Health spending as percent of GDP - Country rankings
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Health spending as percent of GDP, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 51 countries was 5.65 percent. The highest value was in Liberia: 16.62 percent and the lowest value was in Benin: 2.58 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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| Countries | Health spending as percent of GDP, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16.62 | 1 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Lesotho | 10.21 | 2 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Namibia | 9.38 | 3 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Burundi | 9.1 | 4 | 2000 - 2021 |
| C.A. Republic | 9.07 | 5 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mozambique | 9.05 | 6 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Sierra Leone | 8.55 | 7 | 2000 - 2021 |
| South Africa | 8.27 | 8 | 2000 - 2021 |
| G.-Bissau | 8.22 | 9 | 2000 - 2021 |
| S.T.&Principe | 7.83 | 10 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Malawi | 7.41 | 11 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Rwanda | 7.32 | 12 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Swaziland | 7.04 | 13 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Tunisia | 6.97 | 14 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Cape Verde | 6.9 | 15 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Zambia | 6.62 | 16 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mauritius | 6.39 | 17 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Burkina Faso | 6.38 | 18 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Comoros | 6.34 | 19 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Botswana | 6.31 | 20 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Niger | 5.81 | 21 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Morocco | 5.74 | 22 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Togo | 5.56 | 23 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Algeria | 5.53 | 24 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Seychelles | 5.26 | 25 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Chad | 5.19 | 26 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Uganda | 4.67 | 27 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Egypt | 4.61 | 28 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Kenya | 4.55 | 29 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mali | 4.47 | 30 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Senegal | 4.35 | 31 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Eritrea | 4.15 | 32 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Ghana | 4.15 | 33 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mauritania | 4.12 | 34 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Nigeria | 4.08 | 35 | 2000 - 2021 |
| R. of Congo | 3.88 | 36 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Cameroon | 3.82 | 37 | 2000 - 2021 |
| DR Congo | 3.79 | 38 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Guinea | 3.76 | 39 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Madagascar | 3.5 | 40 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Eq. Guinea | 3.4 | 41 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Tanzania | 3.36 | 42 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Ethiopia | 3.21 | 43 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Gambia | 3.19 | 44 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Ivory Coast | 3.13 | 45 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Angola | 2.96 | 46 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Djibouti | 2.88 | 47 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Sudan | 2.84 | 48 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Zimbabwe | 2.79 | 49 | 2010 - 2021 |
| Gabon | 2.71 | 50 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Benin | 2.58 | 51 | 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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