Health spending share of GDP in European Union
Current health spending in the European Union was equal to 10.5% of GDP in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
10.5%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2023
10.1%
Health spending share of GDP in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.5% | – |
| 2023 | 10.0% | 10.1% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | 10.0% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 10.8% | 10.7% |
| 2019 | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| 2018 | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| 2017 | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| 2016 | 9.9% | 9.8% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | 9.4% |
| 2013 | 9.9% | 9.3% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | 9.3% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | 9.5% |
| 2009 | 9.9% | 9.8% |
| 2008 | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | 9.2% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | 9.3% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | 9.4% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | 9.5% |
| 2002 | 8.8% | 9.3% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | 9.0% |
| 2000 | 8.4% | 8.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 10.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.0%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
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