Current health expenditure (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - Asia

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 Afghanistan 13.24 2019
2 Armenia 11.34 2019
3 Japan 10.74 2019
4 Lebanon 8.65 2019
5 Korea 8.16 2019
6 Jordan 7.58 2019
7 Israel 7.46 2019
8 Timor-Leste 7.16 2019
9 Tajikistan 7.11 2019
10 Cambodia 6.99 2019
11 Iran 6.71 2019
12 Georgia 6.66 2019
13 Turkmenistan 6.57 2019
14 Saudi Arabia 5.69 2019
15 Russia 5.65 2019
16 Uzbekistan 5.62 2019
17 Kuwait 5.50 2019
18 China 5.35 2019
19 Vietnam 5.25 2019
20 Myanmar 4.68 2019
21 Kyrgyz Republic 4.49 2019
22 Iraq 4.48 2019
23 Nepal 4.45 2019
24 Turkey 4.34 2019
25 United Arab Emirates 4.28 2019
26 Yemen 4.25 2015
27 Singapore 4.08 2019
28 Sri Lanka 4.08 2019
29 Philippines 4.08 2019
30 Oman 4.07 2019
31 Azerbaijan 4.04 2019
32 Bahrain 4.01 2019
33 Malaysia 3.83 2019
34 Thailand 3.79 2019
35 Mongolia 3.77 2019
36 Bhutan 3.61 2019
37 Syrian Arab Republic 3.57 2012
38 Pakistan 3.38 2019
39 India 3.01 2019
40 Qatar 2.91 2019
41 Indonesia 2.90 2019
42 Kazakhstan 2.79 2019
43 Lao PDR 2.60 2019
44 Bangladesh 2.48 2019
45 Brunei 2.16 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