Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Israel
Israel: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Israel, 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 Israel stood at 7.1%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Israel peaked at 7.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2000.
Israel ranks 83rd of 195 countries on this measure, 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 | 6.8% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 4 |
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More health data for Israel
- Population ages 15-64, female 3.03 million (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 77,936 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 74,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 79,954 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 86,500 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 45.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 76,480 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 78,445 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 82,437 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 73,183 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Israel?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Israel was 7.1% 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2000.
- How does Israel rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Israel ranks 83rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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).