Health spending share of GDP in Euro area

Current health spending in the euro area was equal to 10.8% of GDP in 2024.

Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank

Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.

Euro area, 2024 10.8% % of GDP

Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 10.3%

World, 2023 10.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Euro area (2024).

Health spending share of GDP in Euro area over time

From

Euro area World ×

The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period	Euro area	World
2024	10.8%	–
2023	10.3%	10.1%
2022	10.7%	10.0%
2021	11.2%	10.3%
2020	11.1%	10.7%
2019	10.1%	9.7%
2018	10.1%	9.6%
2017	10.1%	9.7%
2016	10.1%	9.8%
2015	10.1%	9.7%
2014	10.2%	9.4%
2013	10.1%	9.3%
2012	10.1%	9.3%
2011	10.0%	9.3%
2010	10.1%	9.5%
2009	10.2%	9.8%
2008	9.4%	9.1%
2007	9.1%	9.1%
2006	9.2%	9.2%
2005	9.2%	9.3%
2004	9.2%	9.4%
2003	9.1%	9.5%
2002	8.9%	9.3%
2001	8.7%	9.0%
2000	8.6%	8.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Download CSV (this selection) Jump to table

In short

That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 10.3% in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 10.2%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.

More for Euro area

All statistics for Euro area

Physicians 4.19 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 82.2 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 84.8 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 79.9 years 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 3.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Infant mortality rate 3.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank

Source and dates

Original producer: World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database
Distributed by: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code: SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2000 to 2024 for Euro area
Provider update: 8 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database