Government health spending as a share of GDP in Slovenia
Slovenia: Government health spending as a share of GDP was 8.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Slovenia, 2000–2025
Source: OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, government health spending as a share of gdp in Slovenia stood at 8.3%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government health spending as a share of gdp in Slovenia peaked at 8.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2007.
That places Slovenia 10th out of 59 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.7% | — |
| 2001 | 5.7% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 5.8% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 5.8% | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 6.3% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 6.0% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 6.8% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 7.9% | +16.3% |
| 2025 | 8.3% | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government health spending as a share of gdp in Slovenia?
- Government health spending as a share of gdp in Slovenia was 8.3% 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2007.
- How does Slovenia rank for government health spending as a share of gdp?
- Slovenia ranks 10th out of 59 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government health spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.