health2023

Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%)

Name: Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, %, current, expenditure, che, percentage, gross, domestic, product, gdp

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•195 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

6.8%

Median: 6.4%

Countries Covered

195

with available data

Highest

Tuvalu

27.1%

Lowest

Lao People's Democratic Republic

1.3%

Top 5 Countries

1Tuvalu27.1%

2Nauru18.2%

3United States of America16.7%

4Niue16.1%

5Afghanistan15.0%

By Region

Oceania10.3%(2 countries)

North America10.0%(4 countries)

Europe8.8%(32 countries)

South America8.7%(7 countries)

Other6.5%(116 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.3%)High (27.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.8%)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Other (116)

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 2023; 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	27.1%
2	Nauru	18.2%
3	United States of America	16.7%
4	Niue	16.1%
5	Afghanistan	15.0%
6	Marshall Islands	13.4%
7	Liberia	13.0%
8	Micronesia, Federated States of	12.9%
9	Lesotho	12.6%
10	Germany	11.7%
11	Switzerland	11.7%
12	South Sudan	11.6%
13	France	11.5%
14	Canada	11.2%
15	Austria	11.2%
16	Sweden	11.2%
17	United Kingdom	11.0%
18	Kiribati	10.9%
19	Palau	10.9%
20	Belgium	10.8%
21	Japan	10.7%
22	State of Palestine	10.7%
23	Central African Republic	10.7%
24	Finland	10.5%
25	Australia	10.4%
26	Argentina	10.3%
27	Chile	10.2%
28	New Zealand	10.1%
29	Portugal	10.0%
30	Netherlands	9.8%
31	Brazil	9.7%
32	Yemen	9.7%
33	Montenegro	9.7%
34	Timor-Leste	9.6%
35	Denmark	9.6%
36	Namibia	9.5%
37	Norway	9.4%
38	Cuba	9.4%
39	Armenia	9.3%
40	Slovenia	9.3%
41	El Salvador	9.3%
42	Maldives	9.2%
43	Spain	9.2%
44	Burundi	9.1%
45	Uruguay	9.0%
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9%
47	South Africa	8.9%
48	Malta	8.8%
49	Guinea-Bissau	8.8%
50	Iceland	8.7%
51	South Korea	8.6%
52	Mozambique	8.5%
53	Czech Republic	8.4%
54	Italy	8.4%
55	Greece	8.4%
56	Paraguay	8.4%
57	Panama	8.3%
58	Nicaragua	8.3%
59	Ukraine	8.2%
60	Colombia	8.2%
61	Cyprus	8.1%
62	Serbia	8.0%
63	Tunisia	8.0%
64	Bulgaria	7.9%
65	Libya	7.8%
66	Burkina Faso	7.8%
67	Honduras	7.7%
68	Andorra	7.7%
69	Jordan	7.7%
70	Jamaica	7.6%
71	Ecuador	7.6%
72	Trinidad and Tobago	7.5%
73	Eswatini	7.5%
74	Estonia	7.5%
75	Tajikistan	7.4%
76	The Republic of North Macedonia	7.4%
77	Tonga	7.4%
78	Slovakia	7.4%
79	Lithuania	7.3%
80	Latvia	7.3%
81	Croatia	7.1%
82	Poland	7.1%
83	Israel	7.1%
84	Belarus	7.1%
85	Albania	7.1%
86	Russian Federation	7.0%
87	Bolivia	6.9%
88	Costa Rica	6.9%
89	Georgia	6.9%
90	Guatemala	6.8%
91	Samoa	6.8%
92	Uzbekistan	6.7%
93	Moldova, Republic of	6.7%
94	San Marino	6.6%
95	Ireland	6.6%
96	Comoros	6.6%
97	Malawi	6.5%
98	Hungary	6.4%
99	Bahamas	6.3%
100	Botswana	6.3%
101	Nepal	6.2%
102	Togo	6.1%
103	Mongolia	6.1%
104	Morocco	6.1%
105	Islamic Republic of Iran	6.0%
106	Zambia	6.0%
107	People's Republic of China	5.9%
108	Cape Verde	5.8%
109	Luxembourg	5.8%
110	Sao Tome and Principe	5.8%
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.7%
112	Liechtenstein	5.7%
113	Romania	5.7%
114	Saudi Arabia	5.7%
115	Peru	5.6%
116	Lebanon	5.6%
117	Mauritius	5.6%
118	Iraq	5.5%
119	Mexico	5.5%
120	Turkmenistan	5.5%
121	Suriname	5.4%
122	Barbados	5.4%
123	Solomon Islands	5.4%
124	Rwanda	5.1%
125	Philippines	5.1%
126	Dominica	5.0%
127	Chad	5.0%
128	United Arab Emirates	5.0%
129	Kuwait	5.0%
130	Egypt	4.9%
131	Saint Lucia	4.7%
132	Sierra Leone	4.7%
133	Grenada	4.7%
134	Cambodia	4.6%
135	Dominican Republic	4.6%
136	Vietnam	4.6%
137	Cameroon	4.6%
138	Thailand	4.5%
139	Kyrgyzstan	4.5%
140	Singapore	4.5%
141	Seychelles	4.5%
142	Myanmar	4.5%
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.4%
144	Bhutan	4.4%
145	Kenya	4.4%
146	Algeria	4.4%
147	Mauritania	4.3%
148	Senegal	4.3%
149	Türkiye	4.3%
150	Azerbaijan	4.3%
151	Uganda	4.2%
152	Cook Islands	4.2%
153	Belize	4.1%
154	Vanuatu	4.1%
155	Niger	4.0%
156	Bahrain	4.0%
157	Malaysia	4.0%
158	Antigua and Barbuda	3.9%
159	Nigeria	3.9%
160	Mali	3.8%
161	Venezuela	3.8%
162	Kazakhstan	3.8%
163	Somalia	3.7%
164	Guinea	3.7%
165	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.7%
166	Eritrea	3.7%
167	Sri Lanka	3.7%
168	Fiji	3.6%
169	Equatorial Guinea	3.5%
170	Oman	3.5%
171	Cote d'Ivoire	3.4%
172	Madagascar	3.4%
173	India	3.3%
174	Benin	3.3%
175	Republic of the Congo	3.3%
176	Haiti	3.2%
177	Gabon	3.1%
178	Monaco	3.1%
179	United Republic of Tanzania	3.1%
180	Ghana	2.9%
181	Zimbabwe	2.9%
182	Republic of The Gambia	2.9%
183	Papua New Guinea	2.9%
184	Sudan	2.9%
185	Ethiopia	2.8%
186	Syrian Arab Republic	2.7%
187	Indonesia	2.7%
188	Angola	2.5%
189	Qatar	2.5%
190	Pakistan	2.5%
191	Guyana	2.5%
192	Djibouti	2.3%
193	Brunei Darussalam	2.2%
194	Bangladesh	2.2%
195	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.3%

Showing 195 of 195 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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