Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Tuvalu has the highest current health expenditure (% of GDP) (27.09% in 2023) and Lao PDR the lowest (1.33% in 2023). The world figure is 10.06% (2023).
What this measures
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.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 27.09% | 2023 |
| 2 | Naoero | 18.21% | 2023 |
| 3 | United States | 16.69% | 2023 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 14.99% | 2023 |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 13.41% | 2023 |
| 6 | Liberia | 13.01% | 2023 |
| 7 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 12.88% | 2023 |
| 8 | Lesotho | 12.61% | 2023 |
| 9 | Germany | 12.27% | 2024 |
| 10 | Austria | 11.83% | 2024 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 11.69% | 2023 |
| 12 | France | 11.54% | 2024 |
| 13 | Canada | 11.31% | 2024 |
| 14 | Sweden | 11.22% | 2024 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 11.13% | 2024 |
| 16 | Kiribati | 10.95% | 2023 |
| 17 | Palau | 10.85% | 2023 |
| 18 | Belgium | 10.8% | 2023 |
| 19 | Japan | 10.74% | 2023 |
| 20 | West Bank and Gaza | 10.73% | 2023 |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 10.66% | 2023 |
| 22 | Chile | 10.53% | 2024 |
| 23 | Finland | 10.47% | 2023 |
| 24 | Australia | 10.4% | 2023 |
| 25 | Argentina | 10.27% | 2023 |
| 26 | Portugal | 10.24% | 2024 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 10.06% | 2024 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 10.01% | 2024 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 9.88% | 2024 |
| 30 | Brazil | 9.73% | 2023 |
| 31 | Yemen, Rep. | 9.7% | 2023 |
| 32 | Montenegro | 9.65% | 2023 |
| 33 | Timor-Leste | 9.6% | 2023 |
| 34 | Namibia | 9.48% | 2023 |
| 35 | Norway | 9.43% | 2023 |
| 36 | Denmark | 9.39% | 2024 |
| 37 | Cuba | 9.38% | 2023 |
| 38 | Armenia | 9.32% | 2023 |
| 39 | El Salvador | 9.29% | 2023 |
| 40 | Maldives | 9.25% | 2023 |
| 41 | Spain | 9.22% | 2023 |
| 42 | Burundi | 9.09% | 2023 |
| 43 | Uruguay | 9.02% | 2023 |
| 44 | Iceland | 8.98% | 2024 |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.92% | 2023 |
| 46 | South Africa | 8.91% | 2023 |
| 47 | Malta | 8.84% | 2023 |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.82% | 2023 |
| 49 | Korea, Rep. | 8.68% | 2024 |
| 50 | Czechia | 8.51% | 2024 |
| 51 | Mozambique | 8.5% | 2023 |
| 52 | Italy | 8.44% | 2024 |
| 53 | Greece | 8.39% | 2023 |
| 54 | Paraguay | 8.36% | 2023 |
| 55 | Panama | 8.33% | 2023 |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2023 |
| 57 | Ukraine | 8.2% | 2021 |
| 58 | Colombia | 8.14% | 2024 |
| 59 | Cyprus | 8.12% | 2023 |
| 60 | Poland | 8.06% | 2024 |
| 61 | Serbia | 8.03% | 2023 |
| 62 | Tunisia | 7.99% | 2023 |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 7.92% | 2023 |
| 64 | Estonia | 7.84% | 2024 |
| 65 | Libya | 7.81% | 2023 |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 7.8% | 2023 |
| 67 | Honduras | 7.71% | 2023 |
| 68 | Andorra | 7.7% | 2023 |
| 69 | Jordan | 7.66% | 2023 |
| 70 | Jamaica | 7.6% | 2023 |
| 71 | Lithuania | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 7.56% | 2023 |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.53% | 2023 |
| 74 | Eswatini | 7.5% | 2023 |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 7.44% | 2023 |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 7.43% | 2023 |
| 77 | Tonga | 7.36% | 2023 |
| 78 | Slovak Republic | 7.35% | 2023 |
| 79 | Latvia | 7.28% | 2023 |
| 80 | Croatia | 7.15% | 2023 |
| 81 | Israel | 7.1% | 2023 |
| 82 | Belarus | 7.08% | 2023 |
| 83 | Albania | 7.05% | 2023 |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 7.04% | 2023 |
| 85 | Bolivia | 6.92% | 2023 |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 6.87% | 2023 |
| 87 | Georgia | 6.86% | 2023 |
| 88 | Ireland | 6.85% | 2024 |
| 89 | Guatemala | 6.8% | 2023 |
| 90 | Samoa | 6.78% | 2023 |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 6.74% | 2023 |
| 92 | Moldova | 6.74% | 2023 |
| 93 | San Marino | 6.61% | 2023 |
| 94 | Comoros | 6.55% | 2023 |
| 95 | Malawi | 6.53% | 2023 |
| 96 | Hungary | 6.37% | 2023 |
| 97 | Bahamas, The | 6.3% | 2023 |
| 98 | Botswana | 6.26% | 2023 |
| 99 | Nepal | 6.16% | 2023 |
| 100 | Togo | 6.11% | 2023 |
| 101 | Mongolia | 6.07% | 2023 |
| 102 | Morocco | 6.06% | 2023 |
| 103 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 6.03% | 2023 |
| 104 | Zambia | 5.98% | 2023 |
| 105 | China | 5.94% | 2023 |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 5.89% | 2024 |
| 107 | Cabo Verde | 5.85% | 2023 |
| 108 | São Tomé and Principe | 5.77% | 2023 |
| 109 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.74% | 2023 |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | 5.71% | 2023 |
| 111 | Romania | 5.71% | 2023 |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 5.69% | 2023 |
| 113 | Peru | 5.64% | 2023 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 5.57% | 2023 |
| 115 | Mauritius | 5.57% | 2023 |
| 116 | Iraq | 5.53% | 2023 |
| 117 | Mexico | 5.5% | 2023 |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 5.5% | 2023 |
| 119 | Suriname | 5.41% | 2023 |
| 120 | Barbados | 5.4% | 2023 |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 5.36% | 2023 |
| 122 | Rwanda | 5.13% | 2023 |
| 123 | Philippines | 5.1% | 2023 |
| 124 | Dominica | 5.01% | 2023 |
| 125 | Chad | 5% | 2023 |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 4.97% | 2023 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4.96% | 2023 |
| 128 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4.88% | 2023 |
| 129 | St. Lucia | 4.73% | 2023 |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 4.72% | 2023 |
| 131 | Grenada | 4.65% | 2023 |
| 132 | Cambodia | 4.62% | 2023 |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 2023 |
| 134 | Viet Nam | 4.56% | 2023 |
| 135 | Cameroon | 4.55% | 2023 |
| 136 | Thailand | 4.54% | 2023 |
| 137 | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 138 | Singapore | 4.49% | 2023 |
| 139 | Seychelles | 4.48% | 2023 |
| 140 | Myanmar | 4.46% | 2023 |
| 141 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.44% | 2023 |
| 142 | Bhutan | 4.42% | 2023 |
| 143 | Kenya | 4.35% | 2023 |
| 144 | Algeria | 4.35% | 2023 |
| 145 | Mauritania | 4.34% | 2023 |
| 146 | Senegal | 4.32% | 2023 |
| 147 | Türkiye | 4.28% | 2023 |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 4.27% | 2023 |
| 149 | Uganda | 4.24% | 2023 |
| 150 | Nigeria | 4.19% | 2023 |
| 151 | Belize | 4.15% | 2023 |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 4.12% | 2023 |
| 153 | Niger | 4.05% | 2023 |
| 154 | Bahrain | 4% | 2023 |
| 155 | Malaysia | 3.96% | 2023 |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.91% | 2023 |
| 157 | Mali | 3.81% | 2023 |
| 158 | Kazakhstan | 3.77% | 2023 |
| 159 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.74% | 2023 |
| 160 | Guinea | 3.69% | 2023 |
| 161 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.68% | 2023 |
| 162 | Eritrea | 3.68% | 2023 |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 3.68% | 2023 |
| 164 | Fiji | 3.62% | 2023 |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 166 | Oman | 3.49% | 2023 |
| 167 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.43% | 2023 |
| 168 | Madagascar | 3.43% | 2023 |
| 169 | India | 3.34% | 2023 |
| 170 | Benin | 3.34% | 2023 |
| 171 | Congo, Rep. | 3.3% | 2023 |
| 172 | Haiti | 3.19% | 2023 |
| 173 | Gabon | 3.13% | 2023 |
| 174 | Monaco | 3.12% | 2023 |
| 175 | Tanzania | 3.05% | 2023 |
| 176 | Ghana | 2.95% | 2023 |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 2.93% | 2023 |
| 178 | Gambia, The | 2.89% | 2023 |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 2.87% | 2023 |
| 180 | Sudan | 2.85% | 2023 |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 182 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.71% | 2023 |
| 183 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2023 |
| 184 | Angola | 2.55% | 2023 |
| 185 | Qatar | 2.52% | 2023 |
| 186 | Pakistan | 2.52% | 2023 |
| 187 | Guyana | 2.47% | 2023 |
| 188 | Djibouti | 2.28% | 2023 |
| 189 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.23% | 2023 |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 2.17% | 2023 |
| 191 | Lao PDR | 1.33% | 2023 |
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://apps.who.int/nha/database View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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