Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Finland
Finland: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 10.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Finland, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 10.5% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Finland peaked at 10.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2000.
That places Finland 24th 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 | 8.0% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More health data for Finland
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 28,070 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 31,514 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 29,994 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 30,641 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 29,215 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 29,312 (2025)
- Population, female 50.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 26,519 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 26,828 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 30,617 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Finland?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Finland was 10.5% 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2000.
- How does Finland rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Finland ranks 24th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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).