# Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country

This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of national gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation. Total expenditure includes both public and private health expenditures. See also: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.
The first table lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The next table lists nearly all countries. It uses data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

## Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

A country list from OECD Data at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

### Table 1

    Location links below are "Healthcare in <location>" links.
Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product) :
| Location | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10 |
| Austria | 4.8 | 7 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
| Belgium | 3.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11 | 10.9 |
| Canada | 6.3 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 13 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
| Chile | | | | 7 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9 |
| Colombia | | | | 5.6 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 9 | 8.1 |
| Costa Rica | | | | 6.6 | 8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Czech Republic | | | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.1 |
| Denmark | | 8.4 | 8 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| Estonia | | | | 5.2 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.9 |
| Finland | 5 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
| France | 5.2 | 6.8 | 8 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
| Germany | 5.7 | 8.1 | 8 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| Greece | | | 6.1 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 |
| Hungary | | | | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| Iceland | 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 8.6 |
| Ireland | 4.9 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Israel | | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| Italy | | | 7 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9 |
| Japan | 4.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 7 | 9.1 | 11 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Latvia | | | | 5.4 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 9 | 8.8 |
| Lithuania | | | | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Luxembourg | | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| Mexico | | | | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| Netherlands | | 6.5 | 7 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| New Zealand | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.2 |
| Norway | 4 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8 |
| Poland | | | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| Portugal | 2.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
| Slovakia | | | | 5.3 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 |
| Slovenia | | | | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| South Korea | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
| Spain | 3.1 | 5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| Sweden | 5.4 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.7 |
| Switzerland | 4.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 |
| Turkey | | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
| United States | 6.2 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 16.6 |

### Bar chart and graphs

* Health spending by OECD country, and some other countries. Percent of GDP (gross domestic product).
* Click to enlarge.
* Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018. See: list of countries by life expectancy.
* Health care cost as percent of GDP over time for a few OECD countries.

## World Health Organization

A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database. Years were selected to get the latest year for these 5 countries included in the table: Albania, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen.

### Table 2

    Asterisk (*) indicates "Healthcare in <location>" or "Health in <location>" links.
Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product) :
| Location | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan * | 8.6 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 16.8 |
| Albania * | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | | |
| Algeria * | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.3 | |
| Andorra * | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.1 | |
| Angola * | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | |
| Argentina * | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 10.0 | |
| Armenia * | 9.4 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 12.2 | |
| Australia * | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.6 | |
| Austria * | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.2 |
| Azerbaijan * | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | |
| Bahamas | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 | |
| Bahrain * | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |
| Bangladesh * | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | |
| Barbados * | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | |
| Belarus * | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | |
| Belgium * | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.1 | |
| Belize * | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.9 | |
| Benin * | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |
| Bhutan * | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
| Bolivia * | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.9 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | |
| Botswana * | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | |
| Brazil * | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 10.3 | |
| Brunei * | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | |
| Bulgaria * | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.5 | |
| Burkina Faso * | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.7 | |
| Burundi * | 10.1 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | |
| Cape Verde * | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.0 | |
| Cambodia * | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.5 | |
| Cameroon * | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | |
| Canada * | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 11.7 |
| Central African Republic * | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 11.0 | 9.4 | |
| Chad * | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | |
| Chile * | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| China * | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | |
| Colombia * | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 9.0 | |
| Comoros * | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | |
| Congo * | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 | |
| Cook Islands | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | |
| Costa Rica * | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | |
| Croatia * | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.8 | |
| Cuba * | 11.3 | 9.3 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 12.5 | |
| Cyprus * | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 8.1 | |
| Czech Republic * | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 9.2 | |
| Denmark * | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| Djibouti * | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | |
| Dominica * | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 | |
| Dominican Republic * | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | |
| DR Congo * | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | |
| East Timor * | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 9.9 | |
| Ecuador * | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | |
| Egypt * | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | |
| El Salvador * | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 9.9 | |
| Equatorial Guinea * | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |
| Eritrea * | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
| Estonia * | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Eswatini * | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | |
| Ethiopia * | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
| Fiji * | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
| Finland * | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.6 | |
| France * | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 | |
| Gabon * | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.4 | |
| Gambia | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | |
| Georgia * | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |
| Germany * | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| Ghana * | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | |
| Greece * | 9.2 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.5 | |
| Grenada * | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | |
| Guatemala * | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 | |
| Guinea * | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | |
| Guinea-Bissau * | 6.2 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | |
| Guyana * | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |
| Haiti * | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
| Honduras * | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| Hungary * | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 | |
| Iceland * | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
| India * | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | |
| Indonesia * | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
| Iran * | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 5.3 | |
| Iraq * | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
| Ireland * | 10.6 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Israel * | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 | |
| Italy * | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
| Ivory Coast * | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | |
| Jamaica * | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.6 | |
| Japan * | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 | |
| Jordan * | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |
| Kazakhstan * | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | |
| Kenya * | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | |
| Kiribati * | 8.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 11.6 | |
| Kuwait * | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 6.3 | |
| Kyrgyzstan * | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | |
| Laos * | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | |
| Latvia * | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.4 | |
| Lebanon * | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Lesotho * | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.8 | |
| Liberia * | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | |
| Libya * | 6.1 | | | | | |
| Lithuania * | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Luxembourg * | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| Madagascar * | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | |
| Malawi * | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.4 | |
| Malaysia * | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |
| Maldives * | 7.9 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 11.3 | |
| Mali * | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | |
| Malta * | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 10.8 | |
| Marshall Islands * | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 13.0 | |
| Mauritania * | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |
| Mauritius * | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.7 | |
| Mexico * | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | |
| Micronesia * | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | |
| Moldova * | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |
| Monaco * | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | |
| Mongolia * | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 | |
| Montenegro * | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 11.4 | |
| Morocco * | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | |
| Mozambique * | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | |
| Myanmar * | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | |
| Namibia * | 9.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 | |
| Nauru * | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 12.0 | |
| Nepal * | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | |
| Netherlands * | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| New Zealand * | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 10.0 | |
| Nicaragua * | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.6 | |
| Niger * | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | |
| Nigeria * | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | |
| Niue | 19.8 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | |
| North Macedonia * | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.9 | |
| Norway * | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
| Oman * | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | |
| Pakistan * | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | |
| Palau | 10.8 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 18.4 | |
| Panama * | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 9.7 | |
| Papua New Guinea * | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | |
| Paraguay * | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | |
| Peru * | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | |
| Philippines * | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Poland * | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Portugal * | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| Qatar * | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |
| Romania * | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.3 | |
| Russia * | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 7.6 | |
| Rwanda * | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis * | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |
| Saint Lucia * | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.7 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | |
| Samoa * | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | |
| San Marino * | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe * | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | |
| Saudi Arabia * | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | | |
| Senegal * | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | |
| Serbia * | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
| Seychelles * | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.4 | |
| Sierra Leone * | 13.3 | 10.6 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 | |
| Singapore * | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.1 | |
| Slovakia * | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.2 | |
| Slovenia * | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
| Solomon Islands * | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | |
| South Africa * | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | |
| South Korea * | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.4 | |
| South Sudan * | | | | 6.3 | 5.3 | |
| Spain * | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 10.7 | |
| Sri Lanka * | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | |
| Sudan * | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | |
| Suriname * | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |
| Sweden * | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Switzerland * | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | |
| Syria * | 2.5 | 3.0 | | | | |
| Tajikistan * | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.2 | |
| Thailand * | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | |
| Togo * | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| Tonga * | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.3 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago * | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |
| Tunisia * | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | |
| Turkey * | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | |
| Turkmenistan * | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | |
| Tuvalu * | 14.1 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 21.5 | |
| Uganda * | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| Ukraine * | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |
| United Arab Emirates * | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | |
| United Kingdom * | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 11.9 |
| Tanzania * | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | |
| United States * | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.8 | |
| Uruguay * | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | |
| Uzbekistan * | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.7 | |
| Vanuatu * | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | |
| Venezuela * | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | |
| Vietnam * | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | |
| Yemen * | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | | | |
| Zambia * | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
| Zimbabwe * | 8.1 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 | |