Health spending share of GDP by country, 2023
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.
192 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Tuvalu (27.1%). Lowest: Laos (1.3%). The median is 6.3%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 192. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 27.1% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Naoero | 18.2% | 2023 | |
| 3 | United States | 16.7% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 15.0% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 13.4% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Liberia | 13.0% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Micronesia | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Lesotho | 12.6% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Germany | 11.7% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | 11.7% | 2023 | |
| 11 | South Sudan | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| 12 | France | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Canada | 11.2% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Austria | 11.2% | 2023 | |
| 15 | Sweden | 11.2% | 2023 | |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Kiribati | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Palau | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Belgium | 10.8% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Japan | 10.7% | 2023 | |
| 21 | West Bank and Gaza | 10.7% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 10.7% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Finland | 10.5% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Australia | 10.4% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Chile | 10.2% | 2023 | |
| 27 | New Zealand | 10.1% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Portugal | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Netherlands | 9.8% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Brazil | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Yemen | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Montenegro | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Timor-Leste | 9.6% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Denmark | 9.6% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Namibia | 9.5% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Norway | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| 37 | Cuba | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| 38 | Armenia | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Slovenia | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| 40 | El Salvador | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Maldives | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Spain | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| 43 | Burundi | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Uruguay | 9.0% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| 46 | South Africa | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Malta | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| 49 | Iceland | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| 50 | South Korea | 8.6% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Mozambique | 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Czechia | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Italy | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Greece | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Paraguay | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Panama | 8.3% | 2023 | |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Colombia | 8.2% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Cyprus | 8.1% | 2023 | |
| 60 | Serbia | 8.0% | 2023 | |
| 61 | Tunisia | 8.0% | 2023 | |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 7.9% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Libya | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Honduras | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 66 | Andorra | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 67 | Jordan | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Jamaica | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Ecuador | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Eswatini | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Estonia | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Tonga | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Slovakia | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| 77 | Lithuania | 7.3% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Croatia | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Poland | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Israel | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Belarus | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 83 | Albania | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Russia | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Bolivia | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Georgia | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Guatemala | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| 89 | Samoa | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Moldova | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| 92 | San Marino | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Ireland | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Comoros | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Malawi | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Hungary | 6.4% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Bahamas | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Botswana | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Nepal | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Togo | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Mongolia | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Morocco | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 103 | Iran | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Zambia | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| 105 | China | 5.9% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Cabo Verde | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| 108 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Romania | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| 113 | Peru | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Lebanon | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Mauritius | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Iraq | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| 117 | Mexico | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Suriname | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Barbados | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Rwanda | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Philippines | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Dominica | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Chad | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Kuwait | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Egypt | 4.9% | 2023 | |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| 131 | Grenada | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Cambodia | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 134 | Viet Nam | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 135 | Cameroon | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 136 | Thailand | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Singapore | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| 139 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Myanmar | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Bhutan | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Kenya | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| 144 | Algeria | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Mauritania | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Senegal | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| 147 | Türkiye | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| 150 | Nigeria | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| 151 | Belize | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| 153 | Niger | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| 154 | Bahrain | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| 155 | Malaysia | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| 157 | Mali | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| 158 | Venezuela | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| 160 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| 161 | Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| 163 | Eritrea | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| 165 | Fiji | 3.6% | 2023 | |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| 167 | Oman | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| 168 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| 169 | Madagascar | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| 170 | India | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| 171 | Benin | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| 172 | Republic of the Congo | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| 173 | Haiti | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| 174 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| 175 | Monaco | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| 176 | Tanzania | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| 177 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| 179 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| 181 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| 183 | Syria | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| 184 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| 185 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| 186 | Qatar | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| 187 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| 188 | Guyana | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| 189 | Djibouti | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| 190 | Brunei | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| 191 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| 192 | Laos | 1.3% | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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