Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 2000
Current health expenditure as a percentage of GDP highlights spending trends. Compare countries, explore rankings, and view historical data.
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Rank | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tuvalu | 22.282 % of GDP | |
2 |  Nauru | 18.967 % of GDP | |
3 |  Marshall Islands | 13.525 % of GDP | |
4 |  United States | 12.49 % of GDP | |
5 |  Lebanon | 10.83 % of GDP | |
6 |  Gambia | 10.785 % of GDP | |
7 |  Namibia | 10.045 % of GDP | |
8 |  Germany | 9.759 % of GDP | |
9 |  France | 9.617 % of GDP | |
10 |  State of Palestine | 9.465 % of GDP | |
11 |  Austria | 9.389 % of GDP | |
12 |  Jordan | 9.344 % of GDP | |
13 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 9.319 % of GDP | |
14 |  Uruguay | 9.172 % of GDP | |
15 |  Switzerland | 9.134 % of GDP | |
16 |  Iceland | 8.899 % of GDP | |
17 |  North Macedonia | 8.87 % of GDP | |
18 |  Palau | 8.637 % of GDP | |
19 |  Portugal | 8.601 % of GDP | |
20 |  Brazil | 8.335 % of GDP | |
21 |  Canada | 8.248 % of GDP | |
22 |  Argentina | 8.22 % of GDP | |
23 |  Denmark | 8.11 % of GDP | |
24 |  Belgium | 7.999 % of GDP | |
25 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.962 % of GDP | |
26 |  Slovenia | 7.855 % of GDP | |
27 |  El Salvador | 7.843 % of GDP | |
28 |  Kiribati | 7.774 % of GDP | |
29 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 7.765 % of GDP | |
30 |  Maldives | 7.737 % of GDP | |
31 |  Netherlands | 7.704 % of GDP | |
32 |  Norway | 7.703 % of GDP | |
33 |  Croatia | 7.651 % of GDP | |
34 |  Australia | 7.589 % of GDP | |
35 |  Italy | 7.547 % of GDP | |
36 |  Comoros | 7.515 % of GDP | |
37 |  Greece | 7.514 % of GDP | |
38 |  New Zealand | 7.47 % of GDP | |
39 |  South Africa | 7.337 % of GDP | |
40 |  Sweden | 7.325 % of GDP | |
41 |  Georgia | 7.195 % of GDP | |
42 |  United Kingdom | 7.146 % of GDP | |
43 |  Finland | 7.095 % of GDP | |
44 |  Japan | 7.035 % of GDP | |
45 |  Chile | 7 % of GDP | |
46 |  Panama | 6.985 % of GDP | |
47 |  Spain | 6.802 % of GDP | |
48 |  Hungary | 6.77 % of GDP | |
49 |  Malta | 6.626 % of GDP | |
50 |  Israel | 6.594 % of GDP | |
51 |  Cuba | 6.582 % of GDP | |
52 |  Costa Rica | 6.565 % of GDP | |
53 |  Cambodia | 6.481 % of GDP | |
54 |  Honduras | 6.268 % of GDP | |
55 |  Lithuania | 6.186 % of GDP | |
56 |  Botswana | 6.108 % of GDP | |
57 |  Mongolia | 6.076 % of GDP | |
58 |  Paraguay | 6.019 % of GDP | |
59 |  Jamaica | 5.979 % of GDP | |
60 |  Andorra | 5.933 % of GDP | |
61 |  Republic of Moldova | 5.927 % of GDP | |
62 |  Luxembourg | 5.925 % of GDP | |
63 |  Ireland | 5.899 % of GDP | |
64 |  Albania | 5.874 % of GDP | |
65 |  Suriname | 5.871 % of GDP | |
66 |  Bulgaria | 5.83 % of GDP | |
67 |  Serbia | 5.808 % of GDP | |
68 |  San Marino | 5.788 % of GDP | |
69 |  Eritrea | 5.767 % of GDP | |
70 |  Czech Republic | 5.669 % of GDP | |
71 |  Colombia | 5.635 % of GDP | |
72 |  Latvia | 5.572 % of GDP | |
73 |  Mali | 5.466 % of GDP | |
74 |  Guatemala | 5.397 % of GDP | |
75 |  Grenada | 5.359 % of GDP | |
76 |  Dominica | 5.324 % of GDP | |
77 |  Cyprus | 5.308 % of GDP | |
78 |  Slovakia | 5.307 % of GDP | |
79 |  Ukraine | 5.307 % of GDP | |
80 |  Sierra Leone | 5.291 % of GDP | |
81 |  Belarus | 5.281 % of GDP | |
82 |  Poland | 5.265 % of GDP | |
83 |  Nicaragua | 5.239 % of GDP | |
84 |  Estonia | 5.17 % of GDP | |
85 |  Lesotho | 5.156 % of GDP | |
86 |  Uzbekistan | 5.133 % of GDP | |
87 |  Uganda | 5.083 % of GDP | |
88 |  Russia | 5.02 % of GDP | |
89 |  Barbados | 4.926 % of GDP | |
90 |  Egypt | 4.922 % of GDP | |
91 |  Dominican Republic | 4.884 % of GDP | |
92 |  Saint Lucia | 4.865 % of GDP | |
93 |  Solomon Islands | 4.828 % of GDP | |
94 |  Tunisia | 4.813 % of GDP | |
95 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.799 % of GDP | |
96 |  Guinea | 4.741 % of GDP | |
97 |  Iran | 4.723 % of GDP | |
98 |  Yemen | 4.666 % of GDP | |
99 |  Niger | 4.659 % of GDP | |
100 |  Seychelles | 4.611 % of GDP | |
101 |  Eswatini | 4.61 % of GDP | |
102 |  Turkey | 4.6 % of GDP | |
103 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 4.572 % of GDP | |
104 |  China | 4.454 % of GDP | |
105 |  Peru | 4.415 % of GDP | |
106 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4.414 % of GDP | |
107 |  Bolivia | 4.396 % of GDP | |
108 |  Central African Republic | 4.381 % of GDP | |
109 |  Ethiopia | 4.365 % of GDP | |
110 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 4.324 % of GDP | |
111 |  Cameroon | 4.296 % of GDP | |
112 |  Samoa | 4.282 % of GDP | |
113 |  Laos | 4.275 % of GDP | |
114 |  Tajikistan | 4.265 % of GDP | |
115 |  Mexico | 4.244 % of GDP | |
116 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4.235 % of GDP | |
117 |  Burundi | 4.222 % of GDP | |
118 |  Saudi Arabia | 4.212 % of GDP | |
119 |  Romania | 4.209 % of GDP | |
120 |  Chad | 4.207 % of GDP | |
121 |  Armenia | 4.196 % of GDP | |
122 |  Guinea-Bissau | 4.19 % of GDP | |
123 |  Kazakhstan | 4.16 % of GDP | |
124 |  Bhutan | 4.139 % of GDP | |
125 |  Zambia | 4.12 % of GDP | |
126 |  Sri Lanka | 4.108 % of GDP | |
127 |  Vietnam | 4.108 % of GDP | |
128 |  India | 4.106 % of GDP | |
129 |  Turkmenistan | 4.031 % of GDP | |
130 |  Burkina Faso | 4.021 % of GDP | |
131 |  Madagascar | 3.992 % of GDP | |
132 |  Haiti | 3.992 % of GDP | |
133 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.983 % of GDP | |
134 |  Cabo Verde | 3.86 % of GDP | |
135 |  Bahamas | 3.805 % of GDP | |
136 |  South Korea | 3.718 % of GDP | |
137 |  Monaco | 3.695 % of GDP | |
138 |  Morocco | 3.693 % of GDP | |
139 |  Kenya | 3.625 % of GDP | |
140 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 3.615 % of GDP | |
141 |  Sudan | 3.607 % of GDP | |
142 |  Rwanda | 3.576 % of GDP | |
143 |  Ecuador | 3.574 % of GDP | |
144 |  Senegal | 3.55 % of GDP | |
145 |  Fiji | 3.424 % of GDP | |
146 |  Tanzania | 3.415 % of GDP | |
147 |  Djibouti | 3.396 % of GDP | |
148 |  Mauritania | 3.378 % of GDP | |
149 |  Singapore | 3.343 % of GDP | |
150 |  Togo | 3.334 % of GDP | |
151 |  Libya | 3.319 % of GDP | |
152 |  Vanuatu | 3.307 % of GDP | |
153 |  Algeria | 3.215 % of GDP | |
154 |  Bahrain | 3.2 % of GDP | |
155 |  Nigeria | 3.197 % of GDP | |
156 |  Guyana | 3.187 % of GDP | |
157 |  Nepal | 3.133 % of GDP | |
158 |  Thailand | 3.101 % of GDP | |
159 |  Philippines | 3.055 % of GDP | |
160 |  Benin | 2.959 % of GDP | |
161 |  Azerbaijan | 2.949 % of GDP | |
162 |  Belize | 2.939 % of GDP | |
163 |  Gabon | 2.905 % of GDP | |
164 |  Tonga | 2.904 % of GDP | |
165 |  Mauritius | 2.857 % of GDP | |
166 |  Liberia | 2.692 % of GDP | |
167 |  Oman | 2.685 % of GDP | |
168 |  Brunei Darussalam | 2.548 % of GDP | |
169 |  Malaysia | 2.515 % of GDP | |
170 |  Pakistan | 2.481 % of GDP | |
171 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.395 % of GDP | |
172 |  Malawi | 2.352 % of GDP | |
173 |  Kuwait | 2.204 % of GDP | |
174 |  Mozambique | 2.143 % of GDP | |
175 |  Papua New Guinea | 2.018 % of GDP | |
176 |  Myanmar | 2.008 % of GDP | |
177 |  Qatar | 1.973 % of GDP | |
178 |  Indonesia | 1.853 % of GDP | |
179 |  Bangladesh | 1.805 % of GDP | |
180 |  Angola | 1.685 % of GDP | |
181 |  Ghana | 1.663 % of GDP | |
182 |  Congo | 1.505 % of GDP | |
183 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.466 % of GDP | |
184 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.223 % of GDP |
- #1Tuvalu
- #2Nauru
- #3Marshall Islands
- #4United States
- #5Lebanon
- #6Gambia
- #7Namibia
- #8Germany
- #9France
- #10State of Palestine
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #184Equatorial Guinea
- #183Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- #182Congo
- #181Ghana
- #180Angola
- #179Bangladesh
- #178Indonesia
- #177Qatar
- #176Myanmar
- #175Papua New Guinea
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Data Source
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) | World Health Organization (WHO) via World Bank
Data produced by Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), compiled and published by World Bank as "Current health expenditure (% of GDP)".
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