Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Italy
Italy: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 8.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Italy, 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 Italy stood at 8.4%.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Italy peaked at 9.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 2000.
That places Italy 54th 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 | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 8.6% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 8.4% | 9.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More health data for Italy
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 254,017 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 283,668 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 267,288 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 276,964 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 261,395 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 268,958 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 246,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 241,914 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 255,898 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 273,787 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Italy?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Italy was 8.4% 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 9.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 2000.
- How does Italy rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Italy ranks 54th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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).