Health spending share of GDP in World
Current health spending in the world was equal to 10.1% of GDP in 2023.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
10.1%
Change from 2022
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2023
10.0%
Health spending share of GDP in World over time
View
World
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.5% |
| 2023 | 10.1% | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | 10.3% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | 10.8% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | 9.9% |
| 2018 | 9.6% | 9.8% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | 9.9% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | 9.9% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | 10.0% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | 9.9% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | 9.9% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | 9.8% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | 9.8% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | 9.9% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | 9.2% |
| 2007 | 9.1% | 8.9% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | 9.0% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | 9.0% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | 9.0% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | 9.0% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | 8.8% |
| 2001 | 9.0% | 8.5% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | 8.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 10.0% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 9.3%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 10.0%.
More for World
All statistics for World
Physicians
1.86 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
73.5 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
76.0 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
71.1 years
2024 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
37.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Infant mortality rate
27.7 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank