Current health expenditure (% of GDP) - Country Ranking

Definition: Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Tuvalu 23.96 2019
2 United States 16.77 2019
3 Palau 15.15 2019
4 Afghanistan 13.24 2019
5 Germany 11.70 2019
6 Cuba 11.34 2019
7 Armenia 11.34 2019
8 Switzerland 11.29 2019
9 Lesotho 11.27 2019
10 France 11.06 2019
11 Sweden 10.87 2019
12 Canada 10.84 2019
13 Japan 10.74 2019
14 Belgium 10.66 2019
15 Norway 10.52 2019
16 Austria 10.43 2019
17 Kiribati 10.26 2019
18 United Kingdom 10.15 2019
19 Netherlands 10.13 2019
20 Denmark 9.96 2019
21 Australia 9.91 2019
22 Nauru 9.78 2019
23 New Zealand 9.74 2019
24 Suriname 9.74 2019
25 Brazil 9.59 2019
26 Portugal 9.53 2019
27 Argentina 9.51 2019
28 Uruguay 9.35 2019
29 Chile 9.33 2019
30 Finland 9.15 2019
31 Spain 9.13 2019
32 South Africa 9.11 2019
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.05 2019
34 Sierra Leone 8.75 2019
35 Serbia 8.67 2019
36 Italy 8.67 2019
37 Lebanon 8.65 2019
38 Iceland 8.64 2019
39 Slovenia 8.52 2019
40 Namibia 8.50 2019
41 Liberia 8.47 2019
42 Nicaragua 8.40 2019
43 Guinea-Bissau 8.35 2019
44 Montenegro 8.33 2019
45 Malta 8.21 2019
46 Korea 8.16 2019
47 Burundi 7.99 2019
48 Greece 7.84 2019
49 Czech Republic 7.83 2019
50 Mozambique 7.83 2019
51 Ecuador 7.82 2019
52 Central African Republic 7.75 2019
53 Colombia 7.71 2019
54 Zimbabwe 7.70 2019
55 Panama 7.58 2019
56 Jordan 7.58 2019
57 Israel 7.46 2019
58 Malawi 7.39 2019
59 Honduras 7.28 2019
60 Costa Rica 7.27 2019
61 North Macedonia 7.25 2019
62 Paraguay 7.17 2019
63 El Salvador 7.17 2019
64 Timor-Leste 7.16 2019
65 Bulgaria 7.13 2019
66 Tajikistan 7.11 2019
67 Ukraine 7.10 2019
68 Trinidad and Tobago 7.02 2019
69 Cyprus 7.01 2019
70 Lithuania 7.01 2019
71 Cambodia 6.99 2019
72 Croatia 6.98 2019
73 Slovak Republic 6.96 2019
74 Tunisia 6.96 2019
75 Bolivia 6.92 2019
76 Eswatini 6.78 2019
77 Estonia 6.73 2019
78 Andorra 6.71 2019
79 Iran 6.71 2019
80 Ireland 6.68 2019
81 Georgia 6.66 2019
82 Latvia 6.58 2019
83 Turkmenistan 6.57 2019
84 Poland 6.45 2019
85 Rwanda 6.41 2019
86 San Marino 6.39 2019
87 Moldova 6.38 2019
88 Samoa 6.36 2019
89 Hungary 6.35 2019
90 Barbados 6.30 2019
91 Algeria 6.24 2019
92 Guatemala 6.21 2019
93 Mauritius 6.20 2019
94 Jamaica 6.10 2019
95 Libya 6.05 2011
96 Botswana 6.05 2019
97 Belize 5.97 2019
98 Dominican Republic 5.93 2019
99 Belarus 5.86 2019
100 The Bahamas 5.75 2019
101 Romania 5.74 2019
102 Togo 5.73 2019
103 Saudi Arabia 5.69 2019
104 Niger 5.67 2019
105 Russia 5.65 2019
106 Uzbekistan 5.62 2019
107 São Tomé and Principe 5.53 2019
108 Kuwait 5.50 2019
109 Burkina Faso 5.46 2019
110 Dominica 5.46 2019
111 Mexico 5.43 2019
112 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.40 2019
113 Luxembourg 5.37 2019
114 Venezuela 5.37 2019
115 China 5.35 2019
116 Zambia 5.31 2019
117 Morocco 5.31 2019
118 Vietnam 5.25 2019
119 Albania 5.23 2018
120 Peru 5.22 2019
121 Seychelles 5.19 2019
122 Comoros 5.17 2019
123 Tonga 4.98 2019
124 Grenada 4.97 2019
125 Cabo Verde 4.94 2019
126 Guyana 4.93 2019
127 Solomon Islands 4.77 2019
128 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.75 2019
129 Egypt 4.74 2019
130 Haiti 4.73 2019
131 Myanmar 4.68 2019
132 Kenya 4.59 2019
133 Sudan 4.57 2019
134 Kyrgyz Republic 4.49 2019
135 Iraq 4.48 2019
136 Eritrea 4.46 2019
137 Nepal 4.45 2019
138 Antigua and Barbuda 4.44 2019
139 Chad 4.35 2019
140 Turkey 4.34 2019
141 St. Lucia 4.32 2019
142 United Arab Emirates 4.28 2019
143 Yemen 4.25 2015
144 Senegal 4.13 2019
145 Singapore 4.08 2019
146 Sri Lanka 4.08 2019
147 Philippines 4.08 2019
148 Oman 4.07 2019
149 Azerbaijan 4.04 2019
150 Bahrain 4.01 2019
151 Guinea 3.98 2019
152 Mali 3.89 2019
153 Tanzania 3.83 2019
154 Uganda 3.83 2019
155 Malaysia 3.83 2019
156 The Gambia 3.82 2019
157 Fiji 3.82 2019
158 Thailand 3.79 2019
159 Mongolia 3.77 2019
160 Madagascar 3.69 2019
161 Bhutan 3.61 2019
162 Cameroon 3.60 2019
163 Syrian Arab Republic 3.57 2012
164 Dem. Rep. Congo 3.54 2019
165 Ghana 3.42 2019
166 Pakistan 3.38 2019
167 Vanuatu 3.36 2019
168 Mauritania 3.30 2019
169 Côte d'Ivoire 3.30 2019
170 Ethiopia 3.24 2019
171 Equatorial Guinea 3.14 2019
172 Nigeria 3.03 2019
173 India 3.01 2019
174 Qatar 2.91 2019
175 Indonesia 2.90 2019
176 Kazakhstan 2.79 2019
177 Gabon 2.77 2019
178 Lao PDR 2.60 2019
179 Angola 2.53 2019
180 Bangladesh 2.48 2019
181 Benin 2.39 2019
182 Papua New Guinea 2.30 2019
183 Brunei 2.16 2019
184 Congo 2.08 2019
185 Djibouti 1.80 2019
186 Monaco 1.53 2019

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Development Relevance: Strengthening health financing is one objective of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG target 3.c). The levels and trends of health expenditure data identify key issues such as weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, for instance additional health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human resources. Health financing is also critical for reaching universal health coverage (UHC) defined as all people obtaining the quality health services they need without suffering financial hardship (SDG 3.8). The data on out-of-pocket spending is a key indicator with regard to financial protection and hence of progress towards UHC.

Original Source Notes: The World Health Organization (WHO) has revised health expenditure data using the new international classification for health expenditures in the revised System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011). WHO’s Global Health Expenditure Database in this new version i

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The health expenditure estimates have been prepared by the World Health Organization under the framework of the System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011). The Health SHA 2011 tracks all health spending in a given country over a defined period of time regardless of the entity or institution that financed and managed that spending. It generates consistent and comprehensive data on health spending in a country, which in turn can contribute to evidence-based policy-making.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual