Health spending share of GDP in Switzerland
Current health spending in Switzerland was equal to 11.7% of GDP in 2023.
Switzerland, 2023
11.7%
Change from 2022
+0.1percentage points
World, 2023
10.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
9.3%
Position in 2023
10th of 192
Health spending share of GDP in Switzerland 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 | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.7% | 10.1% |
| 2022 | 11.6% | 10.0% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 12.0% | 10.7% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | 9.7% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | 9.6% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | 9.7% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | 9.8% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 10.7% | 9.4% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | 9.3% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | 9.3% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | 9.5% |
| 2009 | 10.1% | 9.8% |
| 2008 | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| 2005 | 10.1% | 9.3% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | 9.4% |
| 2003 | 10.1% | 9.5% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | 9.3% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | 9.0% |
| 2000 | 9.1% | 8.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 11.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 10.6%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Switzerland has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.1%.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Health spending share of GDP
11.6%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Physicians
4.48 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
420b (Break in time series) per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
466 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat