Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Netherlands
Netherlands: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Netherlands, 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 Netherlands stood at 9.8%.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Netherlands peaked at 11.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 2000.
That places Netherlands 30th 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 | 8.9% | 7.7% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 9.9% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 9.8% | 11.1% | 4 |
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More health data for Netherlands
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 94,348 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 96,137 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 98,864 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 20.9% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 3.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 19.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 94,743 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 1.76 million (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 89,980 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 100,553 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Netherlands?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Netherlands was 9.8% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 11.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2000.
- How does Netherlands rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Netherlands ranks 30th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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).