Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country

This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of national gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation. Total expenditure includes both public and private health expenditures. See also: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.

The first table uses OECD data and lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and a few other countries. The first table lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The next table lists nearly all countries. It uses data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development A country list from OECD Data at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD member countries and some other countries. Click on the "Health expenditure and financing" link. Make selections. Apply (may need to go full-screen to see button at bottom). Choose table output. Download table in Excel. This link has the selections too, and may be a better place to start. If problems, check platform and data status.Health spending. OECD. Percent of GDP by OECD country. Pick year by dragging timeline to year of choice from 1970 to most recent year available. Click 3-dot menu for choice of expanded bar chart, CSV file for that year, or SVG image of the bar chart.

Table 1

Area links below are "Healthcare in Area" links.

+ Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product) Areas 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 .. 10.4 10.5 11.1 10.7 10.3 9.9 9.9 10.5 10.7 11.8 11.2 11.2 12.2 11.4 11 10.8 10.7 11.3 11.5 .. .. 9.4 9.6 9.6 .. 7.9 7.6 8.6 8.4 11.3 11.2 11.1 12.4 13 10.5 10.2 10 9.7 9.7 .. .. 5.2 5.3 5.5 8.1 8.2 7.6 9.1 8.7 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.6 7.8 .. 7.1 7.3 8.1 7.7 .. 8.1 9 9.5 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.5 9.2 9 9.4 9.5 9.5 10.7 10.7 7.8 7.5 6.9 7.5 7.5 10.6 10.5 9.7 9.9 9.7 11.5 11.5 11.8 12.2 12.1 12.3 11.7 12.4 12.7 12.5 8.1 8.4 8.4 9 9.4 6.5 6.4 6.6 7.3 7.2 9 8.7 9.1 9.7 9.6 .. .. 3.3 3.3 3.3 .. 2.7 2.7 3.7 3.4 6.9 6.6 6 6.4 7 7.6 7.1 7.1 7.8 7.7 8.4 8.4 8.9 9.3 9.6 10.6 10.7 12.3 12.1 11.5 8.4 8.5 8.8 8.3 8 7.6 7.3 8.1 9.4 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.7 7.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 .. 8.8 9.8 10.6 10.7 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.1 10 9.8 10 11.1 11 10.1 10.1 10.6 9.6 9.3 9.7 9.4 7.9 9.8 11.4 .. 5.6 6.1 6.7 6.3 8.1 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.4 10.2 10 10.5 11.2 10.5 .. 5.7 5.8 6.5 6.2 8.4 7.4 7.7 7.6 7.1 9.9 9.3 9.6 9.5 9.5 .. .. 8.7 8.7 9 9.2 9.2 9.7 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.3 10.9 11.3 11.4 11.8 11.7 11.6 12 12 .. 4.5 5.4 5.2 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.6 4.6 .. .. .. 8.2 7.6 11.1 11 11.1 12.1 12.1 17.2 16.7 16.5 17.4 18.5

Bar chart and graphs

Health spending by OECD country, and some other countries. Percent of GDP (gross domestic product).2024 data: Figure 7.1. Health expenditure as a share of GDP, 2024 (or nearest year) . From: Health expenditure in relation to GDP. Health at a Glance 2025. OECD. It is also on page 155 of the full report PDF. StatLink: https://stat.link/15fht6 - is just Figure 7.1 bar chart, and the data table for it. Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018.Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier. May 26, 2017. By Max Roser at Our World in Data. Click the sources tab under the chart for info on the countries, healthcare expenditures, and data sources. See the later version of the chart here. See: list of countries by life expectancy. Health care cost as percent of GDP over time for a few OECD countries.

World Health Organization A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database.Global Health Expenditure Database. Data Explorer. World Health Organization. Set up a table by selecting options in the left sidebar. Then click "Download all data in XLSX format". It will have GDP to one decimal place. Then click "view data and build report" to get a table with year columns, and country rows. See if it still only has integer GDP numbers. Print it out, or download in various formats. Years were selected to get the latest year for these 5 countries included in the table: Albania, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen.

Table 2

Asterisk (*) indicates "Healthcare in <location>" or "Health in <location>" links.

+ Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product)Location2011201220142018202020218.6 7.9 9.5 14.2 15.5 16.86.1 6.1 6.4 6.7 5.3 6.0 6.5 6.2 6.3 7.7 6.7 6.8 7.4 9.1 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.9 5.4 5.5 5.9 4.8 5.6 9.4 9.8 9.7 9.5 10.0 9.4 9.1 10.2 10.0 12.2 8.5 8.7 9.8 10.1 10.6 10.0 10.2 10.4 10.3 11.5 12.22.4 3.0 3.4 3.6 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 7.6 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 6.9 7.8 7.0 6.6 7.2 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.5 6.4 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.8 11.1 5.7 5.4 6.2 5.8 6.9 3.1 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.6 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.2 4.4 5.2 5.3 5.9 6.6 7.9 9.2 9.5 9.5 8.9 9.8 5.9 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.2 7.8 7.7 8.4 9.5 10.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.4 7.1 7.5 7.7 7.3 8.5 4.6 4.6 5.0 5.0 6.7 10.1 8.5 7.2 7.4 6.5 4.3 5.1 5.3 5.2 6.0 7.5 7.3 6.7 6.1 7.5 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.8 12.9 11.73.7 3.9 4.6 11.0 9.4 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.6 5.4 6.8 7.0 7.8 9.2 9.8 9.14.3 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.6 6.8 6.7 7.2 7.6 9.0 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.3 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 4.5 3.6 3.2 3.3 2.7 3.2 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.9 7.7 7.7 6.6 6.8 7.8 11.3 9.3 12.1 11.0 12.5 6.4 6.6 7.0 6.8 8.1 6.9 7.0 7.6 7.5 9.2 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.1 10.5 10.83.4 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.0 5.3 5.8 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.1 4.9 3.3 3.3 4.0 3.3 4.1 6.9 7.0 7.6 6.3 9.9 6.5 6.8 6.7 7.9 8.5 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.4 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.3 9.9 1.6 1.3 2.2 3.1 3.8 5.2 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.1 5.8 5.8 6.4 6.7 7.8 7.58.5 7.8 7.3 7.2 6.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 9.2 9.6 9.8 9.0 9.6 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.2 12.2 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.4 4.4 4.3 3.1 3.3 2.6 8.0 8.0 7.9 7.1 7.6 10.8 10.9 11.0 11.5 12.8 12.84.7 4.0 4.0 3.4 4.0 9.2 8.9 7.9 8.1 9.5 5.8 5.8 4.8 4.6 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.5 3.8 3.5 4.8 3.7 4.0 6.2 5.9 10.0 7.6 8.4 4.2 3.7 3.9 4.9 5.5 5.9 5.6 4.5 4.3 3.2 8.8 8.7 7.9 7.2 9.0 9.17.5 7.4 7.0 6.6 7.3 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.4 9.6 9.73.2 3.3 3.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.4 6.1 6.1 6.4 7.5 5.3 2.8 2.7 2.8 4.1 5.1 10.6 10.6 9.5 6.9 7.1 6.77.0 7.1 7.1 7.3 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.7 9.6 9.54.4 4.4 3.7 3.1 3.7 5.2 4.9 5.2 6.0 6.6 10.5 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.9 8.1 7.8 7.2 7.8 7.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.8 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 4.3 8.6 8.6 10.0 11.9 11.6 2.3 2.3 2.9 5.2 6.3 7.1 8.5 7.4 5.0 5.3 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 6.2 7.4 8.2 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.0 9.5 9.2 9.1 11.0 11.8 9.4 8.8 9.2 9.8 9.5 6.1 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.5 7.5 7.96.0 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.44.4 3.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 5.3 6.0 6.9 6.9 5.4 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.1 7.9 8.7 7.9 7.4 11.3 4.0 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.3 8.4 8.4 9.1 8.6 10.8 13.1 13.0 13.2 15.3 13.0 2.5 2.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 4.3 4.3 5.5 5.9 6.7 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.2 13.1 12.3 11.7 11.7 11.6 9.1 9.1 8.6 6.6 6.8 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.7 3.6 3.9 4.2 3.8 4.9 8.0 8.3 8.0 8.3 11.4 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.3 6.0 5.0 5.2 6.3 8.1 7.6 1.9 2.4 4.4 4.9 4.6 9.8 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.9 9.8 9.2 7.9 11.7 12.0 4.4 4.5 5.1 4.5 5.2 10.2 10.5 10.6 10.0 11.1 11.29.5 9.7 9.4 9.0 10.0 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.5 8.6 4.9 4.3 4.5 5.3 6.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.4 19.8 10.3 10.8 8.3 7.8 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.5 7.9 8.8 8.8 9.3 10.0 11.4 10.12.5 2.6 3.6 3.7 5.3 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 10.8 11.6 12.3 11.2 18.4 7.1 6.7 7.2 7.9 9.7 2.3 2.7 3.3 2.3 2.5 5.8 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.6 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.2 6.3 4.0 4.2 3.7 4.0 5.1 5.66.2 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.69.7 9.7 9.3 9.4 10.5 11.21.6 1.7 2.4 3.3 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.6 6.3 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.4 7.6 7.9 8.1 7.0 6.7 7.3 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.4 6.7 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.8 5.4 5.1 6.6 5.1 5.3 8.2 9.2 8.5 8.5 8.7 6.8 6.5 6.7 5.8 4.9 3.7 4.0 5.2 5.5 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 5.2 9.1 9.3 9.2 8.5 8.7 4.8 5.7 4.6 5.0 6.4 13.3 10.6 19.7 8.3 8.8 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.1 6.1 7.3 7.6 6.9 6.7 7.2 8.5 8.7 8.5 8.3 9.5 9.25.0 4.9 4.9 3.9 4.4 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.6 6.0 6.1 6.5 7.5 8.4 6.3 5.3 9.2 9.2 9.1 9.0 10.7 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.1 5.6 5.7 5.7 4.5 3.0 4.4 4.3 4.5 6.7 6.8 10.4 10.7 10.9 10.9 11.4 11.310.0 10.2 10.6 11.4 11.8 2.5 3.0 5.9 6.0 6.7 7.0 8.2 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.1 6.0 6.0 3.8 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.3 4.7 4.9 5.2 6.7 7.3 6.1 6.3 6.5 5.9 6.3 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.6 3.2 3.4 4.3 5.7 5.7 14.1 13.6 14.7 18.2 21.5 6.7 6.1 5.3 4.0 4.0 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.5 7.6 3.7 3.4 3.6 4.1 5.7 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.7 12.0 11.95.1 5.0 4.0 4.2 3.7 16.1 16.1 16.2 16.6 18.8 7.9 8.1 8.1 9.0 9.2 5.3 5.5 4.4 5.1 6.7 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.3 4.0 7.2 6.4 5.8 2.4 3.8 4.6 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.7 4.8 5.2 4.8 3.5 3.9 3.8 5.1 5.6 8.1 6.9 8.1 4.7 3.4

Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country

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