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Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending by country

Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health.

Countries reporting
193
Highest
92.5%
Brunei Darussalam
Lowest
1.7%
Afghanistan
Median
56.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,547

What the numbers show

Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 92.5% in Brunei Darussalam; the lowest is 1.7% in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.6%, and the mean is 52.5%.

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 Syrian Arab Republic (down 69.0%).

Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brunei Darussalam 92.5% 2023 up 2.1% rising
2 Kuwait 88.5% 2023 up 5.5% rising
3 Luxembourg 86.9% 2024 up 3.2% flat
4 San Marino 86.9% 2023 down 2.4% rising
5 Norway 86.1% 2023 up 1.3% flat
6 Sweden 86.1% 2023 up 2.4% flat
7 Monaco 85.7% 2023 up 5.6% rising
8 Oman 85.3% 2023 down 2.5% rising
9 Japan 84.8% 2023 up 0.7% rising
10 Czechia 84.3% 2023 down 0.1% flat
11 Croatia 84.0% 2023 down 1.7% flat
12 Naoero 83.6% 2023 up 49.6% rising
13 Iceland 83.6% 2023 up 4.1% flat
14 Denmark 83.4% 2024 down 1.2% flat
15 Cuba 83.4% 2023 down 4.8% rising
16 Qatar 83.0% 2023 down 1.4% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 81.8% 2023 up 2.9% flat
18 Finland 81.1% 2023 up 2.1% rising
19 Libya 80.1% 2023 up 9.2% rising
20 Germany 79.1% 2023 up 3.1% flat
21 Slovakia 78.9% 2023 up 7.7% flat
22 Maldives 78.9% 2023 up 49.7% rising
23 Kiribati 78.5% 2023 down 4.0% falling
24 Thailand 77.9% 2023 up 2.5% rising
25 Saudi Arabia 77.8% 2023 up 11.7% rising
26 Timor-Leste 77.7% 2023 up 49.1% rising
27 New Zealand 77.7% 2023 down 0.1% flat
28 Poland 77.1% 2023 up 9.7% rising
29 Cyprus 76.8% 2023 up 68.6% rising
30 Ireland 76.6% 2023 up 7.8% falling
31 Austria 76.5% 2023 up 6.2% flat
32 Türkiye 75.9% 2023 down 3.1% rising
33 Romania 75.9% 2023 down 3.9% flat
34 Estonia 75.8% 2023 up 1.8% flat
35 Botswana 75.5% 2023 up 18.0% rising
36 Marshall Islands 75.0% 2023 up 48.7% flat
37 Fiji 74.8% 2023 up 27.8% falling
38 Australia 73.7% 2023 up 8.8% flat
39 Belgium 73.7% 2023 down 2.0% flat
40 Hungary 73.4% 2023 up 10.8% flat
41 Papua New Guinea 73.3% 2023 up 10.6% falling
42 Spain 73.2% 2023 up 4.4% flat
43 Slovenia 73.2% 2023 up 4.1% flat
44 Italy 73.1% 2023 down 2.8% flat
45 Tuvalu 72.8% 2023 up 1.6% falling
46 Uruguay 72.4% 2023 up 8.9% rising
47 Andorra 70.8% 2023 up 0.9% rising
48 Seychelles 70.3% 2023 down 8.1% falling
49 Canada 70.2% 2024 down 0.9% flat
50 Guyana 70.1% 2023 up 41.3% rising
51 Russian Federation 70.0% 2023 up 12.3% rising
52 Colombia 69.8% 2024 down 0.9% falling
53 Republic of Moldova 69.6% 2023 up 49.0% rising
54 Montenegro 69.3% 2023 up 19.9% rising
55 Samoa 69.2% 2023 up 6.8% flat
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.1% 2023 up 9.5% flat
57 Liechtenstein 69.0% 2023 up 3.6% rising
58 France 68.4% 2024 down 1.9% flat
59 Netherlands 68.4% 2023 down 0.9% flat
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.3% 2023 down 3.5% rising
61 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 67.3% 2023 up 15.0% rising
62 Costa Rica 67.2% 2023 down 5.4% rising
63 Dominica 67.1% 2023 up 9.4% rising
64 United Arab Emirates 66.8% 2023 down 7.2% flat
65 Belarus 66.8% 2023 up 6.5% falling
66 Bhutan 66.7% 2023 down 3.2% falling
67 Malta 66.0% 2023 down 2.3% falling
68 Kazakhstan 65.8% 2023 down 5.1% rising
69 Gabon 65.7% 2023 up 2.4% rising
70 Serbia 65.5% 2023 up 9.5% falling
71 Israel 65.2% 2023 up 2.9% rising
72 Belize 65.1% 2023 down 1.6% rising
73 Lithuania 65.0% 2023 down 0.9% flat
74 Jamaica 64.3% 2023 up 36.1% rising
75 Dominican Republic 64.1% 2023 up 13.4% rising
76 Peru 63.6% 2023 up 13.4% rising
77 Ghana 63.2% 2023 up 56.3% rising
78 Solomon Islands 62.9% 2023 up 3.9% falling
79 Bulgaria 62.8% 2023 up 11.0% flat
80 Suriname 62.0% 2023 up 47.3% rising
81 Ecuador 62.0% 2023 up 8.8% rising
82 South Africa 61.6% 2023 up 20.4% rising
83 Portugal 61.4% 2023 down 1.4% falling
84 Palau 60.9% 2023 up 21.3% rising
85 El Salvador 60.5% 2023 up 15.1% rising
86 Argentina 60.2% 2023 down 5.1% rising
87 Latvia 59.5% 2023 down 0.9% rising
88 Bahrain 59.3% 2023 down 9.1% falling
89 Antigua and Barbuda 59.0% 2023 up 5.2% rising
90 Cape Verde 58.6% 2023 up 1.4% falling
91 Namibia 58.5% 2023 up 13.4% rising
92 Singapore 58.5% 2023 up 40.1% rising
93 North Macedonia 57.6% 2023 down 12.3% rising
94 Nicaragua 57.4% 2023 up 13.4% rising
95 China 57.1% 2023 up 0.1% rising
96 Republic of Korea 56.6% 2024 up 3.8% rising
97 Vanuatu 56.6% 2023 up 10.7% falling
98 Morocco 56.5% 2023 up 62.6% rising
99 Paraguay 55.4% 2023 up 26.7% rising
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.3% 2023 up 42.5% rising
101 Tunisia 54.1% 2023 down 8.5% rising
102 United States of America 54.0% 2023 up 9.0% rising
103 Indonesia 53.6% 2023 up 88.3% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 53.3% 2023 up 10.6% rising
105 Algeria 53.1% 2023 down 23.5% falling
106 Ukraine 52.1% 2021 up 3.8% falling
107 Panama 51.2% 2023 down 18.1% falling
108 Greece 50.6% 2023 down 17.5% falling
109 Bahamas 50.6% 2023 up 10.8% rising
110 Saint Lucia 50.4% 2023 up 23.2% rising
111 Malaysia 50.0% 2023 down 7.2% flat
112 Albania 49.6% 2023 up 20.9% falling
113 Mexico 48.6% 2023 down 9.5% rising
114 Chile 48.5% 2024 up 1.6% rising
115 Trinidad and Tobago 48.4% 2023 down 6.1% rising
116 Rwanda 47.0% 2023 up 46.7% rising
117 Iran, Islamic Republic of 46.7% 2023 up 23.3% rising
118 Lesotho 46.3% 2023 down 16.9% falling
119 Tonga 46.3% 2023 down 30.5% falling
120 Djibouti 46.1% 2023 down 25.5% rising
121 Iraq 46.0% 2023 up 12.7% falling
122 Grenada 45.2% 2023 up 11.6% flat
123 Jordan 45.0% 2023 down 26.9% falling
124 Mongolia 45.0% 2023 down 19.5% falling
125 Gambia 44.9% 2023 up 62.2% rising
126 Kenya 44.9% 2023 up 33.3% rising
127 Angola 44.5% 2023 down 28.2% flat
128 Mauritius 44.3% 2023 up 6.0% falling
129 Viet Nam 44.3% 2023 down 2.1% rising
130 Brazil 44.1% 2023 down 0.9% flat
131 Eswatini 42.7% 2023 down 4.2% flat
132 Philippines 42.4% 2023 up 61.7% rising
133 Barbados 41.6% 2023 down 19.0% falling
134 Palestine, State of 41.4% 2023 up 34.2% rising
135 Côte d'Ivoire 40.8% 2023 up 108.5% rising
136 Zambia 40.7% 2023 up 42.2% rising
137 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.8% 2023 up 34.0% rising
138 India 39.0% 2023 up 69.1% rising
139 Lebanon 37.9% 2023 down 14.2% rising
140 Sao Tome and Principe 37.0% 2023 up 10.3% rising
141 Guatemala 35.8% 2023 down 6.7% rising
142 Pakistan 35.7% 2023 up 36.2% rising
143 Mali 35.4% 2023 up 71.9% rising
144 Uzbekistan 35.4% 2023 down 15.8% rising
145 Mauritania 34.2% 2023 down 9.5% rising
146 Congo 34.0% 2023 down 29.5% rising
147 Georgia 33.7% 2023 up 47.9% rising
148 Sri Lanka 33.6% 2023 down 26.1% falling
149 Switzerland 33.1% 2023 down 1.3% rising
150 Azerbaijan 32.6% 2023 down 1.3% falling
151 Zimbabwe 32.4% 2023 up 14.0% rising
152 Equatorial Guinea 32.3% 2023 down 8.3% flat
153 Egypt 32.2% 2023 up 10.2% falling
154 Honduras 31.9% 2023 down 22.5% falling
155 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 31.7% 2023 down 38.4% falling
156 Tanzania, United Republic of 31.7% 2023 up 24.2% rising
157 Burkina Faso 31.4% 2023 up 8.5% rising
158 Nepal 31.3% 2023 up 91.5% rising
159 Madagascar 28.8% 2023 down 17.1% falling
160 Senegal 27.6% 2023 up 3.3% falling
161 Cambodia 26.9% 2023 up 20.7% rising
162 Mozambique 26.5% 2023 up 6.7% falling
163 Tajikistan 25.6% 2023 down 12.0% rising
164 Chad 25.2% 2023 down 10.6% falling
165 Niger 24.0% 2023 down 20.0% rising
166 Eritrea 23.1% 2023 up 47.5% falling
167 Ethiopia 21.9% 2023 down 18.8% falling
168 Guinea 21.8% 2023 up 54.7% rising
169 Uganda 21.8% 2023 up 29.4% falling
170 Sudan 20.7% 2023 up 25.4% falling
171 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.7% 2023 up 34.0% rising
172 Turkmenistan 17.1% 2023 down 39.9% falling
173 Sierra Leone 16.7% 2023 up 140.3% rising
174 Armenia 15.7% 2023 up 17.9% falling
175 Syrian Arab Republic 14.9% 2023 down 69.0% falling
176 Burundi 14.7% 2023 down 17.5% falling
177 Cameroon 14.7% 2023 up 11.1% falling
178 Benin 14.7% 2023 down 45.0% falling
179 Bangladesh 14.5% 2023 down 24.0% falling
180 Central African Republic 14.4% 2023 down 30.4% falling
181 Nigeria 14.3% 2023 up 0.2% falling
182 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.2% 2023 up 11.8% falling
183 Somalia 14.2% 2023 up 248.3% volatile
184 Comoros 12.9% 2023 down 0.1% rising
185 Malawi 12.8% 2023 down 28.9% falling
186 Togo 11.1% 2023 down 44.5% rising
187 Myanmar 11.1% 2023 down 41.1% rising
188 Guinea-Bissau 10.6% 2023 up 35.7% falling
189 Liberia 10.0% 2023 up 125.5% falling
190 Haiti 9.3% 2023 down 19.4% falling
191 Yemen 8.4% 2023 down 57.2% volatile
192 South Sudan 4.3% 2023 down 48.9% falling
193 Afghanistan 1.7% 2023 down 67.2% falling

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Indicator
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending
Unit
% of current health expenditure
Source
Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 4,547 data points, 2000–2024
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Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health.