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Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) — series 3

Name: Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) — series 3
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, % of gdp, domestic, general, government, expenditure, gdp, series

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•193 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

3.7% of GDP

Median: 3.1% of GDP

Countries Covered

193

with available data

Highest

Tuvalu

19.7% of GDP

Lowest

Afghanistan

0.2% of GDP

Top 5 Countries

1Tuvalu19.7% of GDP

2Nauru15.2% of GDP

3Marshall Islands10.1% of GDP

4Sweden9.6% of GDP

5Germany9.3% of GDP

By Region

Oceania7.8% of GDP(2 countries)

Europe6.4% of GDP(32 countries)

North America5.5% of GDP(4 countries)

South America5.2% of GDP(7 countries)

Other3.1% of GDP(114 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2% of GDP)High (19.7% of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.7% of GDP)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Other (114)

Asia (25)

Africa (9)

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 2024; 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	Tuvalu	19.7% of GDP
2	Nauru	15.2% of GDP
3	Marshall Islands	10.1% of GDP
4	Sweden	9.6% of GDP
5	Germany	9.3% of GDP
6	Japan	9.1% of GDP
7	United States of America	9.0% of GDP
8	United Kingdom	9.0% of GDP
9	Kiribati	8.6% of GDP
10	Austria	8.5% of GDP
11	Finland	8.5% of GDP
12	Norway	8.1% of GDP
13	Belgium	8.0% of GDP
14	Canada	7.9% of GDP
15	France	7.9% of GDP
16	New Zealand	7.9% of GDP
17	Denmark	7.8% of GDP
18	Cuba	7.8% of GDP
19	Australia	7.7% of GDP
20	Timor-Leste	7.5% of GDP
21	Maldives	7.3% of GDP
22	Iceland	7.3% of GDP
23	Czech Republic	7.1% of GDP
24	Slovenia	6.8% of GDP
25	Spain	6.7% of GDP
26	Netherlands	6.7% of GDP
27	Montenegro	6.7% of GDP
28	Palau	6.6% of GDP
29	Uruguay	6.5% of GDP
30	Libya	6.3% of GDP
31	Cyprus	6.2% of GDP
32	Argentina	6.2% of GDP
33	Portugal	6.2% of GDP
34	Italy	6.1% of GDP
35	Croatia	6.0% of GDP
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0% of GDP
37	Lesotho	5.8% of GDP
38	Malta	5.8% of GDP
39	Slovakia	5.8% of GDP
40	San Marino	5.7% of GDP
41	Colombia	5.7% of GDP
42	Estonia	5.7% of GDP
43	El Salvador	5.6% of GDP
44	Namibia	5.5% of GDP
45	Poland	5.5% of GDP
46	South Africa	5.5% of GDP
47	Andorra	5.5% of GDP
48	Serbia	5.3% of GDP
49	Luxembourg	5.1% of GDP
50	Chile	5.1% of GDP
51	Ireland	5.0% of GDP
52	Bulgaria	5.0% of GDP
53	Russian Federation	4.9% of GDP
54	South Korea	4.9% of GDP
55	Jamaica	4.9% of GDP
56	Nicaragua	4.8% of GDP
57	Lithuania	4.8% of GDP
58	Belarus	4.7% of GDP
59	Botswana	4.7% of GDP
60	Samoa	4.7% of GDP
61	Moldova, Republic of	4.7% of GDP
62	Ecuador	4.7% of GDP
63	Hungary	4.7% of GDP
64	Bolivia	4.7% of GDP
65	Paraguay	4.6% of GDP
66	Israel	4.6% of GDP
67	Costa Rica	4.6% of GDP
68	State of Palestine	4.4% of GDP
69	Saudi Arabia	4.4% of GDP
70	Kuwait	4.4% of GDP
71	Romania	4.3% of GDP
72	Latvia	4.3% of GDP
73	Tunisia	4.3% of GDP
74	Brazil	4.3% of GDP
75	The Republic of North Macedonia	4.3% of GDP
76	Ukraine	4.3% of GDP
77	Panama	4.3% of GDP
78	Greece	4.2% of GDP
79	Liechtenstein	3.9% of GDP
80	Switzerland	3.9% of GDP
81	Trinidad and Tobago	3.6% of GDP
82	Peru	3.6% of GDP
83	Thailand	3.5% of GDP
84	Albania	3.5% of GDP
85	Jordan	3.4% of GDP
86	Morocco	3.4% of GDP
87	Cape Verde	3.4% of GDP
88	Tonga	3.4% of GDP
89	People's Republic of China	3.4% of GDP
90	Solomon Islands	3.4% of GDP
91	Dominica	3.4% of GDP
92	Suriname	3.4% of GDP
93	United Arab Emirates	3.3% of GDP
94	Türkiye	3.2% of GDP
95	Eswatini	3.2% of GDP
96	Bahamas	3.2% of GDP
97	Seychelles	3.1% of GDP
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.1% of GDP
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.1% of GDP
100	Oman	3.0% of GDP
101	Dominican Republic	2.9% of GDP
102	Bhutan	2.9% of GDP
103	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.8% of GDP
104	Mongolia	2.7% of GDP
105	Fiji	2.7% of GDP
106	Belize	2.7% of GDP
107	Mexico	2.7% of GDP
108	Monaco	2.7% of GDP
109	Singapore	2.6% of GDP
110	Iraq	2.5% of GDP
111	Kazakhstan	2.5% of GDP
112	Mauritius	2.5% of GDP
113	Honduras	2.5% of GDP
114	Burkina Faso	2.5% of GDP
115	Guatemala	2.4% of GDP
116	Zambia	2.4% of GDP
117	Rwanda	2.4% of GDP
118	Kyrgyzstan	2.4% of GDP
119	Uzbekistan	2.4% of GDP
120	Saint Lucia	2.4% of GDP
121	Bahrain	2.4% of GDP
122	Vanuatu	2.3% of GDP
123	Georgia	2.3% of GDP
124	Algeria	2.3% of GDP
125	Antigua and Barbuda	2.3% of GDP
126	Barbados	2.3% of GDP
127	Mozambique	2.2% of GDP
128	Philippines	2.2% of GDP
129	Sao Tome and Principe	2.1% of GDP
130	Lebanon	2.1% of GDP
131	Papua New Guinea	2.1% of GDP
132	Grenada	2.1% of GDP
133	Qatar	2.1% of GDP
134	Brunei Darussalam	2.1% of GDP
135	Gabon	2.1% of GDP
136	Vietnam	2.0% of GDP
137	Malaysia	2.0% of GDP
138	Kenya	2.0% of GDP
139	Nepal	1.9% of GDP
140	Tajikistan	1.9% of GDP
141	Ghana	1.9% of GDP
142	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.8% of GDP
143	Guyana	1.7% of GDP
144	Egypt	1.6% of GDP
145	Central African Republic	1.5% of GDP
146	Mauritania	1.5% of GDP
147	Armenia	1.5% of GDP
148	Indonesia	1.4% of GDP
149	Cote d'Ivoire	1.4% of GDP
150	Azerbaijan	1.4% of GDP
151	Mali	1.3% of GDP
152	Burundi	1.3% of GDP
153	India	1.3% of GDP
154	Liberia	1.3% of GDP
155	Republic of The Gambia	1.3% of GDP
156	Chad	1.3% of GDP
157	Cambodia	1.2% of GDP
158	Sri Lanka	1.2% of GDP
159	Venezuela	1.2% of GDP
160	Senegal	1.2% of GDP
161	Angola	1.1% of GDP
162	Equatorial Guinea	1.1% of GDP
163	Republic of the Congo	1.1% of GDP
164	Djibouti	1.1% of GDP
165	Madagascar	1.0% of GDP
166	Niger	1.0% of GDP
167	United Republic of Tanzania	1.0% of GDP
168	Zimbabwe	0.9% of GDP
169	Turkmenistan	0.9% of GDP
170	Guinea-Bissau	0.9% of GDP
171	Uganda	0.9% of GDP
172	Pakistan	0.9% of GDP
173	Eritrea	0.8% of GDP
174	Comoros	0.8% of GDP
175	Malawi	0.8% of GDP
176	Yemen	0.8% of GDP
177	Guinea	0.8% of GDP
178	Sierra Leone	0.8% of GDP
179	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.7% of GDP
180	Togo	0.7% of GDP
181	Cameroon	0.7% of GDP
182	Ethiopia	0.6% of GDP
183	Nigeria	0.6% of GDP
184	Sudan	0.6% of GDP
185	Somalia	0.5% of GDP
186	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.5% of GDP
187	South Sudan	0.5% of GDP
188	Myanmar	0.5% of GDP
189	Benin	0.5% of GDP
190	Syrian Arab Republic	0.4% of GDP
191	Bangladesh	0.3% of GDP
192	Haiti	0.3% of GDP
193	Afghanistan	0.2% of GDP

Showing 193 of 193 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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