Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Spain
Spain: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Spain, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 9.2% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Spain peaked at 10.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2001.
That places Spain 43rd 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 | 7.7% | 6.8% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 8.9% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 9.2% | 10.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More health data for Spain
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 223,626 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 243,150 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 252,854 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 238,344 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 247,009 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 232,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 237,061 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 32.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 32.45 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Spain?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Spain was 9.2% 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2001.
- How does Spain rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Spain ranks 43rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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).