health2025

Public health expenditure as a share of GDP

Name: Public health expenditure as a share of GDP
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, % of gdp, public, expenditure, share, gdp

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•60 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

6.1% of GDP

Median: 6.1% of GDP

Countries Covered

60

with available data

Highest

United States of America

14.6% of GDP

Lowest

India

1.4% of GDP

Top 5 Countries

1United States of America14.6% of GDP

2Germany11.0% of GDP

3France9.4% of GDP

4Sweden9.3% of GDP

5United Kingdom9.2% of GDP

By Region

North America8.6% of GDP(3 countries)

Oceania8.0% of GDP(2 countries)

Europe6.9% of GDP(32 countries)

South America5.3% of GDP(5 countries)

Other4.6% of GDP(10 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.4% of GDP)High (14.6% of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.1% of GDP)

North America (3)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (5)

Other (10)

Africa (1)

Asia (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	United States of America	14.6% of GDP
2	Germany	11.0% of GDP
3	France	9.4% of GDP
4	Sweden	9.3% of GDP
5	United Kingdom	9.2% of GDP
6	Austria	9.0% of GDP
7	Japan	8.7% of GDP
8	Finland	8.5% of GDP
9	Netherlands	8.5% of GDP
10	Slovenia	8.3% of GDP
11	Belgium	8.2% of GDP
12	Australia	8.2% of GDP
13	Canada	8.1% of GDP
14	Switzerland	8.0% of GDP
15	Norway	8.0% of GDP
16	Denmark	7.9% of GDP
17	New Zealand	7.8% of GDP
18	Iceland	7.7% of GDP
19	Czech Republic	7.6% of GDP
20	Poland	6.9% of GDP
21	Montenegro	6.8% of GDP
22	Spain	6.5% of GDP
23	Portugal	6.5% of GDP
24	Colombia	6.5% of GDP
25	Croatia	6.4% of GDP
26	Slovakia	6.4% of GDP
27	Cyprus	6.3% of GDP
28	Argentina	6.3% of GDP
29	Italy	6.2% of GDP
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.1% of GDP
31	Estonia	6.1% of GDP
32	Chile	5.9% of GDP
33	Malta	5.7% of GDP
34	Bulgaria	5.5% of GDP
35	Serbia	5.2% of GDP
36	Latvia	5.2% of GDP
37	Moldova, Republic of	5.2% of GDP
38	Lithuania	5.2% of GDP
39	Luxembourg	5.1% of GDP
40	Greece	5.0% of GDP
41	South Korea	5.0% of GDP
42	Hungary	4.8% of GDP
43	Romania	4.8% of GDP
44	Ireland	4.7% of GDP
45	Costa Rica	4.7% of GDP
46	Israel	4.6% of GDP
47	Ukraine	4.3% of GDP
48	Brazil	4.3% of GDP
49	The Republic of North Macedonia	4.3% of GDP
50	South Africa	4.1% of GDP
51	Liechtenstein	3.7% of GDP
52	Peru	3.6% of GDP
53	Albania	3.6% of GDP
54	Türkiye	3.5% of GDP
55	Thailand	3.5% of GDP
56	People's Republic of China	3.4% of GDP
57	Mexico	3.2% of GDP
58	Georgia	2.2% of GDP
59	Indonesia	1.5% of GDP
60	India	1.4% of GDP

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Topics

#health #% of gdp #public #expenditure #share #gdp

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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