Health spending share of GDP in Germany
Current health spending in Germany was equal to 12.7% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1992.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Germany, 2025
12.7%p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
European Union, 2024
10.2%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
9.6%
Health spending share of GDP in Germany over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.7%p (provisional) | – |
| 2024 | 12.2% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | 11.6% | 9.9% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | 10.3% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | 10.8% |
| 2020 | 12.5% | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | 9.8% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | 9.8% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | 9.8% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | 9.9% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | 9.9% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | – |
| 2012 | 10.6% | – |
| 2011 | 10.5% | – |
| 2010 | 10.8% | – |
| 2009 | 11.0% | – |
| 2008 | 10.0% | – |
| 2007 | 9.8% | – |
| 2006 | 10.0% | – |
| 2005 | 10.1% | – |
| 2004 | 10.0% | – |
| 2003 | 10.2% | – |
| 2002 | 10.0% | – |
| 2001 | 9.8% | – |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 12.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 10.9%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
More for Germany
All statistics for Germany
Health spending share of GDP
12.3%
2024 · World Bank
Hospital beds
759 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Life expectancy at birth
81.2 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
475 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
65.4%
2025 · Eurostat