Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health
Compare proportion of total government spending on essential services, health across 47 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.
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Key Insights
- •47 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Andorra has the highest published value (23.112 %).
- •Lebanon has the lowest published value (2.65359 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 11.6%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health (%).
Values use UN SDG series SG_XPD_HLTH, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.
Methodology
UN SDG series SG_XPD_HLTH; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 1.a.2.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 23.1% |
| 2 | Canada | 21.9% |
| 3 | Chile | 21.6% |
| 4 | El Salvador | 18.6% |
| 5 | New Zealand | 18.1% |
| 6 | Denmark | 17.5% |
| 7 | Austria | 17.2% |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 16.8% |
| 9 | Norway | 16.6% |
| 10 | Paraguay | 16.3% |
| 11 | Türkiye | 15.5% |
| 12 | Guatemala | 15.5% |
| 13 | Germany | 15.4% |
| 14 | Sweden | 14.6% |
| 15 | Spain | 14.2% |
| 16 | Belarus | 12.7% |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 12.7% |
| 18 | San Marino | 12.5% |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 12.0% |
| 20 | Bahamas | 11.7% |
| 21 | Israel | 11.6% |
| 22 | Brazil | 11.0% |
| 23 | Argentina | 10.8% |
| 24 | South Africa | 10.7% |
| 25 | Macao | 10.3% |
| 26 | Mozambique | 10.2% |
| 27 | People's Republic of China | 10.2% |
| 28 | Singapore | 9.8% |
| 29 | Albania | 9.6% |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 9.2% |
| 31 | Uganda | 8.8% |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.5% |
| 33 | Mongolia | 8.5% |
| 34 | Zambia | 8.4% |
| 35 | Indonesia | 8.1% |
| 36 | Mauritius | 8.0% |
| 37 | Nauru | 7.6% |
| 38 | Thailand | 7.4% |
| 39 | Georgia | 7.1% |
| 40 | Switzerland | 7.0% |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 6.7% |
| 42 | Somalia | 6.3% |
| 43 | Philippines | 5.8% |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 5.3% |
| 45 | Armenia | 5.1% |
| 46 | Madagascar | 3.7% |
| 47 | Lebanon | 2.7% |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).
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