* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Health spending as percent of GDP, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 181 countries was 7.21 percent. The highest value was in Afghanistan: 21.83 percent and the lowest value was in Brunei: 2.2 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Health spending as percent of GDP, 2021 Global rank Available data
Afghanistan 21.83 1 2002 - 2021
Tuvalu 19.97 2 2000 - 2021
USA 17.36 3 2000 - 2022
Liberia 16.62 4 2000 - 2021
Palau 16.38 5 2000 - 2021
Kiribati 14.81 6 2000 - 2021
Germany 12.93 7 2000 - 2022
UK 12.36 8 2000 - 2022
Armenia 12.34 9 2000 - 2021
Canada 12.33 10 2000 - 2022
France 12.31 11 2000 - 2021
Austria 12.1 12 2000 - 2021
Switzerland 11.8 13 2000 - 2021
Netherlands 11.29 14 2000 - 2021
Sweden 11.25 15 2000 - 2022
Portugal 11.14 16 2000 - 2022
Belgium 11.04 17 2000 - 2021
Micronesia 10.96 18 2000 - 2021
Denmark 10.82 19 2000 - 2022
Japan 10.82 20 2000 - 2021
Spain 10.74 21 2000 - 2021
Malta 10.58 22 2000 - 2021
Montenegro 10.55 23 2011 - 2021
Australia 10.54 24 2000 - 2021
Finland 10.25 25 2000 - 2021
Lesotho 10.21 26 2000 - 2021
Norway 10.08 27 2000 - 2022
Lebanon 10.06 28 2000 - 2021
New Zealand 10.05 29 2000 - 2021
Maldives 10.03 30 2000 - 2021
Serbia 10.01 31 2000 - 2021
Brazil 9.89 32 2000 - 2021
Iceland 9.73 33 2000 - 2022
El Salvador 9.72 34 2000 - 2021
Argentina 9.71 35 2000 - 2021
Nicaragua 9.68 36 2000 - 2021
Panama 9.68 37 2000 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 9.56 38 2000 - 2021
Czechia 9.49 39 2000 - 2021
Slovenia 9.48 40 2000 - 2022
Cyprus 9.43 41 2000 - 2021
Italy 9.38 42 2000 - 2022
Namibia 9.38 43 2000 - 2021
Uruguay 9.36 44 2000 - 2021
Chile 9.34 45 2000 - 2022
South Korea 9.33 46 2000 - 2022
Greece 9.17 47 2000 - 2021
Honduras 9.16 48 2000 - 2021
Burundi 9.1 49 2000 - 2021
C.A. Republic 9.07 50 2000 - 2021
Mozambique 9.05 51 2000 - 2021
Latvia 9.04 52 2000 - 2021
Colombia 9.02 53 2000 - 2021
Bulgaria 8.56 54 2000 - 2021
Sierra Leone 8.55 55 2000 - 2021
North Macedonia 8.52 56 2000 - 2021
Georgia 8.42 57 2000 - 2022
Andorra 8.33 58 2000 - 2021
Ecuador 8.29 59 2000 - 2021
South Africa 8.27 60 2000 - 2021
G.-Bissau 8.22 61 2000 - 2021
Bolivia 8.16 62 2000 - 2021
Croatia 8.1 63 2000 - 2021
Barbados 8.09 64 2000 - 2021
Paraguay 8.03 65 2000 - 2021
Tajikistan 8.01 66 2000 - 2021
Ukraine 8.01 67 2000 - 2021
San Marino 7.98 68 2001 - 2021
Israel 7.9 69 2000 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 7.83 70 2000 - 2021
Lithuania 7.82 71 2000 - 2022
Moldova 7.75 72 2000 - 2021
Slovakia 7.75 73 2000 - 2021
Uzbekistan 7.74 74 2000 - 2021
Costa Rica 7.57 75 2000 - 2021
Cambodia 7.53 76 2000 - 2021
Estonia 7.49 77 2000 - 2022
Malawi 7.41 78 2000 - 2021
Russia 7.39 79 2000 - 2021
Hungary 7.38 80 2000 - 2021
Rwanda 7.32 81 2000 - 2021
Jordan 7.29 82 2000 - 2021
Albania 7.27 83 2000 - 2021
Jamaica 7.19 84 2000 - 2021
Bahamas 7.14 85 2000 - 2021
Swaziland 7.04 86 2000 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 7.02 87 2000 - 2021
Tunisia 6.97 88 2000 - 2021
Mongolia 6.91 89 2000 - 2021
Cape Verde 6.9 90 2000 - 2021
Guatemala 6.9 91 2000 - 2021
Samoa 6.8 92 2000 - 2021
Ireland 6.72 93 2000 - 2022
Zambia 6.62 94 2000 - 2021
Belarus 6.57 95 2000 - 2021
Dominica 6.5 96 2000 - 2021
Romania 6.48 97 2000 - 2021
Poland 6.44 98 2000 - 2022
Mauritius 6.39 99 2000 - 2021
Burkina Faso 6.38 100 2000 - 2021
Comoros 6.34 101 2000 - 2021
Botswana 6.31 102 2000 - 2021
Tonga 6.27 103 2000 - 2021
Saint Lucia 6.21 104 2000 - 2021
Peru 6.15 105 2000 - 2021
Mexico 6.08 106 2000 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 5.97 107 2000 - 2021
Philippines 5.87 108 2000 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 5.85 109 2000 - 2021
Niger 5.81 110 2000 - 2021
Kuwait 5.78 111 2000 - 2021
Iran 5.77 112 2000 - 2021
Morocco 5.74 113 2000 - 2021
Grenada 5.7 114 2000 - 2021
Suriname 5.68 115 2000 - 2021
Luxembourg 5.67 116 2000 - 2022
Burma 5.63 117 2000 - 2021
Singapore 5.57 118 2000 - 2021
Turkmenistan 5.57 119 2000 - 2021
Togo 5.56 120 2000 - 2021
Algeria 5.53 121 2000 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 5.44 122 2000 - 2021
Nepal 5.42 123 2000 - 2021
China 5.38 124 2000 - 2021
Fiji 5.38 125 2000 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 5.36 126 2000 - 2021
UA Emirates 5.31 127 2000 - 2021
Seychelles 5.26 128 2000 - 2021
Iraq 5.25 129 2003 - 2021
Chad 5.19 130 2000 - 2021
Thailand 5.16 131 2000 - 2021
Belize 4.98 132 2000 - 2021
Guyana 4.94 133 2000 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 4.92 134 2000 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 4.76 135 2000 - 2021
Azerbaijan 4.7 136 2000 - 2021
Uganda 4.67 137 2000 - 2021
Egypt 4.61 138 2000 - 2021
Vietnam 4.59 139 2000 - 2021
Turkey 4.57 140 2000 - 2021
Kenya 4.55 141 2000 - 2021
Mali 4.47 142 2000 - 2021
Malaysia 4.38 143 2000 - 2021
Oman 4.37 144 2000 - 2021
Vanuatu 4.37 145 2000 - 2021
Senegal 4.35 146 2000 - 2021
Bahrain 4.27 147 2000 - 2021
Eritrea 4.15 148 2000 - 2021
Ghana 4.15 149 2000 - 2021
Mauritania 4.12 150 2000 - 2021
Nigeria 4.08 151 2000 - 2021
Sri Lanka 4.07 152 2000 - 2021
Venezuela 4.04 153 2018 - 2021
Kazakhstan 3.92 154 2000 - 2021
R. of Congo 3.88 155 2000 - 2021
Bhutan 3.85 156 2000 - 2021
Cameroon 3.82 157 2000 - 2021
DR Congo 3.79 158 2000 - 2021
Guinea 3.76 159 2000 - 2021
Indonesia 3.71 160 2000 - 2021
Monaco 3.68 161 2000 - 2021
Madagascar 3.5 162 2000 - 2021
Haiti 3.48 163 2000 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 3.4 164 2000 - 2021
Tanzania 3.36 165 2000 - 2021
India 3.28 166 2000 - 2021
Ethiopia 3.21 167 2000 - 2021
Gambia 3.19 168 2000 - 2021
Ivory Coast 3.13 169 2000 - 2021
Angola 2.96 170 2000 - 2021
Pakistan 2.91 171 2000 - 2021
Qatar 2.89 172 2000 - 2021
Djibouti 2.88 173 2000 - 2021
Sudan 2.84 174 2000 - 2021
Zimbabwe 2.79 175 2010 - 2021
Laos 2.74 176 2000 - 2021
Gabon 2.71 177 2000 - 2021
Benin 2.58 178 2000 - 2021
Bangladesh 2.36 179 2000 - 2021
Papua N.G. 2.32 180 2000 - 2021
Brunei 2.2 181 2000 - 2021



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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