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Current health expenditure
192 countries, 2023.
Unit: % of GDP.
First in the ranking
27.1 %
Median country
6.3 %
half above, half below
World
10.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.3 to 27.1
Laos - Tuvalu
How to read it
Across 192 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Tuvalu (27.1 %) and the lowest in Laos (1.3 %).
The median country is at 6.3 %: half are above, half below.
For the world as a whole, the value rose from 8.6 % in 2000 to 10.1 % in 2023.
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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Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://apps.who.int/nha/database · via World Bank WDI (SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS) ·
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Health spending over time
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Ranking of countries
2023
Biggest changes, 2013-2023
change in percentage points · 190 countries
Continents over time
median country of each continent
Health spending - continent medians
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2000
Africa: 3.99
Asia: 4.15
Europe: 6.77
North America: 5.24
South America: 5.87
Oceania: 7.53 2001
Africa: 4.01
Asia: 4.31
Europe: 6.86
North America: 5.12
South America: 5.61
Oceania: 7.63 2002
Africa: 4.18
Asia: 4.11
Europe: 7.25
North America: 5.41
South America: 5.33
Oceania: 7.89 2003
Africa: 4.3
Asia: 4.08
Europe: 7.59
North America: 5.28
South America: 5.78
Oceania: 7.8 2004
Africa: 4.57
Asia: 4.23
Europe: 7.77
North America: 5.68
South America: 5.8
Oceania: 7.81 2005
Africa: 4.37
Asia: 3.95
Europe: 7.99
North America: 5.58
South America: 5.86
Oceania: 8.45 2006
Africa: 4.84
Asia: 3.85
Europe: 7.87
North America: 5.41
South America: 5.94
Oceania: 8.32 2007
Africa: 4.61
Asia: 3.75
Europe: 7.81
North America: 5.51
South America: 5.56
Oceania: 8.19 2008
Africa: 4.47
Asia: 3.84
Europe: 7.89
North America: 5.45
South America: 5.52
Oceania: 8.33 2009
Africa: 4.68
Asia: 4.16
Europe: 8.64
North America: 5.85
South America: 6.03
Oceania: 8.84 2010
Africa: 4.69
Asia: 3.92
Europe: 8.32
North America: 5.49
South America: 6.35
Oceania: 8.59 2011
Africa: 4.5
Asia: 3.72
Europe: 8.29
North America: 5.91
South America: 6.61
Oceania: 8.26 2012
Africa: 4.57
Asia: 3.99
Europe: 8.51
North America: 5.82
South America: 6.75
Oceania: 8.4 2013
Africa: 4.77
Asia: 4.27
Europe: 8.3
North America: 5.68
South America: 6.78
Oceania: 8.73 2014
Africa: 4.79
Asia: 4.26
Europe: 8.29
North America: 5.64
South America: 6.77
Oceania: 8.54 2015
Africa: 5.01
Asia: 4.71
Europe: 8.27
North America: 5.65
South America: 7.52
Oceania: 8.05 2016
Africa: 5.02
Asia: 4.72
Europe: 8.15
North America: 6.07
South America: 7.53
Oceania: 8.91 2017
Africa: 4.79
Asia: 4.36
Europe: 7.9
North America: 6.14
South America: 7.52
Oceania: 9.15 2018
Africa: 4.71
Asia: 4.53
Europe: 8.07
North America: 6.11
South America: 7.23
Oceania: 9.33 2019
Africa: 4.62
Asia: 4.45
Europe: 8.12
North America: 5.7
South America: 7.82
Oceania: 9.39 2020
Africa: 5.44
Asia: 5.21
Europe: 8.78
North America: 7.01
South America: 8.31
Oceania: 9.98 2021
Africa: 5.05
Asia: 5.26
Europe: 9.15
North America: 7.21
South America: 8.27
Oceania: 10.03 2022
Africa: 4.47
Asia: 4.91
Europe: 8.28
North America: 6.64
South America: 7.6
Oceania: 10.21 2023
Africa: 4.52
Asia: 4.97
Europe: 8.21
North America: 6.3
South America: 7.86
Oceania: 10.26 2000
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