Current health expenditure in Oceania

14 countries in Oceania, 2023. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
27.1 %
Tuvalu
Median country
10.3 %
half above, half below
World
10.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
2.9 to 27.1
Papua New Guinea - Tuvalu

How to read it

Across 14 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Tuvalu (27.1 %) and the lowest in Papua New Guinea (2.9 %).

The median country is at 10.3 %: half are above, half below.

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) · licence

Health spending over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Tuvalu27.1
2Nauru18.2
3Marshall Islands13.4
4Federated States of Micronesia12.9
5Kiribati10.9
6Palau10.9
7Australia10.4
8New Zealand10.1
9Tonga7.4
10Samoa6.8
11Solomon Islands5.4
12Vanuatu4.1
13Fiji3.6
14Papua New Guinea2.9
World Bank, WDI · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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