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World Health Care Expenditures (% of GDP)

Three-Year Averages (2019-2021) of World Health Organization health expenditure data, expressed as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This shows the size of the health sector in the whole economy, as well as the balance of its financing mechanisms (e.g., public spending, household out-of-pockets, private health insurance, etc.)

Bar chart showing health care spending per country; data is available as a table following this image

Public health expenditure data is derived from "Domestic General Government Health Expenditure (GGHE-D) as % Gross Domestic Product (GDP)." Household out-of-pocket health expenditures is derived from "Out-of-pocket (OOPS) as % of Current Health Expenditure (CHE)" and "Current Health Expenditure (CHE) as % Gross Domestic Product (GDP)."
Source: WHO Global Health Expenditure Update 2022

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World Health Care Expenditures (% of GDP)
Three-Year Averages (2019-2021)
Country Domestic General Government (Public) Household Out-of-Pocket Other (Private Insurance, External) Total Current Health Expenditure (CHE)
Tuvalu 16.85% 0.07% 4.30% 21.21%
Cuba 10.61% 1.17% 0.01% 11.79%
Palau 10.11% 1.95% 4.99% 17.05%
Nauru 9.91% 0.10% 2.07% 12.08%
Germany 9.68% 1.62% 1.14% 12.44%
United States of America 9.61% 1.88% 6.25% 17.75%
Sweden 9.55% 1.49% 0.12% 11.16%
Kiribati 9.33% 0.01% 2.17% 11.51%
United Kingdom 9.23% 1.69% 0.34% 11.26%
Norway 9.15% 1.49% 0.04% 10.68%
Japan 9.10% 1.38% 0.35% 10.83%
Denmark 8.89% 1.36% 0.25% 10.50%
France 8.85% 1.07% 1.73% 11.65%
Canada 8.67% 1.58% 1.61% 11.86%
Austria 8.60% 1.97% 0.80% 11.37%
Belgium 8.43% 1.90% 0.53% 10.86%
Australia 7.77% 1.49% 1.18% 10.44%
Iceland 7.69% 1.40% 0.16% 9.25%
Finland 7.59% 1.59% 0.22% 9.39%
San Marino 7.58% 0.89% 0.05% 8.52%
Maldives 7.52% 1.63% 0.35% 9.50%
New Zealand 7.45% 1.16% 1.15% 9.76%
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7.29% 1.08% 2.46% 10.83%
Czech Republic 7.25% 1.08% 0.10% 8.42%
Spain 7.14% 2.05% 0.73% 9.93%
Italy 6.93% 2.07% 0.25% 9.25%
Marshall Islands 6.59% 0.16% 7.17% 13.92%
Slovenia 6.55% 1.09% 1.40% 9.04%
Portugal 6.53% 3.04% 0.85% 10.42%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.53% 2.75% 0.17% 9.45%
Malta 6.48% 3.23% 0.32% 10.04%
Uruguay 6.41% 1.49% 1.37% 9.27%
Argentina 6.34% 2.48% 0.91% 9.73%
Colombia 6.15% 1.19% 1.22% 8.55%
Montenegro 6.09% 3.71% 0.08% 9.88%
Andorra 5.96% 0.97% 1.30% 8.23%
Croatia 5.96% 0.80% 0.53% 7.29%
Slovakia 5.64% 1.34% 0.11% 7.09%
Estonia 5.56% 1.68% 0.11% 7.35%
Lesotho 5.55% 1.66% 4.39% 11.59%
Costa Rica 5.44% 1.61% 0.49% 7.54%
Niue 5.35% 0.07% 2.10% 7.52%
Israel 5.35% 1.51% 1.04% 7.90%
Panama 5.32% 3.10% 0.57% 9.00%
Nicaragua 5.30% 2.81% 0.48% 8.59%
Ireland 5.28% 0.74% 0.81% 6.83%
Bolivia Plurinational States of  5.27% 1.67% 0.43% 7.37%
El Salvador 5.26% 3.16% 0.76% 9.18%
Suriname 5.23% 1.36% 1.01% 7.60%
Kuwait 5.19% 0.58% 0.06% 5.83%
Serbia 5.19% 3.17% 0.34% 8.70%
Chile 5.14% 2.85% 1.40% 9.39%
South Africa 5.07% 0.47% 2.88% 8.41%
Republic of Korea 5.05% 2.33% 0.87% 8.25%
Cyprus 5.02% 1.73% 0.77% 7.52%
5% GDP 5.00%      
Lithuania 4.99% 2.27% 0.20% 7.46%
Ecuador 4.90% 2.64% 0.61% 8.15%
Romania 4.81% 1.14% 0.06% 6.01%
Luxembourg 4.79% 0.49% 0.24% 5.52%
Hungary 4.72% 1.81% 0.25% 6.77%
Poland 4.66% 1.32% 0.53% 6.51%
Bulgaria 4.64% 2.95% 0.21% 7.80%
Greece 4.55% 2.97% 1.34% 8.86%
Belize 4.52% 1.49% 0.49% 6.50%
The Republic of North Macedonia 4.51% 2.91% 0.05% 7.48%
Botswana 4.50% 0.28% 1.38% 6.15%
Timor-Leste 4.46% 0.68% 2.76% 7.90%
Seychelles 4.43% 1.11% 0.10% 5.63%
Russian Federation 4.36% 2.13% 0.13% 6.62%
Latvia 4.34% 2.37% 0.33% 7.03%
Belarus 4.33% 1.55% 0.25% 6.13%
Oman 4.32% 0.26% 0.28% 4.86%
Brazil 4.26% 2.36% 3.35% 9.96%
Jamaica 4.23% 1.00% 1.12% 6.35%
Samoa 4.23% 0.63% 0.81% 5.67%
Namibia 4.20% 0.67% 3.81% 8.68%
Republic of Moldova 4.09% 2.19% 0.29% 6.57%
Algeria 4.01% 2.18% 0.10% 6.29%
Switzerland 3.91% 2.73% 4.90% 11.54%
Bahamas 3.80% 1.62% 1.32% 6.75%
Jordan 3.79% 2.28% 1.45% 7.52%
Peru 3.77% 1.47% 0.53% 5.76%
Paraguay 3.71% 2.96% 0.70% 7.37%
Türkiye 3.51% 0.75% 0.22% 4.49%
Solomon Islands 3.48% 0.17% 0.80% 4.45%
Cabo Verde Republic of 3.48% 1.39% 0.68% 5.54%
Ukraine 3.46% 3.64% 0.26% 7.36%
Guyana 3.46% 1.52% 0.24% 5.22%
Eswatini 3.43% 0.72% 2.47% 6.63%
Dominica 3.41% 1.70% 0.27% 5.39%
Trinidad and Tobago 3.26% 3.29% 0.52% 7.07%
Tunisia 3.26% 2.34% 0.31% 5.91%
Honduras 3.25% 4.36% 0.87% 8.48%
Barbados 3.24% 2.92% 0.53% 6.70%
Mauritius 3.19% 2.80% 0.44% 6.43%
Lebanon 3.09% 3.19% 1.65% 7.93%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.07% 1.27% 0.24% 4.57%
China 3.03% 1.92% 0.53% 5.47%
Bhutan 3.02% 0.66% 0.30% 3.99%
Qatar 3.01% 0.38% 0.46% 3.85%
Micronesia (Federated States of) 3.00% 0.29% 8.12% 11.41%
Mexico 2.98% 2.37% 0.49% 5.84%
Tonga 2.97% 0.26% 1.80% 5.03%
Antigua and Barbuda 2.96% 1.18% 0.85% 5.00%
Thailand 2.93% 0.39% 0.79% 4.11%
Iran 2.92% 2.16% 0.57% 5.64%
Dominican Republic 2.91% 1.21% 0.47% 4.59%
Cook Islands 2.84% 0.22% 0.10% 3.16%
United Arab Emirates 2.82% 0.59% 1.57% 4.99%
Mongolia 2.81% 1.32% 0.43% 4.55%
Georgia 2.76% 3.34% 1.04% 7.13%
Singapore 2.73% 1.24% 1.27% 5.23%
Rwanda 2.71% 0.77% 3.34% 6.82%
Uzbekistan 2.67% 3.37% 0.04% 6.09%
Bahrain 2.63% 1.23% 0.49% 4.34%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.59% 2.34% 0.22% 5.15%
Burkina Faso 2.58% 2.10% 1.37% 6.05%
Fiji 2.53% 0.51% 0.74% 3.78%
Saint Lucia 2.48% 2.37% 0.68% 5.54%
Sao Tome and Principe 2.43% 0.98% 1.65% 5.07%
Iraq 2.43% 2.22% 0.02% 4.67%
Guatemala 2.43% 3.55% 0.35% 6.33%
Burundi 2.40% 1.99% 2.13% 6.52%
Morocco 2.39% 2.50% 0.79% 5.68%
Kyrgyzstan 2.35% 2.25% 0.28% 4.88%
Zambia 2.29% 0.52% 2.66% 5.47%
Vanuatu 2.24% 0.28% 1.12% 3.64%
Niger 2.18% 2.65% 1.10% 5.93%
Grenada 2.17% 2.96% 0.24% 5.38%
Brunei Darussalam 2.16% 0.13% 0.00% 2.29%
Philippines 2.14% 2.24% 0.58% 4.96%
Mozambique 2.14% 0.76% 4.89% 7.79%
Malaysia 2.09% 1.43% 0.46% 3.98%
Viet Nam 2.08% 2.06% 0.72% 4.86%
Kazakhstan 2.07% 1.01% 0.21% 3.29%
Tajikistan 2.03% 5.16% 0.38% 7.56%
Kenya 2.02% 1.05% 1.26% 4.33%
Cambodia 1.87% 4.50% 0.83% 7.20%
Armenia 1.87% 9.60% 0.34% 11.81%
Malawi 1.82% 0.96% 2.50% 5.29%
Gabon 1.79% 0.67% 0.64% 3.10%
Sri Lanka 1.68% 1.89% 0.30% 3.86%
Ghana 1.67% 1.23% 0.79% 3.69%
Indonesia 1.64% 1.05% 0.47% 3.16%
United Republic of Tanzania 1.59% 0.86% 1.37% 3.81%
Papua New Guinea 1.53% 0.22% 0.67% 2.43%
Congo 1.53% 1.18% 0.80% 3.52%
Liberia 1.47% 4.54% 2.96% 8.97%
Azerbaijan 1.43% 2.90% 0.01% 4.34%
Mali 1.40% 1.22% 1.48% 4.09%
Egypt 1.38% 2.80% 0.42% 4.60%
Monaco 1.38% 0.12% 0.10% 1.60%
Senegal 1.37% 2.18% 1.27% 4.82%
Gambia 1.35% 0.63% 0.91% 2.89%
Madagascar 1.33% 1.27% 1.23% 3.83%
Nepal 1.32% 2.70% 0.79% 4.81%
Sierra Leone 1.30% 4.88% 2.62% 8.80%
Mauritania 1.30% 1.54% 0.52% 3.35%
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.22% 0.90% 0.88% 3.00%
Côte d'Ivoire 1.17% 1.21% 1.12% 3.51%
Angola 1.16% 1.04% 0.58% 2.78%
Sudan 1.07% 2.29% 0.47% 3.83%
Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.06% 1.11% 0.48% 2.65%
Togo 1.05% 3.73% 1.02% 5.80%
India 1.03% 1.53% 0.38% 2.95%
Turkmenistan 1.01% 4.38% 0.30% 5.68%
Central African Republic 1.01% 4.86% 2.75% 8.62%
Pakistan 0.99% 1.62% 0.29% 2.90%
Djibouti 0.99% 0.58% 0.44% 2.01%
Guinea 0.94% 2.16% 0.95% 4.06%
Ethiopia 0.85% 1.19% 1.31% 3.36%
Eritrea 0.82% 1.89% 1.57% 4.28%
Chad 0.81% 3.02% 1.11% 4.94%
Comoros 0.80% 3.41% 1.05% 5.26%
Afghanistan 0.75% 12.00% 2.98% 15.73%
Equatorial Guinea 0.74% 2.54% 0.12% 3.40%
Myanmar 0.74% 3.59% 0.33% 4.65%
Benin 0.70% 1.07% 0.68% 2.45%
Zimbabwe 0.64% 0.35% 2.55% 3.54%
Uganda 0.62% 1.47% 1.79% 3.88%
Guinea-Bissau 0.62% 5.43% 2.33% 8.38%
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.61% 1.48% 1.71% 3.80%
South Sudan 0.60% 1.14% 3.22% 4.96%
Cameroon 0.51% 2.60% 0.60% 3.71%
Bangladesh 0.50% 1.92% 0.21% 2.62%
Nigeria 0.49% 2.33% 0.37% 3.18%
Haiti 0.41% 1.53% 1.62% 3.57%