Health spending
% of GDP · no best or worst — largest to smallest
193 of 216 countries report a figure for health spending
World average: 6.8%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tuvalu | 27.1% | 2023 | |
| #2 | Nauru | 18.2% | 2023 | |
| #3 | United States | 16.7% | 2023 | |
| #4 | Afghanistan | 15.0% | 2023 | |
| #5 | Marshall Islands | 13.4% | 2023 | |
| #6 | Liberia | 13.0% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Federated States of Micronesia | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Lesotho | 12.6% | 2023 | |
| #9 | Germany | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| #10 | Austria | 11.8% | 2024 | |
| #11 | Switzerland | 11.7% | 2023 | |
| #12 | South Sudan | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| #13 | France | 11.5% | 2024 | |
| #14 | Canada | 11.3% | 2024 | |
| #15 | Sweden | 11.2% | 2024 | |
| #16 | United Kingdom | 11.1% | 2024 | |
| #17 | Kiribati | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| #18 | Palau | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| #19 | Belgium | 10.8% | 2023 | |
| #20 | Japan | 10.7% | 2023 | |
| #21 | Palestine | 10.7% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Central African Republic | 10.7% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Chile | 10.5% | 2024 | |
| #24 | Finland | 10.5% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Australia | 10.4% | 2023 | |
| #26 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 | |
| #27 | Portugal | 10.2% | 2024 | |
| #28 | New Zealand | 10.1% | 2024 | |
| #29 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 10.0% | 2024 | |
| #30 | Slovenia | 9.9% | 2024 | |
| #31 | Brazil | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| #32 | Yemen | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Montenegro | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Timor-Leste | 9.6% | 2023 | |
| #35 | Namibia | 9.5% | 2023 | |
| #36 | Norway | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Denmark | 9.4% | 2024 | |
| #38 | Cuba | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| #39 | Armenia | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| #40 | El Salvador | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| #41 | Maldives | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Spain | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| #43 | Burundi | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #44 | Uruguay | 9.0% | 2023 | |
| #45 | Iceland | 9.0% | 2024 | |
| #46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| #47 | South Africa | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| #48 | Malta | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| #49 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| #50 | South Korea | 8.7% | 2024 | |
| #51 | Czech Republic | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| #52 | Mozambique | 8.5% | 2023 | |
| #53 | Italy | 8.4% | 2024 | |
| #54 | Greece | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Paraguay | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| #56 | Panama | 8.3% | 2023 | |
| #57 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2023 | |
| #58 | Ukraine | 8.2% | 2021 | |
| #59 | Colombia | 8.1% | 2024 | |
| #60 | Cyprus | 8.1% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Poland | 8.1% | 2024 | |
| #62 | Serbia | 8.0% | 2023 | |
| #63 | Tunisia | 8.0% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Bulgaria | 7.9% | 2023 | |
| #65 | Estonia | 7.8% | 2024 | |
| #66 | Libya | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| #67 | Burkina Faso | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Honduras | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Andorra | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Jordan | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| #71 | Jamaica | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| #72 | Lithuania | 7.6% | 2024 | |
| #73 | Ecuador | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| #74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Eswatini | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| #76 | Tajikistan | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #77 | North Macedonia | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #78 | Tonga | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Slovakia | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #80 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2023 | |
| #81 | Croatia | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| #82 | Israel | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| #83 | Belarus | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Albania | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| #85 | Russia | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Bolivia | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| #87 | Costa Rica | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| #88 | Georgia | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Ireland | 6.9% | 2024 | |
| #90 | Guatemala | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| #91 | Samoa | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| #92 | Uzbekistan | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Moldova | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #94 | San Marino | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Comoros | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| #96 | Malawi | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| #97 | Hungary | 6.4% | 2023 | |
| #98 | The Bahamas | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Botswana | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Nepal | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| #101 | Togo | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #102 | Mongolia | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #103 | Morocco | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #104 | Iran | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| #105 | Zambia | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| #106 | People's Republic of China | 5.9% | 2023 | |
| #107 | Luxembourg | 5.9% | 2024 | |
| #108 | Cape Verde | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| #109 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| #110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #111 | Liechtenstein | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #112 | Romania | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #113 | Saudi Arabia | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #114 | Peru | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Lebanon | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| #116 | Mauritius | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Iraq | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Mexico | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| #119 | Turkmenistan | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| #120 | Suriname | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| #121 | Barbados | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| #122 | Solomon Islands | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| #123 | Rwanda | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Philippines | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Dominica | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Chad | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| #127 | United Arab Emirates | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Kuwait | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Egypt | 4.9% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Saint Lucia | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| #131 | Sierra Leone | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Grenada | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| #133 | Cambodia | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| #134 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| #135 | Vietnam | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| #136 | Cameroon | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| #137 | Thailand | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #139 | Singapore | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #140 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #141 | Myanmar | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #143 | Bhutan | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Kenya | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #145 | Algeria | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #146 | Mauritania | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #147 | Senegal | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #148 | Turkey | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #149 | Azerbaijan | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Uganda | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #151 | Nigeria | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #152 | Belize | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Vanuatu | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Niger | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| #155 | Bahrain | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| #156 | Malaysia | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| #157 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #158 | Mali | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #159 | Venezuela | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #160 | Kazakhstan | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Somalia | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #162 | Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #163 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Eritrea | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #165 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #166 | Fiji | 3.6% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #168 | Oman | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #169 | Ivory Coast | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #170 | Madagascar | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #171 | India | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| #172 | Benin | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| #173 | Republic of the Congo | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| #174 | Haiti | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #175 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #176 | Monaco | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #177 | Tanzania | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #178 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #179 | Zimbabwe | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #180 | The Gambia | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #181 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #182 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #183 | Ethiopia | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #184 | Syria | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| #185 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| #186 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #187 | Qatar | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #188 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #189 | Guyana | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #190 | Djibouti | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #191 | Brunei | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| #192 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| #193 | Laos | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)