Health Spending by Country

World Bank / WHO 2021 · 193 countries

About this statistic

Health expenditure as share of GDP

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193 countries

Health Spending by country
1	Tuvalu	27.1%of GDP
2	Nauru	18.2%of GDP
3	United States	16.7%of GDP
4	Afghanistan	15.0%of GDP
5	Marshall Islands	13.4%of GDP
6	Liberia	13.0%of GDP
7	Micronesia	12.9%of GDP
8	Lesotho	12.6%of GDP
9	Germany	11.7%of GDP
10	Switzerland	11.7%of GDP
11	South Sudan	11.6%of GDP
12	France	11.5%of GDP
13	Canada	11.2%of GDP
14	Austria	11.2%of GDP
15	Sweden	11.2%of GDP
16	United Kingdom	11.0%of GDP
17	Kiribati	10.9%of GDP
18	Palau	10.9%of GDP
19	Belgium	10.8%of GDP
20	Japan	10.7%of GDP
21	Palestine	10.7%of GDP
22	Central African Republic	10.7%of GDP
23	Finland	10.5%of GDP
24	Australia	10.4%of GDP
25	Argentina	10.3%of GDP
26	Chile	10.2%of GDP
27	New Zealand	10.1%of GDP
28	Portugal	10.0%of GDP
29	Netherlands	9.8%of GDP
30	Brazil	9.7%of GDP
31	Yemen	9.7%of GDP
32	Montenegro	9.7%of GDP
33	Timor-Leste	9.6%of GDP
34	Denmark	9.6%of GDP
35	Namibia	9.5%of GDP
36	Norway	9.4%of GDP
37	Cuba	9.4%of GDP
38	Armenia	9.3%of GDP
39	Slovenia	9.3%of GDP
40	El Salvador	9.3%of GDP
41	Maldives	9.2%of GDP
42	Spain	9.2%of GDP
43	Burundi	9.1%of GDP
44	Uruguay	9.0%of GDP
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9%of GDP
46	South Africa	8.9%of GDP
47	Malta	8.8%of GDP
48	Guinea-Bissau	8.8%of GDP
49	Iceland	8.7%of GDP
50	South Korea	8.6%of GDP
51	Mozambique	8.5%of GDP
52	Czechia	8.4%of GDP
53	Italy	8.4%of GDP
54	Greece	8.4%of GDP
55	Paraguay	8.4%of GDP
56	Panama	8.3%of GDP
57	Nicaragua	8.3%of GDP
58	Ukraine	8.2%of GDP
59	Colombia	8.2%of GDP
60	Cyprus	8.1%of GDP
61	Serbia	8.0%of GDP
62	Tunisia	8.0%of GDP
63	Bulgaria	7.9%of GDP
64	Libya	7.8%of GDP
65	Burkina Faso	7.8%of GDP
66	Honduras	7.7%of GDP
67	Andorra	7.7%of GDP
68	Jordan	7.7%of GDP
69	Jamaica	7.6%of GDP
70	Ecuador	7.6%of GDP
71	Trinidad and Tobago	7.5%of GDP
72	Eswatini	7.5%of GDP
73	Estonia	7.5%of GDP
74	Tajikistan	7.4%of GDP
75	North Macedonia	7.4%of GDP
76	Tonga	7.4%of GDP
77	Slovakia	7.4%of GDP
78	Lithuania	7.3%of GDP
79	Latvia	7.3%of GDP
80	Croatia	7.1%of GDP
81	Poland	7.1%of GDP
82	Israel	7.1%of GDP
83	Belarus	7.1%of GDP
84	Albania	7.1%of GDP
85	Russia	7.0%of GDP
86	Bolivia	6.9%of GDP
87	Costa Rica	6.9%of GDP
88	Georgia	6.9%of GDP
89	Guatemala	6.8%of GDP
90	Samoa	6.8%of GDP
91	Uzbekistan	6.7%of GDP
92	Moldova	6.7%of GDP
93	San Marino	6.6%of GDP
94	Ireland	6.6%of GDP
95	Comoros	6.6%of GDP
96	Malawi	6.5%of GDP
97	Hungary	6.4%of GDP
98	Bahamas	6.3%of GDP
99	Botswana	6.3%of GDP
100	Nepal	6.2%of GDP
101	Togo	6.1%of GDP
102	Mongolia	6.1%of GDP
103	Morocco	6.1%of GDP
104	Iran	6.0%of GDP
105	Zambia	6.0%of GDP
106	China	5.9%of GDP
107	Cape Verde	5.8%of GDP
108	Luxembourg	5.8%of GDP
109	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.8%of GDP
110	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.7%of GDP
111	Liechtenstein	5.7%of GDP
112	Romania	5.7%of GDP
113	Saudi Arabia	5.7%of GDP
114	Peru	5.6%of GDP
115	Lebanon	5.6%of GDP
116	Mauritius	5.6%of GDP
117	Iraq	5.5%of GDP
118	Mexico	5.5%of GDP
119	Turkmenistan	5.5%of GDP
120	Suriname	5.4%of GDP
121	Barbados	5.4%of GDP
122	Solomon Islands	5.4%of GDP
123	Rwanda	5.1%of GDP
124	Philippines	5.1%of GDP
125	Dominica	5.0%of GDP
126	Chad	5.0%of GDP
127	United Arab Emirates	5.0%of GDP
128	Kuwait	5.0%of GDP
129	Egypt	4.9%of GDP
130	Saint Lucia	4.7%of GDP
131	Sierra Leone	4.7%of GDP
132	Grenada	4.7%of GDP
133	Cambodia	4.6%of GDP
134	Dominican Republic	4.6%of GDP
135	Vietnam	4.6%of GDP
136	Cameroon	4.6%of GDP
137	Thailand	4.5%of GDP
138	Kyrgyzstan	4.5%of GDP
139	Singapore	4.5%of GDP
140	Seychelles	4.5%of GDP
141	Myanmar	4.5%of GDP
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.4%of GDP
143	Bhutan	4.4%of GDP
144	Kenya	4.4%of GDP
145	Algeria	4.4%of GDP
146	Mauritania	4.3%of GDP
147	Senegal	4.3%of GDP
148	Turkey	4.3%of GDP
149	Azerbaijan	4.3%of GDP
150	Uganda	4.2%of GDP
151	Nigeria	4.2%of GDP
152	Belize	4.1%of GDP
153	Vanuatu	4.1%of GDP
154	Niger	4.0%of GDP
155	Bahrain	4.0%of GDP
156	Malaysia	4.0%of GDP
157	Antigua and Barbuda	3.9%of GDP
158	Mali	3.8%of GDP
159	Venezuela	3.8%of GDP
160	Kazakhstan	3.8%of GDP
161	Somalia	3.7%of GDP
162	Guinea	3.7%of GDP
163	DR Congo	3.7%of GDP
164	Eritrea	3.7%of GDP
165	Sri Lanka	3.7%of GDP
166	Fiji	3.6%of GDP
167	Equatorial Guinea	3.5%of GDP
168	Oman	3.5%of GDP
169	Ivory Coast	3.4%of GDP
170	Madagascar	3.4%of GDP
171	India	3.3%of GDP
172	Benin	3.3%of GDP
173	Republic of the Congo	3.3%of GDP
174	Haiti	3.2%of GDP
175	Gabon	3.1%of GDP
176	Monaco	3.1%of GDP
177	Tanzania	3.1%of GDP
178	Ghana	2.9%of GDP
179	Zimbabwe	2.9%of GDP
180	Gambia	2.9%of GDP
181	Papua New Guinea	2.9%of GDP
182	Sudan	2.9%of GDP
183	Ethiopia	2.8%of GDP
184	Syria	2.7%of GDP
185	Indonesia	2.7%of GDP
186	Angola	2.5%of GDP
187	Qatar	2.5%of GDP
188	Pakistan	2.5%of GDP
189	Guyana	2.5%of GDP
190	Djibouti	2.3%of GDP
191	Brunei	2.2%of GDP
192	Bangladesh	2.2%of GDP
193	Laos	1.3%of GDP

27.1%1st · Tuvalu 18.2%2nd · Nauru 16.7%3rd · United States

Source

World Bank / WHO · 2021 · 193/195 countries

Surprising positions

Tuvalu ranks 1 of 193 for health spending, and 194 of 195 for population.

Nauru ranks 2 of 193 for health spending, and 193 of 195 for population.

Bangladesh ranks 192 of 193 for health spending, and 8 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

Health Spending by Country

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