 1991 | 3.7% | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 3.7% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | +32.9% |
| 1994 | 5.1% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 5.0% | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 5.2% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 5.3% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 6.4% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 6.3% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 7.4% | +4.4% |
| 2025 | 7.6% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.4% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government health spending as a share of gdp in Czechia?
- Government health spending as a share of gdp in Czechia was 7.6% in 2025, according to OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1990.
- How does Czechia rank for government health spending as a share of gdp?
- Czechia ranks 19th out of 59 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government health spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government health spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Public health expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.