Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country

Health care cost as percent of GDP (total economy of a nation).
Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018.

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.

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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.

Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product)
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.

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World Health Organization. 2020-21 is latest available

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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.

Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product)
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

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