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

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 Germany 11.70 2019
2 Switzerland 11.29 2019
3 France 11.06 2019
4 Sweden 10.87 2019
5 Belgium 10.66 2019
6 Norway 10.52 2019
7 Austria 10.43 2019
8 United Kingdom 10.15 2019
9 Netherlands 10.13 2019
10 Denmark 9.96 2019
11 Portugal 9.53 2019
12 Finland 9.15 2019
13 Spain 9.13 2019
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.05 2019
15 Serbia 8.67 2019
16 Italy 8.67 2019
17 Iceland 8.64 2019
18 Slovenia 8.52 2019
19 Montenegro 8.33 2019
20 Malta 8.21 2019
21 Greece 7.84 2019
22 Czech Republic 7.83 2019
23 North Macedonia 7.25 2019
24 Bulgaria 7.13 2019
25 Ukraine 7.10 2019
26 Cyprus 7.01 2019
27 Lithuania 7.01 2019
28 Croatia 6.98 2019
29 Slovak Republic 6.96 2019
30 Estonia 6.73 2019
31 Andorra 6.71 2019
32 Ireland 6.68 2019
33 Latvia 6.58 2019
34 Poland 6.45 2019
35 San Marino 6.39 2019
36 Moldova 6.38 2019
37 Hungary 6.35 2019
38 Belarus 5.86 2019
39 Romania 5.74 2019
40 Luxembourg 5.37 2019
41 Albania 5.23 2018
42 Turkey 4.34 2019
43 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