Health spending as percent of GDP - Country rankings
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Health spending as percent of GDP, 2019 - Country rankings:
The average for 2019 based on 180 countries was 6.5 percent.The highest value was in Tuvalu: 23.96 percent and the lowest value was in Monaco: 1.53 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Health spending as percent of GDP, 2019 | Global rank | Available data |
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Tuvalu | 23.96 | 1 | 2000 - 2019 |
USA | 16.77 | 2 | 2000 - 2019 |
Palau | 15.15 | 3 | 2000 - 2019 |
Afghanistan | 13.24 | 4 | 2002 - 2019 |
Germany | 11.7 | 5 | 2000 - 2019 |
Micronesia | 11.44 | 6 | 2000 - 2019 |
Armenia | 11.34 | 7 | 2000 - 2019 |
Switzerland | 11.29 | 8 | 2000 - 2019 |
Lesotho | 11.27 | 9 | 2000 - 2019 |
France | 11.06 | 10 | 2000 - 2019 |
Sweden | 10.87 | 11 | 2000 - 2019 |
Canada | 10.84 | 12 | 2000 - 2019 |
Japan | 10.74 | 13 | 2000 - 2019 |
Belgium | 10.66 | 14 | 2000 - 2019 |
Norway | 10.52 | 15 | 2000 - 2019 |
Austria | 10.43 | 16 | 2000 - 2019 |
Kiribati | 10.26 | 17 | 2000 - 2019 |
UK | 10.15 | 18 | 2000 - 2019 |
Netherlands | 10.13 | 19 | 2000 - 2019 |
Denmark | 9.96 | 20 | 2000 - 2019 |
Australia | 9.91 | 21 | 2000 - 2019 |
New Zealand | 9.74 | 22 | 2000 - 2019 |
Suriname | 9.74 | 23 | 2000 - 2019 |
Brazil | 9.59 | 24 | 2000 - 2019 |
Portugal | 9.53 | 25 | 2000 - 2019 |
Argentina | 9.51 | 26 | 2000 - 2019 |
Uruguay | 9.35 | 27 | 2000 - 2019 |
Chile | 9.33 | 28 | 2000 - 2019 |
Finland | 9.15 | 29 | 2000 - 2019 |
Spain | 9.13 | 30 | 2000 - 2019 |
South Africa | 9.11 | 31 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 9.05 | 32 | 2000 - 2019 |
Sierra Leone | 8.75 | 33 | 2000 - 2019 |
Italy | 8.67 | 34 | 2000 - 2019 |
Serbia | 8.67 | 35 | 2000 - 2019 |
Lebanon | 8.65 | 36 | 2000 - 2019 |
Iceland | 8.64 | 37 | 2000 - 2019 |
Slovenia | 8.52 | 38 | 2000 - 2019 |
Namibia | 8.5 | 39 | 2000 - 2019 |
Liberia | 8.47 | 40 | 2000 - 2019 |
Nicaragua | 8.4 | 41 | 2000 - 2019 |
G.-Bissau | 8.35 | 42 | 2000 - 2019 |
Montenegro | 8.33 | 43 | 2011 - 2019 |
Malta | 8.21 | 44 | 2000 - 2019 |
South Korea | 8.16 | 45 | 2000 - 2019 |
Maldives | 8.04 | 46 | 2000 - 2019 |
Burundi | 7.99 | 47 | 2000 - 2019 |
Greece | 7.84 | 48 | 2000 - 2019 |
Czechia | 7.83 | 49 | 2000 - 2019 |
Mozambique | 7.83 | 50 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ecuador | 7.82 | 51 | 2000 - 2019 |
C.A. Republic | 7.75 | 52 | 2000 - 2019 |
Colombia | 7.71 | 53 | 2000 - 2019 |
Zimbabwe | 7.7 | 54 | 2010 - 2019 |
Jordan | 7.58 | 55 | 2000 - 2019 |
Panama | 7.58 | 56 | 2000 - 2019 |
Israel | 7.46 | 57 | 2000 - 2019 |
Malawi | 7.39 | 58 | 2000 - 2019 |
Honduras | 7.28 | 59 | 2000 - 2019 |
Costa Rica | 7.27 | 60 | 2000 - 2019 |
North Macedonia | 7.25 | 61 | 2000 - 2019 |
El Salvador | 7.17 | 62 | 2000 - 2019 |
Paraguay | 7.17 | 63 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bulgaria | 7.13 | 64 | 2000 - 2019 |
Tajikistan | 7.11 | 65 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ukraine | 7.1 | 66 | 2000 - 2019 |
Tr.&Tobago | 7.02 | 67 | 2000 - 2019 |
Cyprus | 7.01 | 68 | 2000 - 2019 |
Lithuania | 7.01 | 69 | 2000 - 2019 |
Cambodia | 6.99 | 70 | 2000 - 2019 |
Croatia | 6.98 | 71 | 2000 - 2019 |
Slovakia | 6.96 | 72 | 2000 - 2019 |
Tunisia | 6.96 | 73 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bolivia | 6.92 | 74 | 2000 - 2019 |
Swaziland | 6.78 | 75 | 2000 - 2019 |
Estonia | 6.73 | 76 | 2000 - 2019 |
Andorra | 6.71 | 77 | 2000 - 2019 |
Iran | 6.71 | 78 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ireland | 6.68 | 79 | 2000 - 2019 |
Georgia | 6.66 | 80 | 2000 - 2019 |
Latvia | 6.58 | 81 | 2000 - 2019 |
Turkmenistan | 6.57 | 82 | 2000 - 2019 |
Poland | 6.45 | 83 | 2000 - 2019 |
Rwanda | 6.41 | 84 | 2000 - 2019 |
San Marino | 6.39 | 85 | 2000 - 2019 |
Moldova | 6.38 | 86 | 2000 - 2019 |
Samoa | 6.36 | 87 | 2000 - 2019 |
Hungary | 6.35 | 88 | 2000 - 2019 |
Barbados | 6.3 | 89 | 2000 - 2019 |
Algeria | 6.24 | 90 | 2000 - 2019 |
Guatemala | 6.21 | 91 | 2000 - 2019 |
Mauritius | 6.2 | 92 | 2000 - 2019 |
Jamaica | 6.1 | 93 | 2000 - 2019 |
Botswana | 6.05 | 94 | 2000 - 2019 |
Belize | 5.97 | 95 | 2000 - 2019 |
Domin. Rep. | 5.93 | 96 | 2000 - 2019 |
Belarus | 5.86 | 97 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bahamas | 5.75 | 98 | 2000 - 2019 |
Romania | 5.74 | 99 | 2000 - 2019 |
Togo | 5.73 | 100 | 2000 - 2019 |
Saudi Arabia | 5.69 | 101 | 2000 - 2019 |
Niger | 5.67 | 102 | 2000 - 2019 |
Russia | 5.65 | 103 | 2000 - 2019 |
Uzbekistan | 5.62 | 104 | 2000 - 2019 |
S.T.&Principe | 5.53 | 105 | 2000 - 2019 |
Kuwait | 5.5 | 106 | 2000 - 2019 |
Burkina Faso | 5.46 | 107 | 2000 - 2019 |
Dominica | 5.46 | 108 | 2000 - 2019 |
Mexico | 5.43 | 109 | 2000 - 2019 |
Luxembourg | 5.37 | 110 | 2000 - 2019 |
Venezuela | 5.37 | 111 | 2000 - 2019 |
China | 5.35 | 112 | 2000 - 2019 |
Morocco | 5.31 | 113 | 2000 - 2019 |
Zambia | 5.31 | 114 | 2000 - 2019 |
Vietnam | 5.25 | 115 | 2000 - 2019 |
Peru | 5.22 | 116 | 2000 - 2019 |
Seychelles | 5.19 | 117 | 2000 - 2019 |
Comoros | 5.17 | 118 | 2000 - 2019 |
Tonga | 4.98 | 119 | 2000 - 2019 |
Grenada | 4.97 | 120 | 2000 - 2019 |
Cape Verde | 4.94 | 121 | 2000 - 2019 |
Guyana | 4.93 | 122 | 2000 - 2019 |
Solomon Isl. | 4.77 | 123 | 2000 - 2019 |
St. Vincent & ... | 4.75 | 124 | 2000 - 2019 |
Egypt | 4.74 | 125 | 2000 - 2019 |
Haiti | 4.73 | 126 | 2000 - 2019 |
Burma | 4.68 | 127 | 2000 - 2019 |
Kenya | 4.59 | 128 | 2000 - 2019 |
Sudan | 4.57 | 129 | 2000 - 2019 |
Kyrgyzstan | 4.49 | 130 | 2000 - 2019 |
Iraq | 4.48 | 131 | 2003 - 2019 |
Eritrea | 4.46 | 132 | 2000 - 2019 |
Nepal | 4.45 | 133 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ant.& Barb. | 4.44 | 134 | 2000 - 2019 |
Chad | 4.35 | 135 | 2000 - 2019 |
Turkey | 4.34 | 136 | 2000 - 2019 |
Saint Lucia | 4.32 | 137 | 2000 - 2019 |
UA Emirates | 4.28 | 138 | 2000 - 2019 |
Senegal | 4.13 | 139 | 2000 - 2019 |
Philippines | 4.08 | 140 | 2000 - 2019 |
Singapore | 4.08 | 141 | 2000 - 2019 |
Sri Lanka | 4.08 | 142 | 2000 - 2019 |
Oman | 4.07 | 143 | 2000 - 2019 |
Azerbaijan | 4.04 | 144 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bahrain | 4.01 | 145 | 2000 - 2019 |
Guinea | 3.98 | 146 | 2000 - 2019 |
Mali | 3.89 | 147 | 2000 - 2019 |
Malaysia | 3.83 | 148 | 2000 - 2019 |
Tanzania | 3.83 | 149 | 2000 - 2019 |
Uganda | 3.83 | 150 | 2000 - 2019 |
Fiji | 3.82 | 151 | 2000 - 2019 |
Gambia | 3.82 | 152 | 2000 - 2019 |
Thailand | 3.79 | 153 | 2000 - 2019 |
Mongolia | 3.77 | 154 | 2000 - 2019 |
Madagascar | 3.69 | 155 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bhutan | 3.61 | 156 | 2000 - 2019 |
Cameroon | 3.6 | 157 | 2000 - 2019 |
DR Congo | 3.54 | 158 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ghana | 3.42 | 159 | 2000 - 2019 |
Pakistan | 3.38 | 160 | 2000 - 2019 |
Vanuatu | 3.36 | 161 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ivory Coast | 3.3 | 162 | 2000 - 2019 |
Mauritania | 3.3 | 163 | 2000 - 2019 |
Ethiopia | 3.24 | 164 | 2000 - 2019 |
Eq. Guinea | 3.14 | 165 | 2000 - 2019 |
Nigeria | 3.03 | 166 | 2000 - 2019 |
India | 3.01 | 167 | 2000 - 2019 |
Qatar | 2.91 | 168 | 2000 - 2019 |
Indonesia | 2.9 | 169 | 2000 - 2019 |
Kazakhstan | 2.79 | 170 | 2000 - 2019 |
Gabon | 2.77 | 171 | 2000 - 2019 |
Laos | 2.6 | 172 | 2000 - 2019 |
Angola | 2.53 | 173 | 2000 - 2019 |
Bangladesh | 2.48 | 174 | 2000 - 2019 |
Benin | 2.39 | 175 | 2000 - 2019 |
Papua N.G. | 2.3 | 176 | 2000 - 2019 |
Brunei | 2.16 | 177 | 2000 - 2019 |
R. of Congo | 2.08 | 178 | 2000 - 2019 |
Djibouti | 1.8 | 179 | 2000 - 2019 |
Monaco | 1.53 | 180 | 2000 - 2019 |
Economic outlook around the world
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.
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