Current health expenditure as a share of GDP (WHO)
Spending on health care goods and services consumed during the year, from all sources, as a percentage of GDP. Capital spending such as buildings and equipment is excluded.
Highest in 2023
27.1%
Tuvalu
Lowest in 2023
1.3%
Laos
Euro area, 2023
10.3%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023
192
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
192 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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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 | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.1% | 16.7% | 5.9% | 3.3% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | 16.5% | 5.9% | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | 17.4% | 5.3% | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | 18.5% | 5.5% | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | 16.5% | 5.3% | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 9.6% | 16.5% | 5.1% | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | 16.6% | 5.0% | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | 16.7% | 4.9% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | 16.4% | 4.9% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | 16.1% | 4.7% | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | 16.0% | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | 16.1% | 4.5% | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | 16.1% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | 16.2% | 4.2% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | 16.2% | 4.3% | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | 15.2% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 9.1% | 14.9% | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | 14.7% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | 14.6% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | 14.6% | 4.2% | 4.0% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | 14.5% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | 14.0% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| 2001 | 9.0% | 13.2% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | 12.5% | 4.5% | 4.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 192 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Tuvalu (27.1%) and the lowest Laos (1.3%).
- Half of the countries are above 6.3% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 78 countries and fell in 92.
- The figure for the world was 10.1% in 2023, against 9.6% in 2018 (+0.5 percentage points).
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Tuvalu 27.1%
- 2 Naoero 18.2%
- 3 United States 16.7%
- 4 Afghanistan 15.0%
- 5 Marshall Islands 13.4%
- 6 Liberia 13.0%
- 7 Micronesia 12.9%
- 8 Lesotho 12.6%
- 9 Germany 11.7%
- 10 Switzerland 11.7%
- 11 South Sudan 11.6%
- 12 France 11.5%
- 13 Canada 11.2%
- 14 Austria 11.2%
- 15 Sweden 11.2%
- 16 United Kingdom 11.0%
- 17 Kiribati 10.9%
- 18 Palau 10.9%
- 19 Belgium 10.8%
- 20 Japan 10.7%
- 21 West Bank and Gaza 10.7%
- 22 Central African Republic 10.7%
- 23 Finland 10.5%
- 24 Australia 10.4%
- 25 Argentina 10.3%
- 26 Chile 10.2%
- 27 New Zealand 10.1%
- 28 Portugal 10.0%
- 29 Netherlands 9.8%
- 30 Brazil 9.7%
- 31 Yemen 9.7%
- 32 Montenegro 9.7%
- 33 Timor-Leste 9.6%
- 34 Denmark 9.6%
- 35 Namibia 9.5%
- 36 Norway 9.4%
- 37 Cuba 9.4%
- 38 Armenia 9.3%
- 39 Slovenia 9.3%
- 40 El Salvador 9.3%
- 41 Maldives 9.2%
- 42 Spain 9.2%
- 43 Burundi 9.1%
- 44 Uruguay 9.0%
- 45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.9%
- 46 South Africa 8.9%
- 47 Malta 8.8%
- 48 Guinea-Bissau 8.8%
- 49 Iceland 8.7%
- 50 South Korea 8.6%
- 51 Mozambique 8.5%
- 52 Czechia 8.4%
- 53 Italy 8.4%
- 54 Greece 8.4%
- 55 Paraguay 8.4%
- 56 Panama 8.3%
- 57 Nicaragua 8.3%
- 58 Colombia 8.2%
- 59 Cyprus 8.1%
- 60 Serbia 8.0%
- 61 Tunisia 8.0%
- 62 Bulgaria 7.9%
- 63 Libya 7.8%
- 64 Burkina Faso 7.8%
- 65 Honduras 7.7%
- 66 Andorra 7.7%
- 67 Jordan 7.7%
- 68 Jamaica 7.6%
- 69 Ecuador 7.6%
- 70 Trinidad and Tobago 7.5%
- 71 Eswatini 7.5%
- 72 Estonia 7.5%
- 73 Tajikistan 7.4%
- 74 North Macedonia 7.4%
- 75 Tonga 7.4%
- 76 Slovakia 7.4%
- 77 Lithuania 7.3%
- 78 Latvia 7.3%
- 79 Croatia 7.1%
- 80 Poland 7.1%
- 81 Israel 7.1%
- 82 Belarus 7.1%
- 83 Albania 7.1%
- 84 Russia 7.0%
- 85 Bolivia 6.9%
- 86 Costa Rica 6.9%
- 87 Georgia 6.9%
- 88 Guatemala 6.8%
- 89 Samoa 6.8%
- 90 Uzbekistan 6.7%
- 91 Moldova 6.7%
- 92 San Marino 6.6%
- 93 Ireland 6.6%
- 94 Comoros 6.6%
- 95 Malawi 6.5%
- 96 Hungary 6.4%
- 97 Bahamas 6.3%
- 98 Botswana 6.3%
- 99 Nepal 6.2%
- 100 Togo 6.1%
- 101 Mongolia 6.1%
- 102 Morocco 6.1%
- 103 Iran 6.0%
- 104 Zambia 6.0%
- 105 China 5.9%
- 106 Cabo Verde 5.8%
- 107 Luxembourg 5.8%
- 108 São Tomé and Príncipe 5.8%
- 109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.7%
- 110 Liechtenstein 5.7%
- 111 Romania 5.7%
- 112 Saudi Arabia 5.7%
- 113 Peru 5.6%
- 114 Lebanon 5.6%
- 115 Mauritius 5.6%
- 116 Iraq 5.5%
- 117 Mexico 5.5%
- 118 Turkmenistan 5.5%
- 119 Suriname 5.4%
- 120 Barbados 5.4%
- 121 Solomon Islands 5.4%
- 122 Rwanda 5.1%
- 123 Philippines 5.1%
- 124 Dominica 5.0%
- 125 Chad 5.0%
- 126 United Arab Emirates 5.0%
- 127 Kuwait 5.0%
- 128 Egypt 4.9%
- 129 Saint Lucia 4.7%
- 130 Sierra Leone 4.7%
- 131 Grenada 4.7%
- 132 Cambodia 4.6%
- 133 Dominican Republic 4.6%
- 134 Viet Nam 4.6%
- 135 Cameroon 4.6%
- 136 Thailand 4.5%
- 137 Kyrgyzstan 4.5%
- 138 Singapore 4.5%
- 139 Seychelles 4.5%
- 140 Myanmar 4.5%
- 141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.4%
- 142 Bhutan 4.4%
- 143 Kenya 4.4%
- 144 Algeria 4.4%
- 145 Mauritania 4.3%
- 146 Senegal 4.3%
- 147 Türkiye 4.3%
- 148 Azerbaijan 4.3%
- 149 Uganda 4.2%
- 150 Nigeria 4.2%
- 151 Belize 4.1%
- 152 Vanuatu 4.1%
- 153 Niger 4.0%
- 154 Bahrain 4.0%
- 155 Malaysia 4.0%
- 156 Antigua and Barbuda 3.9%
- 157 Mali 3.8%
- 158 Venezuela 3.8%
- 159 Kazakhstan 3.8%
- 160 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 3.7%
- 161 Guinea 3.7%
- 162 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.7%
- 163 Eritrea 3.7%
- 164 Sri Lanka 3.7%
- 165 Fiji 3.6%
- 166 Equatorial Guinea 3.5%
- 167 Oman 3.5%
- 168 Côte d'Ivoire 3.4%
- 169 Madagascar 3.4%
- 170 India 3.3%
- 171 Benin 3.3%
- 172 Republic of the Congo 3.3%
- 173 Haiti 3.2%
- 174 Gabon 3.1%
- 175 Monaco 3.1%
- 176 Tanzania 3.1%
- 177 Ghana 2.9%
- 178 Zimbabwe 2.9%
- 179 Gambia 2.9%
- 180 Papua New Guinea 2.9%
- 181 Sudan 2.9%
- 182 Ethiopia 2.8%
- 183 Syria 2.7%
- 184 Indonesia 2.7%
- 185 Angola 2.5%
- 186 Qatar 2.5%
- 187 Pakistan 2.5%
- 188 Guyana 2.5%
- 189 Djibouti 2.3%
- 190 Brunei 2.2%
- 191 Bangladesh 2.2%
- 192 Laos 1.3%
- East Asia and Pacific 6.8%
- Euro area 10.3%
- Europe and Central Asia 9.6%
- European Union 10.0%
- Latin America and Caribbean 7.9%
- Middle East and North Africa 5.3%
- North America 16.3%
- OECD members 12.7%
- South Asia 3.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.9%
- World 10.1%
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