Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP by country
Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).
Countries reporting
195
Highest
27.1%
Tuvalu
Lowest
1.3%
Laos
Median
6.4%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,588
What the numbers show
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 27.1% in Tuvalu; the lowest is 1.3% in Laos.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 6.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 59.1%).
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 27.1% | 2023 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 2 | Nauru | 18.2% | 2023 | up 90.3% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 16.7% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 4 | Niue | 16.1% | 2023 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 15.0% | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 13.4% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 7 | Liberia | 13.0% | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 8 | Micronesia (country) | 12.9% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 9 | Lesotho | 12.6% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 11.7% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 11.7% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 12 | South Sudan | 11.6% | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 13 | France | 11.5% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 11.2% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | Austria | 11.2% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 11.2% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 11.0% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 18 | Kiribati | 10.9% | 2023 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 19 | Palau | 10.9% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 10.8% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 10.7% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 22 | Palestine | 10.7% | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 10.7% | 2023 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 10.5% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 10.4% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 10.2% | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 10.1% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 10.0% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 9.8% | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 9.7% | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 32 | Yemen | 9.7% | 2023 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 33 | Montenegro | 9.7% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 34 | East Timor | 9.6% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 9.6% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 36 | Namibia | 9.5% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 37 | Norway | 9.4% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 38 | Cuba | 9.4% | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 39 | Armenia | 9.3% | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 9.3% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 9.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Maldives | 9.2% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 9.2% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 44 | Burundi | 9.1% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 9.0% | 2023 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.9% | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 8.9% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 8.8% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.8% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 50 | Iceland | 8.7% | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 51 | South Korea | 8.6% | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 52 | Mozambique | 8.5% | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 8.4% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 8.4% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 8.4% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 56 | Paraguay | 8.4% | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 8.3% | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 8.2% | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 60 | Colombia | 8.2% | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 61 | Cyprus | 8.1% | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 8.0% | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 8.0% | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 7.9% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 65 | Libya | 7.8% | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 7.8% | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 7.7% | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 68 | Andorra | 7.7% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | 7.7% | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 70 | Jamaica | 7.6% | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 7.6% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 73 | Eswatini | 7.5% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 74 | Estonia | 7.5% | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 7.4% | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 7.4% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 77 | Tonga | 7.4% | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 78 | Slovakia | 7.4% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 79 | Lithuania | 7.3% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 7.1% | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 82 | Poland | 7.1% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 7.1% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 84 | Belarus | 7.1% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 7.1% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 86 | Russia | 7.0% | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 87 | Bolivia | 6.9% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 6.9% | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 89 | Georgia | 6.9% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 90 | Guatemala | 6.8% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 91 | Samoa | 6.8% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 6.7% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 93 | Moldova | 6.7% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 94 | San Marino | 6.6% | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 95 | Ireland | 6.6% | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 96 | Comoros | 6.6% | 2023 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 97 | Malawi | 6.5% | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 98 | Hungary | 6.4% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 99 | Bahamas | 6.3% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 100 | Botswana | 6.3% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 101 | Nepal | 6.2% | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 102 | Togo | 6.1% | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 103 | Mongolia | 6.1% | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 104 | Morocco | 6.1% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 105 | Iran | 6.0% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 106 | Zambia | 6.0% | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 107 | China | 5.9% | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 5.8% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 109 | Luxembourg | 5.8% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.8% | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 111 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.7% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 112 | Liechtenstein | 5.7% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 113 | Romania | 5.7% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 5.7% | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 115 | Peru | 5.6% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 116 | Lebanon | 5.6% | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 117 | Mauritius | 5.6% | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 118 | Iraq | 5.5% | 2023 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 119 | Mexico | 5.5% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 5.5% | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 121 | Suriname | 5.4% | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 122 | Barbados | 5.4% | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 123 | Solomon Islands | 5.4% | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 124 | Rwanda | 5.1% | 2023 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 125 | Philippines | 5.1% | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 126 | Dominica | 5.0% | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 127 | Chad | 5.0% | 2023 | up 69.0% | falling |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 5.0% | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 129 | Kuwait | 5.0% | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 130 | Egypt | 4.9% | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 4.7% | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 4.7% | 2023 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 133 | Grenada | 4.7% | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 134 | Cambodia | 4.6% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 136 | Vietnam | 4.6% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 137 | Cameroon | 4.6% | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 138 | Thailand | 4.5% | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5% | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 140 | Singapore | 4.5% | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 141 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 142 | Myanmar | 4.5% | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.4% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 144 | Bhutan | 4.4% | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 145 | Kenya | 4.4% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 4.4% | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritania | 4.3% | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 148 | Senegal | 4.3% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 149 | Turkey | 4.3% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 4.3% | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 151 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 152 | Cook Islands | 4.2% | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 4.1% | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 4.1% | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 155 | Niger | 4.0% | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 156 | Bahrain | 4.0% | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 157 | Malaysia | 4.0% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.9% | 2023 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 159 | Nigeria | 3.9% | 2023 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 160 | Mali | 3.8% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 161 | Venezuela | 3.8% | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2023 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 163 | Somalia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 164 | Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.7% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 166 | Eritrea | 3.7% | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 167 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Fiji | 3.6% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 170 | Oman | 3.5% | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 172 | Madagascar | 3.4% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 173 | India | 3.3% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 174 | Benin | 3.3% | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 175 | Congo | 3.3% | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 176 | Haiti | 3.2% | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 177 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 178 | Monaco | 3.1% | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 179 | Tanzania | 3.1% | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 180 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 181 | Zimbabwe | 2.9% | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 182 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 184 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2023 | down 59.1% | flat |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 2.8% | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 186 | Syria | 2.7% | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 187 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 188 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 189 | Qatar | 2.5% | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 190 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 191 | Guyana | 2.5% | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 192 | Djibouti | 2.3% | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 193 | Brunei | 2.2% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 194 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 195 | Laos | 1.3% | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
About this data
Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).