Public healthcare spending share gdp by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
19.72
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.2477
Afghanistan
Median
3.15
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,547
What the numbers show
Public healthcare spending share gdp is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 19.72 in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.2477 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.15, and the mean is 3.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 80.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 309.8%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 77.8%).
Public healthcare spending share gdp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 19.72 | 2023 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 2 | Naoero | 15.23 | 2023 | up 184.7% | flat |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 10.06 | 2023 | up 64.2% | falling |
| 4 | Sweden | 9.6 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 9.29 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 9.11 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 7 | United States of America | 9.01 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.99 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kiribati | 8.59 | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 10 | Austria | 8.53 | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 8.5 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 8.12 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 13 | Belgium | 7.96 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 7.94 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 15 | France | 7.89 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 16 | New Zealand | 7.87 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 7.83 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 18 | Cuba | 7.83 | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 7.66 | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 20 | Timor-Leste | 7.46 | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 21 | Maldives | 7.3 | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 7.28 | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 23 | Czechia | 7.11 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 24 | Slovenia | 6.8 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 6.75 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 6.72 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 27 | Montenegro | 6.69 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 28 | Palau | 6.61 | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 29 | Uruguay | 6.53 | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 30 | Libya | 6.26 | 2023 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 31 | Cyprus | 6.23 | 2023 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 6.18 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Portugal | 6.16 | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 34 | Italy | 6.14 | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 35 | Croatia | 6 | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 37 | Lesotho | 5.84 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 38 | Malta | 5.84 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 39 | Slovakia | 5.8 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 40 | San Marino | 5.74 | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 41 | Colombia | 5.68 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 42 | Estonia | 5.66 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 43 | El Salvador | 5.62 | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 44 | Namibia | 5.55 | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 45 | Poland | 5.5 | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 46 | South Africa | 5.49 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 47 | Andorra | 5.45 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 48 | Serbia | 5.26 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 5.12 | 2024 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 5.11 | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ireland | 5.04 | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 4.97 | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 53 | Russia | 4.93 | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 54 | Korea | 4.91 | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 55 | Jamaica | 4.89 | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 4.77 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 57 | Lithuania | 4.76 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 4.73 | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 59 | Botswana | 4.72 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 60 | Samoa | 4.69 | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Moldova | 4.69 | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 4.68 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 63 | Hungary | 4.67 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.66 | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 65 | Paraguay | 4.63 | 2023 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 4.63 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 4.61 | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 68 | Palestine, State of | 4.45 | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 4.42 | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kuwait | 4.39 | 2023 | up 110.4% | rising |
| 71 | Romania | 4.33 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 72 | Latvia | 4.33 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 73 | Tunisia | 4.32 | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 74 | Brazil | 4.29 | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 4.28 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 76 | Ukraine | 4.28 | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 77 | Panama | 4.27 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 78 | Greece | 4.25 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 79 | Liechtenstein | 3.95 | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 80 | Switzerland | 3.87 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.64 | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 3.58 | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 3.53 | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 3.5 | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 85 | Jordan | 3.45 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 3.43 | 2023 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 3.43 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 88 | Tonga | 3.4 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 89 | China (People’s Republic of) | 3.39 | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 3.37 | 2023 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 91 | Dominica | 3.36 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 3.35 | 2023 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 3.32 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 94 | Türkiye | 3.25 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 95 | Eswatini | 3.2 | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Bahamas | 3.19 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 97 | Seychelles | 3.15 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.11 | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.07 | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 100 | Oman | 2.98 | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 2.95 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 102 | Bhutan | 2.94 | 2023 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 103 | Iran | 2.82 | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 104 | Mongolia | 2.73 | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 105 | Fiji | 2.7 | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 106 | Belize | 2.7 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 107 | Mexico | 2.68 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 108 | Monaco | 2.67 | 2023 | down 28.0% | flat |
| 109 | Singapore | 2.63 | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 110 | Iraq | 2.55 | 2023 | up 122.1% | rising |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 2.48 | 2023 | up 34.3% | flat |
| 112 | Mauritius | 2.47 | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 2.46 | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 2.45 | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 115 | Guatemala | 2.44 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 116 | Zambia | 2.43 | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 117 | Rwanda | 2.41 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4 | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 2.38 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 2.38 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 121 | Bahrain | 2.37 | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 2.33 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 123 | Georgia | 2.31 | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 124 | Algeria | 2.31 | 2023 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.31 | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 126 | Barbados | 2.25 | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 127 | Mozambique | 2.25 | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 128 | Philippines | 2.16 | 2023 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.13 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 130 | Lebanon | 2.11 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 2.1 | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 132 | Grenada | 2.1 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 133 | Qatar | 2.1 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.06 | 2023 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 135 | Gabon | 2.06 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 136 | Viet Nam | 2.02 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 137 | Malaysia | 1.98 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 138 | Kenya | 1.95 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 139 | Nepal | 1.93 | 2023 | up 154.8% | rising |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 1.9 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 141 | Ghana | 1.86 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 142 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.83 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 143 | Guyana | 1.73 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 144 | Egypt | 1.58 | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 1.53 | 2023 | up 55.5% | falling |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.48 | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 147 | Armenia | 1.46 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 148 | Indonesia | 1.45 | 2023 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 149 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.4 | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 1.39 | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 1.35 | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 1.34 | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 153 | India | 1.3 | 2023 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 154 | Liberia | 1.3 | 2023 | up 309.8% | rising |
| 155 | Gambia | 1.3 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 156 | Chad | 1.26 | 2023 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 157 | Cambodia | 1.24 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 1.24 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 159 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.2 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 160 | Senegal | 1.19 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 161 | Angola | 1.13 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.13 | 2023 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 1.12 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 164 | Djibouti | 1.05 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 165 | Madagascar | 0.988 | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 166 | Niger | 0.972 | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 167 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9666 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | 0.9466 | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 0.9422 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9384 | 2023 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 171 | Uganda | 0.9234 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 172 | Pakistan | 0.9001 | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 173 | Eritrea | 0.8494 | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 174 | Comoros | 0.8464 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 175 | Malawi | 0.8376 | 2023 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 176 | Yemen | 0.8187 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 177 | Guinea | 0.8067 | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 0.7889 | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 179 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.6899 | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Togo | 0.6806 | 2023 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 181 | Cameroon | 0.6692 | 2023 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 0.6142 | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 183 | Nigeria | 0.6009 | 2023 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 184 | Sudan | 0.5915 | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 185 | Somalia | 0.5304 | 2023 | up 287.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.5279 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 187 | South Sudan | 0.5011 | 2023 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 188 | Myanmar | 0.4952 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Benin | 0.4895 | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 190 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.4048 | 2023 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 191 | Bangladesh | 0.3143 | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 192 | Haiti | 0.2981 | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 193 | Afghanistan | 0.2477 | 2023 | down 44.1% | rising |