Health spending share of GDP in United Kingdom
Current health spending in United Kingdom was equal to 10.2% of GDP in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2019
10.2%
Change from 2018
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2019
9.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
8.9%
Health spending share of GDP in United Kingdom over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.2% |
| 2023 | – | 9.9% |
| 2022 | – | 10.3% |
| 2021 | – | 10.8% |
| 2020 | – | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | 9.8% |
| 2018 | 9.9% | 9.8% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | 9.8% |
| 2016 | 9.9% | 9.9% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | 9.9% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 9.9% in 2018.
- Since 2013, when it was 10.0%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 9.8%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Health spending share of GDP
11.1%
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 years
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat
Practising nurses
660d (Definition differs) per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat