Share of public expenditure on healthcare by country by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
92.54
Brunei
Lowest
1.65
Afghanistan
Median
56.58
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,547
What the numbers show
Share of public expenditure on healthcare by country is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 92.54 in Brunei; the lowest is 1.65 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.58, and the mean is 52.53.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 248.3%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 69.0%).
Share of public expenditure on healthcare by country: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei | 92.54 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 2 | Kuwait | 88.55 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 86.92 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 4 | San Marino | 86.91 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 5 | Norway | 86.11 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Sweden | 86.08 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 7 | Monaco | 85.65 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Oman | 85.34 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 84.83 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 84.34 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Croatia | 84.02 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 12 | Nauru | 83.65 | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 13 | Iceland | 83.63 | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 14 | Denmark | 83.43 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 15 | Cuba | 83.39 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 83.02 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 81.77 | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 18 | Finland | 81.15 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 19 | Libya | 80.15 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 79.12 | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 21 | Slovakia | 78.95 | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 22 | Maldives | 78.9 | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 23 | Kiribati | 78.46 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 77.88 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 77.77 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 26 | East Timor | 77.7 | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 77.69 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Poland | 77.11 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cyprus | 76.79 | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 76.59 | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 31 | Austria | 76.5 | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 32 | Turkey | 75.92 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 75.86 | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 34 | Estonia | 75.77 | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 35 | Botswana | 75.46 | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 36 | Marshall Islands | 75.05 | 2023 | up 48.7% | flat |
| 37 | Fiji | 74.76 | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 38 | Australia | 73.66 | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 39 | Belgium | 73.66 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Hungary | 73.37 | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 73.25 | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 42 | Spain | 73.18 | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 43 | Slovenia | 73.15 | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 44 | Italy | 73.08 | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 45 | Tuvalu | 72.81 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 72.36 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 47 | Andorra | 70.8 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 70.27 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 49 | Canada | 70.19 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 50 | Guyana | 70.14 | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 51 | Russia | 70.04 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 52 | Colombia | 69.77 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 53 | Moldova | 69.57 | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 54 | Montenegro | 69.33 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 55 | Samoa | 69.24 | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.09 | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 57 | Liechtenstein | 69.04 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 58 | France | 68.43 | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 59 | Netherlands | 68.37 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.29 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 67.28 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 67.16 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Dominica | 67.13 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 66.78 | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 65 | Belarus | 66.76 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 66 | Bhutan | 66.65 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 67 | Malta | 66.02 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 65.83 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 69 | Gabon | 65.69 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 70 | Serbia | 65.55 | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 71 | Israel | 65.24 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 72 | Belize | 65.08 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 73 | Lithuania | 65.03 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 74 | Jamaica | 64.35 | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 64.09 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 63.58 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 77 | Ghana | 63.23 | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 62.91 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 62.81 | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 80 | Suriname | 62 | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 61.95 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 82 | South Africa | 61.61 | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 83 | Portugal | 61.44 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 84 | Palau | 60.86 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 85 | El Salvador | 60.55 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 60.23 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 59.45 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 88 | Bahrain | 59.27 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58.98 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 58.57 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 91 | Namibia | 58.51 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 92 | Singapore | 58.46 | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 57.57 | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 57.43 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 95 | China | 57.1 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | South Korea | 56.61 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 56.58 | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 98 | Morocco | 56.53 | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 55.42 | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 54.25 | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 101 | Tunisia | 54.09 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 102 | United States | 53.95 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 103 | Indonesia | 53.61 | 2023 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.33 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 105 | Algeria | 53.08 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 106 | Ukraine | 52.12 | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 107 | Panama | 51.22 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 108 | Greece | 50.63 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 109 | Bahamas | 50.56 | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 50.39 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 111 | Malaysia | 50.03 | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 112 | Albania | 49.6 | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 48.63 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 114 | Chile | 48.52 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.38 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 116 | Rwanda | 47.03 | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 117 | Iran | 46.72 | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 118 | Lesotho | 46.34 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 119 | Tonga | 46.26 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 120 | Djibouti | 46.09 | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 121 | Iraq | 46.02 | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 122 | Grenada | 45.19 | 2023 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 123 | Jordan | 45.01 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 124 | Mongolia | 44.96 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 125 | Gambia | 44.93 | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 126 | Kenya | 44.91 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 127 | Angola | 44.53 | 2023 | down 28.2% | flat |
| 128 | Mauritius | 44.33 | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 129 | Vietnam | 44.3 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 130 | Brazil | 44.13 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 131 | Eswatini | 42.73 | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 132 | Philippines | 42.39 | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 133 | Barbados | 41.64 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 134 | Palestine | 41.43 | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 135 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.83 | 2023 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 136 | Zambia | 40.72 | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 137 | Laos | 39.8 | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 138 | India | 39.02 | 2023 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 139 | Lebanon | 37.9 | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.96 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 141 | Guatemala | 35.81 | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 142 | Pakistan | 35.72 | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 143 | Mali | 35.39 | 2023 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 144 | Uzbekistan | 35.36 | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 145 | Mauritania | 34.16 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 33.99 | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 147 | Georgia | 33.67 | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 33.57 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 149 | Switzerland | 33.08 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 32.63 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 32.35 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.25 | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 153 | Egypt | 32.25 | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 154 | Honduras | 31.92 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 155 | Venezuela | 31.73 | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 156 | Tanzania | 31.67 | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 31.44 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 158 | Nepal | 31.31 | 2023 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 159 | Madagascar | 28.82 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 160 | Senegal | 27.57 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 161 | Cambodia | 26.89 | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 162 | Mozambique | 26.46 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 25.61 | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 164 | Chad | 25.25 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 165 | Niger | 24.01 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 166 | Eritrea | 23.06 | 2023 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 21.91 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 168 | Guinea | 21.84 | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 169 | Uganda | 21.8 | 2023 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 170 | Sudan | 20.74 | 2023 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.72 | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 17.14 | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 16.72 | 2023 | up 140.3% | rising |
| 174 | Armenia | 15.71 | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 175 | Syria | 14.94 | 2023 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 176 | Burundi | 14.74 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 177 | Cameroon | 14.69 | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 178 | Benin | 14.67 | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 14.48 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 14.36 | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 181 | Nigeria | 14.34 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 14.23 | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 183 | Somalia | 14.17 | 2023 | up 248.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Comoros | 12.92 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 185 | Malawi | 12.82 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 186 | Togo | 11.14 | 2023 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 187 | Myanmar | 11.11 | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.64 | 2023 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 189 | Liberia | 10 | 2023 | up 125.5% | falling |
| 190 | Haiti | 9.34 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 191 | Yemen | 8.44 | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 192 | South Sudan | 4.32 | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 193 | Afghanistan | 1.65 | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |