Government health spending as a share of GDP in Switzerland
Switzerland: Government health spending as a share of GDP was 8.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Switzerland, 1880–2025
Source: OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 8.0% for government health spending as a share of gdp in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government health spending as a share of gdp in Switzerland peaked at 8.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1880.
Switzerland ranks 14th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 0.0% | — |
| 1890 | 0.0% | — |
| 1900 | 0.0% | — |
| 1920 | 0.1% | — |
| 1930 | 0.3% | +225.0% |
| 1995 | 4.7% | +1713.5% |
| 1996 | 5.0% | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 5.1% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 5.3% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 5.5% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 5.9% | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 6.2% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 6.4% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 6.8% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 7.3% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 7.5% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 8.2% | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 7.6% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 8.0% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 5.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.4% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 6 |
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- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,104 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 46 deaths (2100)
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- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.0725 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.4988 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government health spending as a share of gdp in Switzerland?
- Government health spending as a share of gdp in Switzerland was 8.0% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1880.
- How does Switzerland rank for government health spending as a share of gdp?
- Switzerland ranks 14th out of 59 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government health spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.