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Health expenditure to GDP

32 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 10.2 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

12.2 %

Germany

EU average

10.2 %

27 member states

Median country

8.6 %

half above, half below

Range

5.3 to 12.2

Liechtenstein - Germany

How to read it

Across 32 countries, the highest value is in Germany (12.2 %) and the lowest in Liechtenstein (5.3 %).

Half of the countries are above 8.6 % and half below.

The EU average is 10.2 %; 8 of 32 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 9.9 % in 2014 to 10.2 % in 2024.

Health care expenditure by financing scheme
Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) · All financing schemes

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Health spending over time

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Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Germany in chart	1	Germany	12.2	+2.1
Austria in chart	2	Austria	11.7	+1.6
Switzerland in chart	3	Switzerland non-EU	11.4	+1.2
France in chart	4	France	11.3	+1.2
Sweden in chart	5	Sweden	11.2	+1.0
Belgium in chart	6	Belgium	11.1	+0.9
Finland in chart	7	Finland	10.6	+0.5
Portugal in chart	8	Portugal	10.2	0
Netherlands in chart	9	Netherlands	10.1	−0.1
Denmark in chart	10	Denmark	9.6	−0.6
Slovenia in chart	11	Slovenia	9.3	−0.9
Spain in chart	12	Spain	9.3	−0.9
Iceland in chart	13	Iceland non-EU	9.2	−1.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	14	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	9.0	−1.2
Malta in chart	15	Malta	8.7	−1.5
Czechia in chart	16	Czechia	8.7	−1.5
Bulgaria in chart	17	Bulgaria	8.5	−1.6
Italy in chart	18	Italy	8.5	−1.7
Greece in chart	19	Greece	8.4	−1.8
Latvia in chart	20	Latvia	8.4	−1.8
Cyprus in chart	21	Cyprus	8.0	−2.2
Slovakia in chart	22	Slovakia	8.0	−2.2
Estonia in chart	23	Estonia	8.0	−2.2
Poland in chart	24	Poland	7.8	−2.3
Lithuania in chart	25	Lithuania	7.6	−2.5
Croatia in chart	26	Croatia	7.6	−2.6
Moldova in chart	27	Moldova non-EU	7.3	−2.9
Hungary in chart	28	Hungary	6.5	−3.7
Ireland in chart	29	Ireland	6.5	−3.7
Romania in chart	30	Romania	6.2	−4.0
Luxembourg in chart	31	Luxembourg	5.7	−4.4
Liechtenstein in chart	32	Liechtenstein non-EU	5.3	−4.8

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart, up to six at a time - a chart with more lines stops being readable. The ranking is for the latest period in which most countries have a value. EU and euro area aggregates do not take part in the ranking.