Health spending share of GDP in Canada
Current health spending in Canada was equal to 11.3% of GDP in 2024.
Canada, 2024
11.3%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
World, 2023
10.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
9.6%
Health spending share of GDP in Canada over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.3% | – |
| 2023 | 11.2% | 10.1% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | 10.0% |
| 2021 | 12.4% | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | 10.7% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | 9.7% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | 9.6% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | 9.7% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | 9.8% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | 9.4% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | 9.3% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 10.4% | 9.3% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | 9.5% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | 9.8% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | 9.2% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | 9.3% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | 9.4% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | 9.5% |
| 2002 | 8.9% | 9.3% |
| 2001 | 8.6% | 9.0% |
| 2000 | 8.2% | 8.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 11.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.3%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
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