Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Estonia
Estonia: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Estonia, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Estonia stood at 7.5%.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Estonia peaked at 7.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2002.
That places Estonia 74th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 4.7% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 6.9% | 7.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 71 Ecuador 7.6% compare
- 72 Trinidad and Tobago 7.5% compare
- 73 Eswatini 7.5% compare
- 75 Tajikistan 7.4% compare
- 76 North Macedonia 7.4% compare
- 77 Tonga 7.4% compare
More health data for Estonia
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 7,859 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 6,550 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 6,758 (2025)
- Age population, age 22, female, interpolated 6,344 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 59.2% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 297,914 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 8,208 (2025)
- Age population, age 22, male, interpolated 6,502 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 6,160 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 6,061 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Estonia?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Estonia was 7.5% 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2002.
- How does Estonia rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Estonia ranks 74th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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).