Health spending per person (US dollars)
Current spending on health care goods and services per person, in current US dollars at market exchange rates.
Highest in 2023
US$13,473 per person
United States
Lowest in 2023
US$17 per person
Madagascar
Euro area, 2023
US$4,604 per person
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023
191
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
191 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.
Trend over time
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Current US dollars per person. 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 | US$1,317 per person | US$13,473 per person | US$763 per person | US$85 per person |
| 2022 | US$1,266 per person | US$12,586 per person | US$755 per person | US$82 per person |
| 2021 | US$1,258 per person | US$12,080 per person | US$670 per person | US$76 per person |
| 2020 | US$1,160 per person | US$11,648 per person | US$583 per person | US$64 per person |
| 2019 | US$1,085 per person | US$10,550 per person | US$539 per person | US$61 per person |
| 2018 | US$1,067 per person | US$10,180 per person | US$504 per person | US$57 per person |
| 2017 | US$1,028 per person | US$9,823 per person | US$440 per person | US$57 per person |
| 2016 | US$992 per person | US$9,536 per person | US$398 per person | US$60 per person |
| 2015 | US$975 per person | US$9,201 per person | US$393 per person | US$58 per person |
| 2014 | US$1,016 per person | US$8,796 per person | US$362 per person | US$56 per person |
| 2013 | US$993 per person | US$8,412 per person | US$329 per person | US$55 per person |
| 2012 | US$982 per person | US$8,262 per person | US$285 per person | US$48 per person |
| 2011 | US$974 per person | US$8,016 per person | US$239 per person | US$48 per person |
| 2010 | US$900 per person | US$7,836 per person | US$189 per person | US$45 per person |
| 2009 | US$863 per person | US$7,615 per person | US$165 per person | US$38 per person |
| 2008 | US$854 per person | US$7,365 per person | US$134 per person | US$38 per person |
| 2007 | US$789 per person | US$7,154 per person | US$99 per person | US$36 per person |
| 2006 | US$720 per person | US$6,802 per person | US$82 per person | US$29 per person |
| 2005 | US$680 per person | US$6,429 per person | US$73 per person | US$27 per person |
| 2004 | US$640 per person | US$6,072 per person | US$64 per person | US$25 per person |
| 2003 | US$583 per person | US$5,732 per person | US$57 per person | US$22 per person |
| 2002 | US$519 per person | US$5,328 per person | US$50 per person | US$20 per person |
| 2001 | US$488 per person | US$4,902 per person | US$44 per person | US$20 per person |
| 2000 | US$476 per person | US$4,549 per person | US$43 per person | US$18 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 191 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is United States (US$13,473 per person) and the lowest Madagascar (US$17 per person).
- Half of the countries are above US$470 per person and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 119 countries and fell in 50.
- The figure for the world was US$1,317 per person in 2023, against US$1,067 per person in 2018 (+23.4%).
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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 United States US$13,473 per person
- 2 Switzerland US$11,784 per person
- 3 Liechtenstein US$11,495 per person
- 4 Norway US$8,296 per person
- 5 Monaco US$8,004 per person
- 6 Luxembourg US$7,511 per person
- 7 Iceland US$7,065 per person
- 8 Australia US$6,980 per person
- 9 Ireland US$6,878 per person
- 10 Denmark US$6,511 per person
- 11 Germany US$6,395 per person
- 12 Netherlands US$6,372 per person
- 13 Austria US$6,268 per person
- 14 Sweden US$6,206 per person
- 15 Canada US$6,187 per person
- 16 Belgium US$5,931 per person
- 17 Finland US$5,515 per person
- 18 United Kingdom US$5,407 per person
- 19 France US$5,149 per person
- 20 New Zealand US$4,997 per person
- 21 Israel US$3,928 per person
- 22 San Marino US$3,924 per person
- 23 Singapore US$3,922 per person
- 24 Japan US$3,638 per person
- 25 Malta US$3,623 per person
- 26 Andorra US$3,605 per person
- 27 Italy US$3,283 per person
- 28 Spain US$3,107 per person
- 29 South Korea US$3,044 per person
- 30 Slovenia US$3,038 per person
- 31 Cyprus US$2,899 per person
- 32 Portugal US$2,762 per person
- 33 Czechia US$2,671 per person
- 34 United Arab Emirates US$2,402 per person
- 35 Naoero US$2,292 per person
- 36 Bahamas US$2,262 per person
- 37 Estonia US$2,258 per person
- 38 Uruguay US$2,076 per person
- 39 Lithuania US$2,044 per person
- 40 Greece US$1,963 per person
- 41 Saudi Arabia US$1,825 per person
- 42 Slovakia US$1,813 per person
- 43 Qatar US$1,804 per person
- 44 Chile US$1,737 per person
- 45 Tuvalu US$1,724 per person
- 46 Palau US$1,684 per person
- 47 Kuwait US$1,679 per person
- 48 Latvia US$1,645 per person
- 49 Poland US$1,578 per person
- 50 Panama US$1,558 per person
- 51 Croatia US$1,548 per person
- 52 Argentina US$1,457 per person
- 53 Hungary US$1,420 per person
- 54 Saint Kitts and Nevis US$1,295 per person
- 55 Barbados US$1,286 per person
- 56 Trinidad and Tobago US$1,276 per person
- 57 Bulgaria US$1,258 per person
- 58 Bahrain US$1,176 per person
- 59 Costa Rica US$1,163 per person
- 60 Maldives US$1,159 per person
- 61 Montenegro US$1,148 per person
- 62 Romania US$1,051 per person
- 63 Brazil US$1,010 per person
- 64 Russia US$1,003 per person
- 65 Serbia US$984 per person
- 66 Marshall Islands US$894 per person
- 67 Antigua and Barbuda US$841 per person
- 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina US$773 per person
- 69 Armenia US$767 per person
- 70 Seychelles US$766 per person
- 71 China US$763 per person
- 72 Mexico US$761 per person
- 73 Brunei US$733 per person
- 74 Oman US$732 per person
- 75 Saint Lucia US$641 per person
- 76 North Macedonia US$639 per person
- 77 Mauritius US$616 per person
- 78 Albania US$591 per person
- 79 Turkmenistan US$581 per person
- 80 Colombia US$571 per person
- 81 Belarus US$558 per person
- 82 Georgia US$554 per person
- 83 Türkiye US$548 per person
- 84 South Africa US$537 per person
- 85 Paraguay US$527 per person
- 86 Grenada US$526 per person
- 87 Jamaica US$520 per person
- 88 Ecuador US$509 per person
- 89 Micronesia US$508 per person
- 90 Guyana US$505 per person
- 91 El Salvador US$501 per person
- 92 Dominica US$492 per person
- 93 Kazakhstan US$490 per person
- 94 Botswana US$490 per person
- 95 Dominican Republic US$489 per person
- 96 Libya US$470 per person
- 97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines US$469 per person
- 98 Moldova US$452 per person
- 99 Malaysia US$450 per person
- 100 Peru US$446 per person
- 101 Namibia US$397 per person
- 102 Guatemala US$392 per person
- 103 Mongolia US$360 per person
- 104 Tonga US$358 per person
- 105 West Bank and Gaza US$346 per person
- 106 Jordan US$342 per person
- 107 Iraq US$333 per person
- 108 Thailand US$327 per person
- 109 Tunisia US$318 per person
- 110 Belize US$309 per person
- 111 Azerbaijan US$300 per person
- 112 Suriname US$297 per person
- 113 Eswatini US$296 per person
- 114 Samoa US$293 per person
- 115 Cabo Verde US$290 per person
- 116 Iran US$267 per person
- 117 Lebanon US$261 per person
- 118 Bolivia US$255 per person
- 119 Gabon US$253 per person
- 120 Honduras US$249 per person
- 121 Kiribati US$238 per person
- 122 Equatorial Guinea US$234 per person
- 123 Algeria US$233 per person
- 124 Morocco US$232 per person
- 125 Nicaragua US$217 per person
- 126 Fiji US$213 per person
- 127 Viet Nam US$197 per person
- 128 Philippines US$194 per person
- 129 Uzbekistan US$192 per person
- 130 Venezuela US$186 per person
- 131 São Tomé and Príncipe US$171 per person
- 132 Bhutan US$162 per person
- 133 Timor-Leste US$144 per person
- 134 Vanuatu US$143 per person
- 135 Egypt US$141 per person
- 136 Sri Lanka US$134 per person
- 137 Indonesia US$132 per person
- 138 Lesotho US$123 per person
- 139 Cambodia US$115 per person
- 140 Solomon Islands US$111 per person
- 141 Liberia US$104 per person
- 142 Comoros US$102 per person
- 143 Kyrgyzstan US$97 per person
- 144 Mauritania US$92 per person
- 145 Côte d'Ivoire US$88 per person
- 146 Papua New Guinea US$85 per person
- 147 Tajikistan US$85 per person
- 148 Kenya US$85 per person
- 149 India US$85 per person
- 150 Nepal US$84 per person
- 151 Guinea-Bissau US$82 per person
- 152 Zambia US$80 per person
- 153 Cameroon US$79 per person
- 154 Djibouti US$78 per person
- 155 Angola US$76 per person
- 156 Republic of the Congo US$76 per person
- 157 Senegal US$73 per person
- 158 South Sudan US$73 per person
- 159 Burkina Faso US$72 per person
- 160 Ghana US$70 per person
- 161 Nigeria US$67 per person
- 162 Zimbabwe US$63 per person
- 163 Togo US$60 per person
- 164 Guinea US$59 per person
- 165 Afghanistan US$59 per person
- 166 Myanmar US$56 per person
- 167 Haiti US$54 per person
- 168 Central African Republic US$54 per person
- 169 Bangladesh US$53 per person
- 170 Mozambique US$53 per person
- 171 Rwanda US$53 per person
- 172 Yemen US$48 per person
- 173 Chad US$47 per person
- 174 Benin US$47 per person
- 175 Uganda US$45 per person
- 176 Malawi US$41 per person
- 177 Tanzania US$36 per person
- 178 Sierra Leone US$36 per person
- 179 Ethiopia US$35 per person
- 180 Mali US$34 per person
- 181 Syria US$33 per person
- 182 Pakistan US$30 per person
- 183 Eritrea US$28 per person
- 184 Burundi US$28 per person
- 185 Laos US$27 per person
- 186 Niger US$26 per person
- 187 Gambia US$26 per person
- 188 Democratic Republic of the Congo US$23 per person
- 189 Somalia, Fed. Rep. US$22 per person
- 190 Sudan US$21 per person
- 191 Madagascar US$17 per person
- East Asia and Pacific US$881 per person
- Euro area US$4,604 per person
- Europe and Central Asia US$2,969 per person
- European Union US$4,154 per person
- Latin America and Caribbean US$816 per person
- Middle East and North Africa US$311 per person
- North America US$12,699 per person
- OECD members US$5,916 per person
- South Asia US$82 per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa US$79 per person
- World US$1,317 per person
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