Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Denmark
Denmark: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Denmark, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 9.6% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Denmark peaked at 10.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2000.
That places Denmark 35th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 8.1% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More health data for Denmark
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 29,748 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 32,323 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 30,818 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 29,840 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 30,968 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 29,463 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 31,336 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 32,967 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 32,742 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 31,139 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Denmark?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Denmark was 9.6% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2000.
- How does Denmark rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Denmark ranks 35th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).