Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country
This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures. See also: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.
The first table and bar chart lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health as a percent of GDP. GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation.
The next table lists nearly all countries. It uses data from the World Health Organization (WHO). It also shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health as a percent of GDP.
The top chart to the right measures the total cost of health care (public and private expenditures) as a percent of GDP for a few nations. The chart below it shows that high life expectancy can be had across the range of health expenditures by country. See: List of countries by life expectancy.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
A country list from OECD Data at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Table
- Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.
Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.
Location | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10 | |
Austria | 4.8 | 7 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
Belgium | 3.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11 | 10.9 |
Canada | 6.3 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 13 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
Chile | 7 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9 | |||
Colombia | 5.6 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 9 | 8.1 | |||
Costa Rica | 6.6 | 8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.2 | |||
Czech Republic | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.1 | ||
Denmark | 8.4 | 8 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.5 | |
Estonia | 5.2 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.9 | |||
Finland | 5 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
France | 5.2 | 6.8 | 8 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
Germany | 5.7 | 8.1 | 8 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
Greece | 6.1 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | ||
Hungary | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | |||
Iceland | 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 8.6 |
Ireland | 4.9 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
Israel | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | |
Italy | 7 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9 | ||
Japan | 4.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 7 | 9.1 | 11 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
Latvia | 5.4 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 9 | 8.8 | |||
Lithuania | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |||
Luxembourg | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | |
Mexico | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 | |||
Netherlands | 6.5 | 7 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 | |
New Zealand | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.2 |
Norway | 4 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8 |
Poland | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
Portugal | 2.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
Slovakia | 5.3 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | |||
Slovenia | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.8 | |||
South Korea | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
Spain | 3.1 | 5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
Sweden | 5.4 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.7 |
Switzerland | 4.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 |
Turkey | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | |
United Kingdom | 4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
United States | 6.2 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 16.6 |
Bar chart
Health spending by country. Percent of GDP (Gross domestic product). There are more countries than just OECD countries.
World Health Organization. 2020-21 is latest available
A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database. Years were selected to get the latest year for these 5 countries included in the table: Albania, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen.
Table 2
Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.
* (Asterisk) indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.
Location | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan * | 8.6 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 16.8 |
Albania * | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
Algeria * | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.3 | |
Andorra * | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.1 | |
Angola * | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | |
Argentina * | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 10.0 | |
Armenia * | 9.4 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 12.2 | |
Australia * | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.6 | |
Austria * | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.2 |
Azerbaijan * | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | |
Bahamas | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 | |
Bahrain * | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |
Bangladesh * | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | |
Barbados * | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | |
Belarus * | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | |
Belgium * | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.1 | |
Belize * | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.9 | |
Benin * | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |
Bhutan * | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
Bolivia * | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.9 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | |
Botswana * | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | |
Brazil * | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 10.3 | |
Brunei * | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | |
Bulgaria * | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.5 | |
Burkina Faso * | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.7 | |
Burundi * | 10.1 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | |
Cape Verde * | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.0 | |
Cambodia * | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.5 | |
Cameroon * | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | |
Canada * | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 11.7 |
Central African Republic * | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 11.0 | 9.4 | |
Chad * | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | |
Chile * | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
China * | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | |
Colombia * | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 9.0 | |
Comoros * | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | |
Congo * | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 | |
Cook Islands | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | |
Costa Rica * | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | |
Croatia * | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.8 | |
Cuba * | 11.3 | 9.3 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 12.5 | |
Cyprus * | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 8.1 | |
Czech Republic * | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 9.2 | |
Denmark * | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
Djibouti * | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | |
Dominica * | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 | |
Dominican Republic * | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | |
DR Congo * | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | |
East Timor * | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 9.9 | |
Ecuador * | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | |
Egypt * | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | |
El Salvador * | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 9.9 | |
Equatorial Guinea * | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |
Eritrea * | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
Estonia * | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
Eswatini * | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | |
Ethiopia * | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
Fiji * | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
Finland * | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.6 | |
France * | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 | |
Gabon * | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.4 | |
Gambia | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | |
Georgia * | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |
Germany * | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
Ghana * | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | |
Greece * | 9.2 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.5 | |
Grenada * | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | |
Guatemala * | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 | |
Guinea * | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | |
Guinea-Bissau * | 6.2 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | |
Guyana * | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |
Haiti * | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
Honduras * | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
Hungary * | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 | |
Iceland * | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
India * | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | |
Indonesia * | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
Iran * | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 5.3 | |
Iraq * | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
Ireland * | 10.6 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
Israel * | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 | |
Italy * | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
Ivory Coast * | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | |
Jamaica * | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.6 | |
Japan * | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 | |
Jordan * | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |
Kazakhstan * | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | |
Kenya * | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | |
Kiribati * | 8.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 11.6 | |
Kuwait * | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 | |
Kyrgyzstan * | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | |
Laos * | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | |
Latvia * | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.4 | |
Lebanon * | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
Lesotho * | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.8 | |
Liberia * | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | |
Libya * | 6.1 | |||||
Lithuania * | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
Luxembourg * | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
Madagascar * | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | |
Malawi * | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.4 | |
Malaysia * | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |
Maldives * | 7.9 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 11.3 | |
Mali * | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | |
Malta * | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 10.8 | |
Marshall Islands * | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 13.0 | |
Mauritania * | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |
Mauritius * | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.7 | |
Mexico * | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | |
Micronesia * | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | |
Moldova * | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |
Monaco * | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | |
Mongolia * | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 | |
Montenegro * | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 11.4 | |
Morocco * | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | |
Mozambique * | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | |
Myanmar * | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | |
Namibia * | 9.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 | |
Nauru * | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 12.0 | |
Nepal * | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | |
Netherlands * | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
New Zealand * | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 10.0 | |
Nicaragua * | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.6 | |
Niger * | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | |
Nigeria * | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | |
Niue | 19.8 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | |
North Macedonia * | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.9 | |
Norway * | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
Oman * | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | |
Pakistan * | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | |
Palau | 10.8 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 18.4 | |
Panama * | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 9.7 | |
Papua New Guinea * | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | |
Paraguay * | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | |
Peru * | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | |
Philippines * | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
Poland * | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
Portugal * | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
Qatar * | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |
Romania * | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.3 | |
Russia * | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 7.6 | |
Rwanda * | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis * | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |
Saint Lucia * | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.7 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | |
Samoa * | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | |
San Marino * | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
São Tomé and Príncipe * | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | |
Saudi Arabia * | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
Senegal * | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | |
Serbia * | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
Seychelles * | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.4 | |
Sierra Leone * | 13.3 | 10.6 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 | |
Singapore * | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.1 | |
Slovakia * | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.2 | |
Slovenia * | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
Solomon Islands * | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | |
South Africa * | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | |
South Korea * | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.4 | |
South Sudan * | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||||
Spain * | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 10.7 | |
Sri Lanka * | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | |
Sudan * | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | |
Suriname * | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |
Sweden * | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
Switzerland * | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | |
Syria * | 2.5 | 3.0 | ||||
Tajikistan * | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.2 | |
Thailand * | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | |
Togo * | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
Tonga * | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.3 | |
Trinidad and Tobago * | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |
Tunisia * | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | |
Turkey * | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | |
Turkmenistan * | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | |
Tuvalu * | 14.1 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 21.5 | |
Uganda * | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
Ukraine * | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |
United Arab Emirates * | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | |
United Kingdom * | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 11.9 |
Tanzania * | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | |
United States * | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.8 | |
Uruguay * | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | |
Uzbekistan * | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.7 | |
Vanuatu * | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | |
Venezuela * | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | |
Vietnam * | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | |
Yemen * | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | |||
Zambia * | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
Zimbabwe * | 8.1 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
See also
- List of countries by total health expenditure per capita
- Health system
- Health systems by country
- List of countries by hospital beds
- List of countries by life expectancy
- List of countries by infant mortality rate
- List of countries by maternal mortality ratio
- List of countries by quality of health care
- List of OECD health expenditure by country by type of financing