health2024
Out-of-pocket as share of total expenditure (%)
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
30.6% of current health expenditure
Median: 27.6% of current health expenditure
Countries Covered
193
with available data
Highest
Armenia
80.5% of current health expenditure
Lowest
Tuvalu
0.0% of current health expenditure
Top 5 Countries
1Armenia80.5% of current health expenditure
2Bangladesh79.3% of current health expenditure
3Turkmenistan77.4% of current health expenditure
4Afghanistan77.1% of current health expenditure
5Syrian Arab Republic72.4% of current health expenditure
By Region
Africa38.6% of current health expenditure(9 countries)
Asia35.7% of current health expenditure(25 countries)
Other32.5% of current health expenditure(114 countries)
North America31.2% of current health expenditure(4 countries)
South America25.7% of current health expenditure(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0% of current health expenditure)High (80.5% of current health expenditure)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 30.6% of current health expenditure)
Africa (9)
Asia (25)
Other (114)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
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 | Armenia | 80.5% of current health expenditure |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 79.3% of current health expenditure |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 77.4% of current health expenditure |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 77.1% of current health expenditure |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.4% of current health expenditure |
| 6 | Nigeria | 71.9% of current health expenditure |
| 7 | Myanmar | 71.1% of current health expenditure |
| 8 | Yemen | 69.1% of current health expenditure |
| 9 | Cameroon | 67.7% of current health expenditure |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 66.0% of current health expenditure |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 64.6% of current health expenditure |
| 12 | Togo | 64.3% of current health expenditure |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 64.1% of current health expenditure |
| 14 | Liberia | 63.2% of current health expenditure |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 62.4% of current health expenditure |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.6% of current health expenditure |
| 17 | Cambodia | 60.6% of current health expenditure |
| 18 | Nepal | 59.4% of current health expenditure |
| 19 | Georgia | 58.8% of current health expenditure |
| 20 | Sudan | 57.4% of current health expenditure |
| 21 | Egypt | 57.2% of current health expenditure |
| 22 | Guatemala | 57.2% of current health expenditure |
| 23 | Comoros | 56.6% of current health expenditure |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 54.8% of current health expenditure |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 54.5% of current health expenditure |
| 26 | Guinea | 54.4% of current health expenditure |
| 27 | Iraq | 54.0% of current health expenditure |
| 28 | Honduras | 53.1% of current health expenditure |
| 29 | Pakistan | 52.9% of current health expenditure |
| 30 | Haiti | 52.4% of current health expenditure |
| 31 | Chad | 51.7% of current health expenditure |
| 32 | Niger | 51.5% of current health expenditure |
| 33 | Barbados | 49.5% of current health expenditure |
| 34 | Mongolia | 48.8% of current health expenditure |
| 35 | Grenada | 48.5% of current health expenditure |
| 36 | Eritrea | 48.4% of current health expenditure |
| 37 | Albania | 48.3% of current health expenditure |
| 38 | Mali | 47.2% of current health expenditure |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 46.3% of current health expenditure |
| 40 | Ukraine | 45.3% of current health expenditure |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.3% of current health expenditure |
| 42 | Mauritius | 45.2% of current health expenditure |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 45.0% of current health expenditure |
| 44 | Algeria | 45.0% of current health expenditure |
| 45 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 44.8% of current health expenditure |
| 46 | Philippines | 44.4% of current health expenditure |
| 47 | Senegal | 44.3% of current health expenditure |
| 48 | India | 43.9% of current health expenditure |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 43.8% of current health expenditure |
| 50 | Mauritania | 43.8% of current health expenditure |
| 51 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 43.1% of current health expenditure |
| 52 | Benin | 42.4% of current health expenditure |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.3% of current health expenditure |
| 54 | State of Palestine | 42.1% of current health expenditure |
| 55 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 41.8% of current health expenditure |
| 56 | Mexico | 41.2% of current health expenditure |
| 57 | Panama | 40.5% of current health expenditure |
| 58 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 39.6% of current health expenditure |
| 59 | Vietnam | 39.2% of current health expenditure |
| 60 | Chile | 39.1% of current health expenditure |
| 61 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.0% of current health expenditure |
| 62 | Tunisia | 37.9% of current health expenditure |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 37.6% of current health expenditure |
| 64 | Morocco | 37.3% of current health expenditure |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 37.1% of current health expenditure |
| 66 | Malaysia | 37.1% of current health expenditure |
| 67 | Paraguay | 36.3% of current health expenditure |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 35.5% of current health expenditure |
| 69 | Latvia | 35.1% of current health expenditure |
| 70 | Jordan | 34.5% of current health expenditure |
| 71 | Greece | 34.3% of current health expenditure |
| 72 | Republic of The Gambia | 33.8% of current health expenditure |
| 73 | South Korea | 33.7% of current health expenditure |
| 74 | Angola | 32.5% of current health expenditure |
| 75 | El Salvador | 32.5% of current health expenditure |
| 76 | People's Republic of China | 32.2% of current health expenditure |
| 77 | Uganda | 32.2% of current health expenditure |
| 78 | Serbia | 32.1% of current health expenditure |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32.0% of current health expenditure |
| 80 | Lithuania | 31.4% of current health expenditure |
| 81 | Indonesia | 31.1% of current health expenditure |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.0% of current health expenditure |
| 83 | Malta | 30.9% of current health expenditure |
| 84 | Ecuador | 30.9% of current health expenditure |
| 85 | Somalia | 30.8% of current health expenditure |
| 86 | Lebanon | 29.7% of current health expenditure |
| 87 | Venezuela | 29.7% of current health expenditure |
| 88 | Dominica | 29.3% of current health expenditure |
| 89 | Djibouti | 28.8% of current health expenditure |
| 90 | Bahrain | 28.7% of current health expenditure |
| 91 | Belarus | 28.5% of current health expenditure |
| 92 | Russian Federation | 28.4% of current health expenditure |
| 93 | Portugal | 28.2% of current health expenditure |
| 94 | Republic of the Congo | 28.0% of current health expenditure |
| 95 | Seychelles | 28.0% of current health expenditure |
| 96 | United Republic of Tanzania | 27.9% of current health expenditure |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 27.6% of current health expenditure |
| 98 | Bahamas | 27.5% of current health expenditure |
| 99 | Moldova, Republic of | 27.5% of current health expenditure |
| 100 | Madagascar | 27.4% of current health expenditure |
| 101 | Bolivia | 27.3% of current health expenditure |
| 102 | South Sudan | 27.1% of current health expenditure |
| 103 | Peru | 27.0% of current health expenditure |
| 104 | Belize | 26.8% of current health expenditure |
| 105 | Ghana | 26.7% of current health expenditure |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.6% of current health expenditure |
| 107 | Montenegro | 26.3% of current health expenditure |
| 108 | Guyana | 26.3% of current health expenditure |
| 109 | Brazil | 26.2% of current health expenditure |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 25.7% of current health expenditure |
| 111 | Bhutan | 25.5% of current health expenditure |
| 112 | Singapore | 25.4% of current health expenditure |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 25.1% of current health expenditure |
| 114 | Burundi | 24.5% of current health expenditure |
| 115 | Argentina | 24.5% of current health expenditure |
| 116 | Kenya | 24.2% of current health expenditure |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 24.1% of current health expenditure |
| 118 | Hungary | 23.1% of current health expenditure |
| 119 | Romania | 23.0% of current health expenditure |
| 120 | Italy | 22.3% of current health expenditure |
| 121 | Switzerland | 22.0% of current health expenditure |
| 122 | Belgium | 21.5% of current health expenditure |
| 123 | Estonia | 21.4% of current health expenditure |
| 124 | Spain | 20.9% of current health expenditure |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.8% of current health expenditure |
| 126 | Israel | 20.5% of current health expenditure |
| 127 | Jamaica | 20.2% of current health expenditure |
| 128 | Slovakia | 20.2% of current health expenditure |
| 129 | Liechtenstein | 19.7% of current health expenditure |
| 130 | Suriname | 19.7% of current health expenditure |
| 131 | Libya | 19.2% of current health expenditure |
| 132 | Türkiye | 19.0% of current health expenditure |
| 133 | Maldives | 18.0% of current health expenditure |
| 134 | Cyprus | 17.9% of current health expenditure |
| 135 | Gabon | 17.3% of current health expenditure |
| 136 | Uruguay | 17.1% of current health expenditure |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.7% of current health expenditure |
| 138 | Cuba | 16.6% of current health expenditure |
| 139 | Austria | 16.5% of current health expenditure |
| 140 | Poland | 16.2% of current health expenditure |
| 141 | Australia | 15.8% of current health expenditure |
| 142 | Canada | 15.3% of current health expenditure |
| 143 | Iceland | 14.9% of current health expenditure |
| 144 | Colombia | 14.7% of current health expenditure |
| 145 | United Kingdom | 14.6% of current health expenditure |
| 146 | Saudi Arabia | 14.1% of current health expenditure |
| 147 | Finland | 14.1% of current health expenditure |
| 148 | Czech Republic | 14.1% of current health expenditure |
| 149 | Denmark | 13.9% of current health expenditure |
| 150 | Norway | 13.7% of current health expenditure |
| 151 | Samoa | 13.4% of current health expenditure |
| 152 | Sweden | 13.4% of current health expenditure |
| 153 | Lesotho | 13.2% of current health expenditure |
| 154 | San Marino | 13.1% of current health expenditure |
| 155 | New Zealand | 12.7% of current health expenditure |
| 156 | Japan | 12.2% of current health expenditure |
| 157 | Palau | 12.1% of current health expenditure |
| 158 | Malawi | 12.0% of current health expenditure |
| 159 | Netherlands | 11.8% of current health expenditure |
| 160 | Slovenia | 11.7% of current health expenditure |
| 161 | Andorra | 11.1% of current health expenditure |
| 162 | Eswatini | 11.0% of current health expenditure |
| 163 | United States of America | 10.9% of current health expenditure |
| 164 | Germany | 10.7% of current health expenditure |
| 165 | Zimbabwe | 10.6% of current health expenditure |
| 166 | Ireland | 10.6% of current health expenditure |
| 167 | Mozambique | 10.4% of current health expenditure |
| 168 | Zambia | 10.3% of current health expenditure |
| 169 | Kuwait | 10.0% of current health expenditure |
| 170 | Thailand | 9.9% of current health expenditure |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 9.7% of current health expenditure |
| 172 | Croatia | 9.4% of current health expenditure |
| 173 | France | 9.2% of current health expenditure |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 8.6% of current health expenditure |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 8.5% of current health expenditure |
| 176 | Monaco | 8.5% of current health expenditure |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 8.4% of current health expenditure |
| 178 | Fiji | 8.3% of current health expenditure |
| 179 | Namibia | 7.5% of current health expenditure |
| 180 | Qatar | 7.4% of current health expenditure |
| 181 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.4% of current health expenditure |
| 182 | Timor-Leste | 7.0% of current health expenditure |
| 183 | South Africa | 6.7% of current health expenditure |
| 184 | Oman | 6.3% of current health expenditure |
| 185 | Tonga | 5.9% of current health expenditure |
| 186 | Botswana | 4.3% of current health expenditure |
| 187 | Rwanda | 4.1% of current health expenditure |
| 188 | Solomon Islands | 3.2% of current health expenditure |
| 189 | Kiribati | 2.9% of current health expenditure |
| 190 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.6% of current health expenditure |
| 191 | Marshall Islands | 1.1% of current health expenditure |
| 192 | Nauru | 0.7% of current health expenditure |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0.0% of current health expenditure |
Showing 193 of 193 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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