Health spending (share of GDP) over time (2000–2023)
Follow health spending (share of GDP) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 2000 to 2023.
- The country ranked first changed over time: Tuvalu in 2000–2001, United States in 2002–2004, Marshall Islands in 2005–2006, Nauru in 2007–2008, Marshall Islands in 2009–2010, United States in 2011–2015, Tuvalu in 2016–2019, United States in 2020, Afghanistan in 2021–2022, Tuvalu in 2023.
- Japan’s health spending (share of GDP) went from 7.0% in 2000 to 10.7% in 2023 (up 3.7 points).
- Japan ranked #43 of 183 countries in 2000 and #20 of 191 in 2023. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom
| Country | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tuvalu | 22.3% | 16.2% | 17.9% | 27.1% |
 Japan | 7.0% | 9.1% | 11.4% | 10.7% |
 South Korea | 3.7% | 5.8% | 8.0% | 8.6% |
 Bahamas | 3.8% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 6.3% |
 Mauritania | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 4.3% |
 Laos | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.3% |
| Countries with data | 183 | 187 | 192 | 191 |
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| Rank | Country | Health spending (share of GDP) |
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Biggest changes, 2000–2023
Compared among the countries that have data in both 2000 and 2023. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.
| Country | 2000 | 2023 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liberia | 2.7% | 13.0% | up 10.3 points | #165 → #6 |
 Lesotho | 5.2% | 12.6% | up 7.5 points | #84 → #8 |
 Mozambique | 2.1% | 8.5% | up 6.4 points | #173 → #50 |
 Central African Republic | 4.4% | 10.7% | up 6.3 points | #107 → #21 |
 Armenia | 4.2% | 9.3% | up 5.1 points | #120 → #37 |
| Country | 2000 | 2023 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gambia | 10.8% | 2.9% | down 7.9 points | #6 → #178 |
 Lebanon | 10.8% | 5.6% | down 5.3 points | #5 → #113 |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 9.3% | 5.8% | down 3.5 points | #12 → #107 |
| Laos | 4.3% | 1.3% | down 2.9 points | #112 → #191 |
 Eritrea | 5.8% | 3.7% | down 2.1 points | #68 → #162 |
The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
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| Country | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | 22.3% | 16.2% | 17.9% | 27.1% |
 Nauru | 19.0% | 12.7% | 11.6% | 18.2% |
 United States | 12.5% | 16.2% | 18.5% | 16.7% |
 Afghanistan | – | 8.6% | 15.5% | 15.0% |
 Marshall Islands | 13.5% | 17.7% | 12.1% | 13.4% |
| Liberia | 2.7% | 8.4% | 12.9% | 13.0% |
 Micronesia | 7.8% | 13.3% | 12.0% | 12.9% |
| Lesotho | 5.2% | 7.4% | 10.4% | 12.6% |
 Germany | 9.8% | 10.8% | 12.5% | 11.7% |
 Switzerland | 9.1% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 11.7% |
 South Sudan | – | – | 9.4% | 11.6% |
 France | 9.6% | 11.2% | 12.1% | 11.5% |
 Canada | 8.2% | 10.7% | 13.0% | 11.2% |
 Austria | 9.4% | 10.3% | 11.4% | 11.2% |
 Sweden | 7.3% | 8.3% | 11.4% | 11.2% |
 United Kingdom | 7.1% | 9.8% | 12.1% | 11.0% |
 Kiribati | 7.8% | 8.8% | 13.7% | 10.9% |
 Palau | 8.6% | 10.9% | 13.3% | 10.9% |
 Belgium | 8.0% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 10.8% |
| Japan | 7.0% | 9.1% | 11.4% | 10.7% |
| Central African Republic | 4.4% | 3.6% | 9.0% | 10.7% |
 Finland | 7.1% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 10.5% |
 Australia | 7.6% | 8.4% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
 Argentina | 8.2% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
 Chile | 7.0% | 6.8% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
 New Zealand | 7.5% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 10.1% |
 Portugal | 8.6% | 10.0% | 10.5% | 10.0% |
 Netherlands | 7.7% | 10.1% | 10.9% | 9.8% |
 Brazil | 8.3% | 7.9% | 9.6% | 9.7% |
 Yemen | 4.7% | 5.2% | 11.6% | 9.7% |
 Montenegro | – | – | 11.4% | 9.7% |
 Timor-Leste | – | 6.5% | 7.3% | 9.6% |
 Denmark | 8.1% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 9.6% |
 Namibia | 10.0% | 10.6% | 9.6% | 9.5% |
 Norway | 7.7% | 8.9% | 11.4% | 9.4% |
 Cuba | 6.6% | 10.7% | 12.5% | 9.4% |
| Armenia | 4.2% | 9.2% | 12.2% | 9.3% |
 Slovenia | 7.9% | 8.6% | 9.5% | 9.3% |
 El Salvador | 7.8% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 9.3% |
 Maldives | 7.7% | 8.5% | 11.4% | 9.2% |
 Spain | 6.8% | 9.2% | 10.8% | 9.2% |
 Burundi | 4.2% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 9.1% |
 Uruguay | 9.2% | 7.9% | 9.1% | 9.0% |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 8.0% | 9.0% | 9.7% | 8.9% |
 South Africa | 7.3% | 7.8% | 9.0% | 8.9% |
 Malta | 6.6% | 7.9% | 9.9% | 8.8% |
 Guinea-Bissau | 4.2% | 4.9% | 9.0% | 8.8% |
 Iceland | 8.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% | 8.7% |
| South Korea | 3.7% | 5.8% | 8.0% | 8.6% |
| Mozambique | 2.1% | 5.3% | 7.6% | 8.5% |
 Czechia | 5.7% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 8.4% |
 Italy | 7.5% | 8.9% | 9.6% | 8.4% |
 Greece | 7.5% | 9.6% | 9.4% | 8.4% |
 Paraguay | 6.0% | 5.5% | 7.7% | 8.4% |
 Panama | 7.0% | 7.2% | 10.2% | 8.3% |
 Nicaragua | 5.2% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 8.3% |
 Colombia | 5.6% | 7.1% | 8.7% | 8.2% |
 Cyprus | 5.3% | 6.5% | 8.6% | 8.1% |
 Serbia | 5.8% | 9.2% | 8.3% | 8.0% |
 Tunisia | 4.8% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 8.0% |
 Bulgaria | 5.8% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 7.9% |
 Libya | 3.3% | 3.3% | 7.1% | 7.8% |
 Burkina Faso | 4.0% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 7.8% |
 Honduras | 6.3% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 7.7% |
 Andorra | 5.9% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 7.7% |
 Jordan | 9.3% | 8.2% | 7.5% | 7.7% |
 Jamaica | 6.0% | 6.4% | 7.5% | 7.6% |
 Ecuador | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8.6% | 7.6% |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 4.2% | 5.1% | 7.5% | 7.5% |
 Eswatini | 4.6% | 8.6% | 7.1% | 7.5% |
 Estonia | 5.2% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 7.5% |
 Tajikistan | 4.3% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 7.4% |
 North Macedonia | 8.9% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 7.4% |
 Tonga | 2.9% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 7.4% |
 Slovakia | 5.3% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 7.4% |
 Lithuania | 6.2% | 6.9% | 7.4% | 7.3% |
 Latvia | 5.6% | 6.2% | 7.5% | 7.3% |
 Croatia | 7.7% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
 Poland | 5.3% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 7.1% |
 Israel | 6.6% | 6.9% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
 Belarus | 5.3% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 7.1% |
 Albania | 5.9% | 6.2% | 7.5% | 7.1% |
 Russia | 5.0% | 5.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% |
 Bolivia | 4.4% | 5.2% | 8.0% | 6.9% |
 Costa Rica | 6.6% | 8.0% | 7.8% | 6.9% |
 Georgia | 7.2% | 9.0% | 9.2% | 6.9% |
 Guatemala | 5.4% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 6.8% |
 Samoa | 4.3% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 6.8% |
 Uzbekistan | 5.1% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 6.7% |
 Moldova | 5.9% | 10.1% | 7.0% | 6.7% |
 San Marino | 5.8% | 6.2% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
 Ireland | 5.9% | 10.5% | 7.0% | 6.6% |
 Comoros | 7.5% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 6.6% |
 Malawi | 2.4% | 5.1% | 7.0% | 6.5% |
 Hungary | 6.8% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Bahamas | 3.8% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 6.3% |
 Botswana | 6.1% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.3% |
 Nepal | 3.1% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 6.2% |
 Togo | 3.3% | 4.3% | 6.2% | 6.1% |
 Mongolia | 6.1% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 6.1% |
 Morocco | 3.7% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 6.1% |
 Iran | 4.7% | 6.3% | 5.0% | 6.0% |
 Zambia | 4.1% | 4.1% | 6.3% | 6.0% |
 China | 4.5% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 5.9% |
 Cape Verde | 3.9% | 4.1% | 7.0% | 5.8% |
 Luxembourg | 5.9% | 6.7% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 9.3% | 5.8% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
 St. Kitts & Nevis | 4.8% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.7% |
 Liechtenstein | – | – | 6.1% | 5.7% |
 Romania | 4.2% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 5.7% |
 Saudi Arabia | 4.2% | 3.6% | 6.6% | 5.7% |
 Peru | 4.4% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| Lebanon | 10.8% | 7.4% | 7.5% | 5.6% |
 Mauritius | 2.9% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
 Iraq | – | 3.2% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
 Mexico | 4.2% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 5.5% |
 Turkmenistan | 4.0% | 3.2% | 5.6% | 5.5% |
 Suriname | 5.9% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 5.4% |
 Barbados | 4.9% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 5.4% |
 Solomon Islands | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
 Rwanda | 3.6% | 8.1% | 5.8% | 5.1% |
 Philippines | 3.1% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
 Dominica | 5.3% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 5.0% |
 Chad | 4.2% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 5.0% |
 United Arab Emirates | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5.8% | 5.0% |
 Kuwait | 2.2% | 2.7% | 6.1% | 5.0% |
 Egypt | 4.9% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.9% |
 St. Lucia | 4.9% | 5.1% | 7.0% | 4.7% |
 Sierra Leone | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 4.7% |
 Grenada | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
 Cambodia | 6.5% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 4.6% |
 Dominican Republic | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 4.6% |
 Vietnam | 4.1% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 4.6% |
 Cameroon | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.6% |
 Thailand | 3.1% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
 Kyrgyzstan | 4.4% | 7.0% | 4.9% | 4.5% |
 Singapore | 3.3% | 3.2% | 5.7% | 4.5% |
 Seychelles | 4.6% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 4.5% |
 Myanmar | 2.0% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 4.0% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 4.4% |
 Bhutan | 4.1% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 4.4% |
 Kenya | 3.6% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
 Algeria | 3.2% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 4.4% |
| Mauritania | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 4.3% |
 Senegal | 3.6% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
 Türkiye | 4.6% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
 Azerbaijan | 2.9% | 2.6% | 5.8% | 4.3% |
 Uganda | 5.1% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 4.2% |
 Nigeria | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
 Belize | 2.9% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
 Vanuatu | 3.3% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
 Niger | 4.7% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 4.0% |
 Bahrain | 3.2% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 4.0% |
 Malaysia | 2.5% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
 Antigua & Barbuda | 4.3% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 3.9% |
 Mali | 5.5% | 4.7% | 3.5% | 3.8% |
 Venezuela | – | – | 4.1% | 3.8% |
 Kazakhstan | 4.2% | 2.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
 Somalia | – | – | 2.5% | 3.7% |
 Guinea | 4.7% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.5% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| Eritrea | 5.8% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
 Sri Lanka | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
 Fiji | 3.4% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 3.6% |
 Equatorial Guinea | 1.2% | 1.7% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
 Oman | 2.7% | 2.5% | 5.1% | 3.5% |
 Côte d’Ivoire | 3.6% | 4.6% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
 Madagascar | 4.0% | 4.7% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
 India | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
 Benin | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
 Republic of the Congo | 1.5% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 3.3% |
 Haiti | 4.0% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
 Gabon | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
 Monaco | 3.7% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 3.1% |
 Tanzania | 3.4% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
 Ghana | 1.7% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 2.9% |
 Zimbabwe | – | 10.5% | 3.0% | 2.9% |
| Gambia | 10.8% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 2.9% |
 Papua New Guinea | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
 Sudan | 3.6% | 5.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% |
 Ethiopia | 4.4% | 5.5% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
 Syria | 4.6% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2.7% |
 Indonesia | 1.9% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2.7% |
 Angola | 1.7% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
 Qatar | 2.0% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 2.5% |
 Pakistan | 2.5% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.5% |
 Guyana | 3.2% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 2.5% |
 Djibouti | 3.4% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
 Brunei | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.2% |
 Bangladesh | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Laos | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.3% |
 Ukraine | 5.3% | 6.8% | 7.6% | – |
| Countries with data | 183 | 187 | 192 | 191 |
Notes on reading this history
Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.
Source: Current health expenditure (% of GDP), indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org
World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08
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