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

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.[1] [2]

Table 1

Location links below are "Healthcare in " links.

Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product)!Location!1970!1980!1990!2000!2010!2020!2021!2022
5.86.57.68.410.710.610
4.877.79.210.211.412.111.4
3.96.27.1810.211.21110.9
6.36.58.48.210.71312.311.2
76.89.79.39
5.67.18.798.1
6.687.87.67.2
3.75.77.69.29.59.1
8.488.110.610.610.89.5
5.26.67.67.56.9
55.97.37.19.19.610.310.2
5.26.889.611.212.112.311.9
5.78.189.911.112.712.912.7
6.17.29.69.59.28.6
6.87.47.37.46.7
4.75.97.48.98.49.69.78.6
4.97.55.65.910.57.16.76.1
6.76.26.66.97.77.97.4
77.68.99.69.49
4.36.15.779.11111.311.5
5.46.17.298.8
6.26.87.57.87.5
4.85.35.96.75.75.75.5
4.45.76.26.15.5
6.577.710.211.211.411.2
5.15.86.77.59.69.710.111.2
45.47.17.78.911.29.98
4.35.36.56.56.46.7
2.34.85.58.61010.511.110.6
5.37.77.17.87.6
7.88.69.49.58.8
2.63.43.63.95.88.49.39.7
3.156.16.89.110.710.710.5
5.47.77.27.38.311.311.210.7
4.86.47.69.19.911.711.811.3
2.42.44.654.64.64.3
45.15.17.19.912.212.411.3
6.28.211.212.516.218.817.416.6

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World Health Organization

A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database.[4] 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 " or "Health in " links.

Total health spending as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product)!Location!2011!2012!2014!2018!2020!2021
8.6 7.9 9.5 14.2 15.5 16.8
6.1 6.1 6.4 6.7
5.3 6.0 6.5 6.2 6.3
7.7 6.7 6.8 7.4 9.1
2.6 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.9
5.4 5.5 5.9 4.8 5.6
9.4 9.8 9.7 9.5 10.0
9.4 9.1 10.2 10.0 12.2
8.5 8.7 9.8 10.1 10.6
10.0 10.2 10.4 10.3 11.5 12.2
2.4 3.0 3.4 3.6 4.6
5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 7.6
3.9 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.7
2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6
6.9 7.8 7.0 6.6 7.2
4.9 5.2 5.4 5.5 6.4
10.4 10.5 10.6 10.8 11.1
5.7 5.4 6.2 5.8 6.9
3.1 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.6
3.3 3.6 3.6 3.2 4.4
5.2 5.3 5.9 6.6 7.9
9.2 9.5 9.5 8.9 9.8
5.9 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.2
7.8 7.7 8.4 9.5 10.3
1.9 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.4
7.1 7.5 7.7 7.3 8.5
4.6 4.6 5.0 5.0 6.7
10.1 8.5 7.2 7.4 6.5
4.3 5.1 5.3 5.2 6.0
7.5 7.3 6.7 6.1 7.5
3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8
10.4 10.5 10.3 10.8 12.9 11.7
3.7 3.9 4.6 11.0 9.4
3.9 3.9 4.3 4.6 5.4
6.8 7.0 7.8 9.2 9.8 9.1
4.3 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.6
6.8 6.7 7.2 7.6 9.0
5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.3
1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 4.5
3.6 3.2 3.3 2.7 3.2
8.1 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.9
7.7 7.7 6.6 6.8 7.8
11.3 9.3 12.1 11.0 12.5
6.4 6.6 7.0 6.8 8.1
6.9 7.0 7.6 7.5 9.2
10.4 10.5 10.3 10.1 10.5 10.8
3.4 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.0
5.3 5.8 5.3 6.1 5.6
5.0 5.0 4.8 4.1 4.9
3.3 3.3 4.0 3.3 4.1
6.9 7.0 7.6 6.3 9.9
6.5 6.8 6.7 7.9 8.5
4.4 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.4
8.9 8.6 8.6 8.3 9.9
1.6 1.3 2.2 3.1 3.8
5.2 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.1
5.8 5.8 6.4 6.7 7.8 7.5
8.5 7.8 7.3 7.2 6.5
4.5 4.5 4.0 3.3 3.5
3.1 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.7
9.2 9.6 9.8 9.0 9.6
11.2 11.3 11.5 11.2 12.2
2.6 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.4
4.4 4.3 3.1 3.3 2.6
8.0 8.0 7.9 7.1 7.6
10.8 10.9 11.0 11.5 12.8 12.8
4.7 4.0 4.0 3.4 4.0
9.2 8.9 7.9 8.1 9.5
5.8 5.8 4.8 4.6 5.8
6.0 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.5
3.8 3.5 4.8 3.7 4.0
6.2 5.9 10.0 7.6 8.4
4.2 3.7 3.9 4.9 5.5
5.9 5.6 4.5 4.3 3.2
8.8 8.7 7.9 7.2 9.0 9.1
7.5 7.4 7.0 6.6 7.3
8.2 8.2 8.2 8.4 9.6 9.7
3.2 3.3 3.6 2.9 3.0
3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.4
6.1 6.1 6.4 7.5 5.3
2.8 2.7 2.8 4.1 5.1
10.6 10.6 9.5 6.9 7.1 6.7
7.0 7.1 7.1 7.3 8.3
8.8 8.8 8.9 8.7 9.6 9.5
4.4 4.4 3.7 3.1 3.7
5.2 4.9 5.2 6.0 6.6
10.5 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.9
8.1 7.8 7.2 7.8 7.5
2.6 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.8
5.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 4.3
8.6 8.6 10.0 11.9 11.6
2.3 2.3 2.9 5.2 6.3
7.1 8.5 7.4 5.0 5.3
1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.7
5.7 5.4 5.5 6.2 7.4
8.2 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.0
9.5 9.2 9.1 11.0 11.8
9.4 8.8 9.2 9.8 9.5
6.1
6.5 6.3 6.2 6.5 7.5 7.9
6.0 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.4
4.4 3.8 4.4 4.3 3.9
5.3 6.0 6.9 6.9 5.4
3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.1
7.9 8.7 7.9 7.4 11.3
4.0 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.3
8.4 8.4 9.1 8.6 10.8
13.1 13.0 13.2 15.3 13.0
2.5 2.6 3.5 3.4 3.4
4.3 4.3 5.5 5.9 6.7
5.5 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.2
13.1 12.3 11.7 11.7 11.6
9.1 9.1 8.6 6.6 6.8
2.2 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.7
3.6 3.9 4.2 3.8 4.9
8.0 8.3 8.0 8.3 11.4
5.8 5.8 5.9 5.3 6.0
5.0 5.2 6.3 8.1 7.6
1.9 2.4 4.4 4.9 4.6
9.8 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.9
9.8 9.2 7.9 11.7 12.0
4.4 4.5 5.1 4.5 5.2
10.2 10.5 10.6 10.0 11.1 11.2
9.5 9.7 9.4 9.0 10.0
7.4 7.5 8.0 8.5 8.6
4.9 4.3 4.5 5.3 6.2
3.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.4
19.8 10.3 10.8 8.3 7.8
6.5 6.6 6.3 6.5 7.9
8.8 8.8 9.3 10.0 11.4 10.1
2.5 2.6 3.6 3.7 5.3
2.1 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0
10.8 11.6 12.3 11.2 18.4
7.1 6.7 7.2 7.9 9.7
2.3 2.7 3.3 2.3 2.5
5.8 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.6
4.5 4.7 5.0 5.2 6.3
4.0 4.2 3.7 4.0 5.1 5.6
6.2 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.6
9.7 9.7 9.3 9.4 10.5 11.2
1.6 1.7 2.4 3.3 4.2
4.7 4.7 5.0 5.6 6.3
4.8 4.9 5.2 5.4 7.6
7.9 8.1 7.0 6.7 7.3
5.2 5.0 4.7 4.9 5.4
5.1 5.0 4.8 4.4 6.7
4.2 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.8
5.4 5.1 6.6 5.1 5.3
8.2 9.2 8.5 8.5 8.7
6.8 6.5 6.7 5.8 4.9
3.7 4.0 5.2 5.5
4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 5.2
9.1 9.3 9.2 8.5 8.7
4.8 5.7 4.6 5.0 6.4
13.3 10.6 19.7 8.3 8.8
3.2 3.3 3.9 4.1 6.1
7.3 7.6 6.9 6.7 7.2
8.5 8.7 8.5 8.3 9.5 9.2
5.0 4.9 4.9 3.9 4.4
7.9 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.6
6.0 6.1 6.5 7.5 8.4
6.3 5.3
9.2 9.2 9.1 9.0 10.7
3.7 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.1
5.6 5.7 5.7 4.5 3.0
4.4 4.3 4.5 6.7 6.8
10.4 10.7 10.9 10.9 11.4 11.3
10.0 10.2 10.6 11.4 11.8
2.5 3.0
5.9 6.0 6.7 7.0 8.2
3.6 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.4
4.6 4.8 5.1 6.0 6.0
3.8 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.3
4.7 4.9 5.2 6.7 7.3
6.1 6.3 6.5 5.9 6.3
4.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.6
3.2 3.4 4.3 5.7 5.7
14.1 13.6 14.7 18.2 21.5
6.7 6.1 5.3 4.0 4.0
6.8 7.1 7.2 7.5 7.6
3.7 3.4 3.6 4.1 5.7
9.9 9.9 9.8 9.7 12.0 11.9
5.1 5.0 4.0 4.2 3.7
16.1 16.1 16.2 16.6 18.8
7.9 8.1 8.1 9.0 9.2
5.3 5.5 4.4 5.1 6.7
3.6 3.9 3.6 3.3 4.0
7.2 6.4 5.8 2.4 3.8
4.6 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.7
4.8 5.2 4.8
3.5 3.9 3.8 5.1 5.6
8.1 6.9 8.1 4.7 3.4

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SHA Health expenditure and financing
  2. [OECD]
  3. https://ourworldindata.org/the-link-between-life-expectancy-and-health-spending-us-focus Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier
  4. http://apps.who.int/nha/database/Select/Indicators/en Global Health Expenditure Database

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