Rankings · Health

Health spending

Total health expenditure — public and private together — as a share of GDP.

Nations ranked: 174
Highest: 16.7%
Lowest: 1.3%
Observed: 2021–2024

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

1🇺🇸United States
16.7% · observed 2023
2🇦🇫Afghanistan
15.0% · observed 2023
3🇱🇷Liberia
13.0% · observed 2023
4🇱🇸Lesotho
12.6% · observed 2023
5🇩🇪Germany
12.3% · observed 2024
6🇦🇹Austria
11.8% · observed 2024
7🇨🇭Switzerland
11.7% · observed 2023
8🇸🇸South Sudan
11.6% · observed 2023
9🇫🇷France
11.5% · observed 2024
10🇨🇦Canada
11.3% · observed 2024

Every nation with data

Figures are shares of GDP. This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2021 to 2024 — every row shows its own.

1🇺🇸United States16.7% · 2023
2🇦🇫Afghanistan15.0% · 2023
3🇱🇷Liberia13.0% · 2023
4🇱🇸Lesotho12.6% · 2023
5🇩🇪Germany12.3% · 2024
6🇦🇹Austria11.8% · 2024
7🇨🇭Switzerland11.7% · 2023
8🇸🇸South Sudan11.6% · 2023
9🇫🇷France11.5% · 2024
10🇨🇦Canada11.3% · 2024
11🇸🇪Sweden11.2% · 2024
12🇬🇧United Kingdom11.1% · 2024
13🇧🇪Belgium10.8% · 2023
14🇯🇵Japan10.7% · 2023
15🇵🇸Palestine10.7% · 2023
16🇨🇫Central African Republic10.7% · 2023
17🇨🇱Chile10.5% · 2024
18🇫🇮Finland10.5% · 2023
19🇦🇺Australia10.4% · 2023
20🇦🇷Argentina10.3% · 2023
21🇵🇹Portugal10.2% · 2024
22🇳🇿New Zealand10.1% · 2024
23🇳🇱Netherlands10.0% · 2024
24🇸🇮Slovenia9.9% · 2024
25🇧🇷Brazil9.7% · 2023
26🇾🇪Yemen9.7% · 2023
27🇲🇪Montenegro9.7% · 2023
28🇹🇱Timor-Leste9.6% · 2023
29🇳🇦Namibia9.5% · 2023
30🇳🇴Norway9.4% · 2023
31🇩🇰Denmark9.4% · 2024
32🇨🇺Cuba9.4% · 2023
33🇦🇲Armenia9.3% · 2023
34🇸🇻El Salvador9.3% · 2023
35🇪🇸Spain9.2% · 2023
36🇧🇮Burundi9.1% · 2023
37🇺🇾Uruguay9.0% · 2023
38🇮🇸Iceland9.0% · 2024
39🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina8.9% · 2023
40🇿🇦South Africa8.9% · 2023
41🇲🇹Malta8.8% · 2023
42🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau8.8% · 2023
43🇰🇷South Korea8.7% · 2024
44🇨🇿Czechia8.5% · 2024
45🇲🇿Mozambique8.5% · 2023
46🇮🇹Italy8.4% · 2024
47🇬🇷Greece8.4% · 2023
48🇵🇾Paraguay8.4% · 2023
49🇵🇦Panama8.3% · 2023
50🇳🇮Nicaragua8.3% · 2023
51🇺🇦Ukraine8.2% · 2021
52🇨🇴Colombia8.1% · 2024
53🇨🇾Cyprus8.1% · 2023
54🇵🇱Poland8.1% · 2024
55🇷🇸Serbia8.0% · 2023
56🇹🇳Tunisia8.0% · 2023
57🇧🇬Bulgaria7.9% · 2023
58🇪🇪Estonia7.8% · 2024
59🇱🇾Libya7.8% · 2023
60🇧🇫Burkina Faso7.8% · 2023
61🇭🇳Honduras7.7% · 2023
62🇦🇩Andorra7.7% · 2023
63🇯🇴Jordan7.7% · 2023
64🇯🇲Jamaica7.6% · 2023
65🇱🇹Lithuania7.6% · 2024
66🇪🇨Ecuador7.6% · 2023
67🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago7.5% · 2023
68🇸🇿Eswatini7.5% · 2023
69🇹🇯Tajikistan7.4% · 2023
70🇲🇰North Macedonia7.4% · 2023
71🇸🇰Slovakia7.4% · 2023
72🇱🇻Latvia7.3% · 2023
73🇭🇷Croatia7.1% · 2023
74🇧🇾Belarus7.1% · 2023
75🇦🇱Albania7.1% · 2023
76🇷🇺Russia7.0% · 2023
77🇧🇴Bolivia6.9% · 2023
78🇨🇷Costa Rica6.9% · 2023
79🇬🇪Georgia6.9% · 2023
80🇮🇪Ireland6.9% · 2024
81🇬🇹Guatemala6.8% · 2023
82🇺🇿Uzbekistan6.7% · 2023
83🇲🇩Moldova6.7% · 2023
84🇸🇲San Marino6.6% · 2023
85🇰🇲Comoros6.6% · 2023
86🇲🇼Malawi6.5% · 2023
87🇭🇺Hungary6.4% · 2023
88🇧🇸Bahamas6.3% · 2023
89🇧🇼Botswana6.3% · 2023
90🇳🇵Nepal6.2% · 2023
91🇹🇬Togo6.1% · 2023
92🇲🇳Mongolia6.1% · 2023
93🇲🇦Morocco6.1% · 2023
94🇮🇷Iran6.0% · 2023
95🇿🇲Zambia6.0% · 2023
96🇨🇳China5.9% · 2023
97🇱🇺Luxembourg5.9% · 2024
98🇨🇻Cape Verde5.8% · 2023
99🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe5.8% · 2023
100🇱🇮Liechtenstein5.7% · 2023
101🇷🇴Romania5.7% · 2023
102🇸🇦Saudi Arabia5.7% · 2023
103🇵🇪Peru5.6% · 2023
104🇱🇧Lebanon5.6% · 2023
105🇲🇺Mauritius5.6% · 2023
106🇮🇶Iraq5.5% · 2023
107🇲🇽Mexico5.5% · 2023
108🇹🇲Turkmenistan5.5% · 2023
109🇸🇷Suriname5.4% · 2023
110🇸🇧Solomon Islands5.4% · 2023
111🇷🇼Rwanda5.1% · 2023
112🇵🇭Philippines5.1% · 2023
113🇹🇩Chad5.0% · 2023
114🇦🇪United Arab Emirates5.0% · 2023
115🇰🇼Kuwait5.0% · 2023
116🇪🇬Egypt4.9% · 2023
117🇸🇱Sierra Leone4.7% · 2023
118🇰🇭Cambodia4.6% · 2023
119🇩🇴Dominican Republic4.6% · 2023
120🇻🇳Vietnam4.6% · 2023
121🇨🇲Cameroon4.6% · 2023
122🇹🇭Thailand4.5% · 2023
123🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan4.5% · 2023
124🇸🇨Seychelles4.5% · 2023
125🇲🇲Myanmar4.5% · 2023
126🇧🇹Bhutan4.4% · 2023
127🇰🇪Kenya4.4% · 2023
128🇩🇿Algeria4.4% · 2023
129🇲🇷Mauritania4.3% · 2023
130🇸🇳Senegal4.3% · 2023
131🇹🇷Türkiye4.3% · 2023
132🇦🇿Azerbaijan4.3% · 2023
133🇺🇬Uganda4.2% · 2023
134🇳🇬Nigeria4.2% · 2023
135🇧🇿Belize4.1% · 2023
136🇻🇺Vanuatu4.1% · 2023
137🇳🇪Niger4.0% · 2023
138🇲🇾Malaysia4.0% · 2023
139🇲🇱Mali3.8% · 2023
140🇻🇪Venezuela3.8% · 2023
141🇰🇿Kazakhstan3.8% · 2023
142🇸🇴Somalia3.7% · 2023
143🇬🇳Guinea3.7% · 2023
144🇨🇩DR Congo3.7% · 2023
145🇪🇷Eritrea3.7% · 2023
146🇱🇰Sri Lanka3.7% · 2023
147🇫🇯Fiji3.6% · 2023
148🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea3.5% · 2023
149🇴🇲Oman3.5% · 2023
150🇨🇮Ivory Coast3.4% · 2023
151🇲🇬Madagascar3.4% · 2023
152🇮🇳India3.3% · 2023
153🇧🇯Benin3.3% · 2023
154🇨🇬Congo3.3% · 2023
155🇭🇹Haiti3.2% · 2023
156🇬🇦Gabon3.1% · 2023
157🇲🇨Monaco3.1% · 2023
158🇹🇿Tanzania3.1% · 2023
159🇬🇭Ghana2.9% · 2023
160🇿🇼Zimbabwe2.9% · 2023
161🇬🇲Gambia2.9% · 2023
162🇵🇬Papua New Guinea2.9% · 2023
163🇸🇩Sudan2.9% · 2023
164🇪🇹Ethiopia2.8% · 2023
165🇸🇾Syria2.7% · 2023
166🇮🇩Indonesia2.7% · 2023
167🇦🇴Angola2.5% · 2023
168🇶🇦Qatar2.5% · 2023
169🇵🇰Pakistan2.5% · 2023
170🇬🇾Guyana2.5% · 2023
171🇩🇯Djibouti2.3% · 2023
172🇧🇳Brunei2.2% · 2023
173🇧🇩Bangladesh2.2% · 2023
174🇱🇦Laos1.3% · 2023

No data

12 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.

🇦🇶Antarctica
Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
🇫🇰Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
🇬🇱Greenland
🇽🇰Kosovo
🇳🇨New Caledonia
🇰🇵North Korea
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
🇵🇷Puerto Rico
Somaliland
Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
🇹🇼Taiwan
Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
🇻🇦Vatican City
Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.