Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 2008
Current health expenditure as a percentage of GDP highlights spending trends. Compare countries, explore rankings, and view historical data.
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1 | Nauru | 23.004 % of GDP | |
2 |  Marshall Islands | 18.98 % of GDP | |
3 |  United States | 15.207 % of GDP | |
4 |  Kiribati | 13.514 % of GDP | |
5 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 12.083 % of GDP | |
6 |  Maldives | 11.471 % of GDP | |
7 |  Cuba | 11.314 % of GDP | |
8 |  Republic of Moldova | 10.949 % of GDP | |
9 |  Namibia | 10.677 % of GDP | |
10 |  State of Palestine | 10.526 % of GDP | |
11 |  France | 10.513 % of GDP | |
12 |  Tuvalu | 10.34 % of GDP | |
13 |  Afghanistan | 10.256 % of GDP | |
14 |  Germany | 10.032 % of GDP | |
15 |  Austria | 9.834 % of GDP | |
16 |  Belgium | 9.6 % of GDP | |
17 |  Canada | 9.594 % of GDP | |
18 |  Portugal | 9.583 % of GDP | |
19 |  Switzerland | 9.532 % of GDP | |
20 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.486 % of GDP | |
21 |  Denmark | 9.468 % of GDP | |
22 |  Netherlands | 9.218 % of GDP | |
23 |  Serbia | 9.128 % of GDP | |
24 |  Ireland | 9.126 % of GDP | |
25 |  United Kingdom | 9.033 % of GDP | |
26 |  Greece | 8.948 % of GDP | |
27 |  Eswatini | 8.858 % of GDP | |
28 |  New Zealand | 8.651 % of GDP | |
29 |  Honduras | 8.604 % of GDP | |
30 |  Italy | 8.502 % of GDP | |
31 |  El Salvador | 8.496 % of GDP | |
32 |  Jordan | 8.489 % of GDP | |
33 |  Georgia | 8.444 % of GDP | |
34 |  Spain | 8.429 % of GDP | |
35 |  Palau | 8.414 % of GDP | |
36 |  Iceland | 8.344 % of GDP | |
37 |  Finland | 8.344 % of GDP | |
38 |  Australia | 8.247 % of GDP | |
39 |  Argentina | 8.241 % of GDP | |
40 |  Sweden | 8.226 % of GDP | |
41 |  Uruguay | 8.091 % of GDP | |
42 |  Japan | 8.089 % of GDP | |
43 |  Brazil | 8.011 % of GDP | |
44 |  Norway | 7.915 % of GDP | |
45 |  Slovenia | 7.893 % of GDP | |
46 |  Malta | 7.825 % of GDP | |
47 |  Lebanon | 7.818 % of GDP | |
48 |  Burundi | 7.741 % of GDP | |
49 |  Lesotho | 7.666 % of GDP | |
50 |  Croatia | 7.636 % of GDP | |
51 |  Rwanda | 7.56 % of GDP | |
52 |  Costa Rica | 7.469 % of GDP | |
53 |  Nicaragua | 7.167 % of GDP | |
54 |  South Africa | 7.148 % of GDP | |
55 |  Hungary | 7.093 % of GDP | |
56 |  Timor-Leste | 6.966 % of GDP | |
57 |  Slovakia | 6.96 % of GDP | |
58 |  Colombia | 6.842 % of GDP | |
59 |  Israel | 6.807 % of GDP | |
60 |  Panama | 6.805 % of GDP | |
61 |  Chile | 6.74 % of GDP | |
62 |  Jamaica | 6.655 % of GDP | |
63 |  Armenia | 6.64 % of GDP | |
64 |  Eritrea | 6.578 % of GDP | |
65 |  North Macedonia | 6.553 % of GDP | |
66 |  Kyrgyzstan | 6.525 % of GDP | |
67 |  Poland | 6.352 % of GDP | |
68 |  Czech Republic | 6.339 % of GDP | |
69 |  Lithuania | 6.29 % of GDP | |
70 |  Bulgaria | 6.283 % of GDP | |
71 |  Luxembourg | 6.231 % of GDP | |
72 |  Malawi | 6.107 % of GDP | |
73 |  Guatemala | 6.081 % of GDP | |
74 |  Tonga | 6.058 % of GDP | |
75 |  Cyprus | 6.014 % of GDP | |
76 |  Liberia | 5.996 % of GDP | |
77 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 5.97 % of GDP | |
78 |  Estonia | 5.957 % of GDP | |
79 |  Tajikistan | 5.912 % of GDP | |
80 |  Botswana | 5.897 % of GDP | |
81 |  Latvia | 5.866 % of GDP | |
82 |  Yemen | 5.762 % of GDP | |
83 |  Barbados | 5.738 % of GDP | |
84 |  Andorra | 5.679 % of GDP | |
85 |  Cambodia | 5.613 % of GDP | |
86 |  Sierra Leone | 5.603 % of GDP | |
87 |  Tanzania | 5.557 % of GDP | |
88 |  Ecuador | 5.522 % of GDP | |
89 |  Solomon Islands | 5.507 % of GDP | |
90 |  Ukraine | 5.498 % of GDP | |
91 |  Uganda | 5.455 % of GDP | |
92 |  Mexico | 5.446 % of GDP | |
93 |  Albania | 5.444 % of GDP | |
94 |  Sudan | 5.423 % of GDP | |
95 |  San Marino | 5.411 % of GDP | |
96 |  Grenada | 5.386 % of GDP | |
97 |  Guinea-Bissau | 5.352 % of GDP | |
98 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.306 % of GDP | |
99 |  Belarus | 5.294 % of GDP | |
100 |  South Korea | 5.246 % of GDP | |
101 |  Niger | 5.246 % of GDP | |
102 |  Turkey | 5.218 % of GDP | |
103 |  Kenya | 5.191 % of GDP | |
104 |  Tunisia | 5.164 % of GDP | |
105 |  Saint Lucia | 5.091 % of GDP | |
106 |  Comoros | 5.069 % of GDP | |
107 |  Dominica | 5.05 % of GDP | |
108 |  Iran | 5.04 % of GDP | |
109 |  Paraguay | 5.038 % of GDP | |
110 |  Mali | 5.027 % of GDP | |
111 |  Romania | 5.023 % of GDP | |
112 |  Burkina Faso | 4.967 % of GDP | |
113 |  Russia | 4.904 % of GDP | |
114 |  Bahamas | 4.863 % of GDP | |
115 |  Morocco | 4.838 % of GDP | |
116 |  Suriname | 4.747 % of GDP | |
117 |  Uzbekistan | 4.704 % of GDP | |
118 |  Gambia | 4.659 % of GDP | |
119 |  Bolivia | 4.607 % of GDP | |
120 |  Dominican Republic | 4.564 % of GDP | |
121 |  Mongolia | 4.557 % of GDP | |
122 |  Samoa | 4.533 % of GDP | |
123 |  Peru | 4.531 % of GDP | |
124 |  Belize | 4.513 % of GDP | |
125 |  Zambia | 4.494 % of GDP | |
126 |  Egypt | 4.466 % of GDP | |
127 |  Vietnam | 4.36 % of GDP | |
128 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.313 % of GDP | |
129 |  Ethiopia | 4.281 % of GDP | |
130 |  Guyana | 4.202 % of GDP | |
131 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 4.139 % of GDP | |
132 |  Mozambique | 4.135 % of GDP | |
133 |  Monaco | 4.084 % of GDP | |
134 |  Madagascar | 4.081 % of GDP | |
135 |  Central African Republic | 4.026 % of GDP | |
136 |  Algeria | 3.983 % of GDP | |
137 |  Mauritius | 3.939 % of GDP | |
138 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.888 % of GDP | |
139 |  Philippines | 3.863 % of GDP | |
140 |  Sri Lanka | 3.855 % of GDP | |
141 |  China | 3.836 % of GDP | |
142 |  Nepal | 3.818 % of GDP | |
143 |  Haiti | 3.757 % of GDP | |
144 |  Togo | 3.741 % of GDP | |
145 |  Ghana | 3.725 % of GDP | |
146 |  Nigeria | 3.696 % of GDP | |
147 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 3.694 % of GDP | |
148 |  Cameroon | 3.658 % of GDP | |
149 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3.658 % of GDP | |
150 |  Djibouti | 3.613 % of GDP | |
151 |  India | 3.589 % of GDP | |
152 |  Seychelles | 3.515 % of GDP | |
153 |  Senegal | 3.507 % of GDP | |
154 |  Thailand | 3.459 % of GDP | |
155 |  Turkmenistan | 3.454 % of GDP | |
156 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 3.414 % of GDP | |
157 |  Cabo Verde | 3.27 % of GDP | |
158 |  Guinea | 3.266 % of GDP | |
159 |  Singapore | 3.195 % of GDP | |
160 |  Fiji | 3.185 % of GDP | |
161 |  Chad | 3.164 % of GDP | |
162 |  Bhutan | 3.148 % of GDP | |
163 |  Vanuatu | 3.139 % of GDP | |
164 |  Bahrain | 3.073 % of GDP | |
165 |  Iraq | 3.066 % of GDP | |
166 |  Kazakhstan | 3.026 % of GDP | |
167 |  Mauritania | 3.013 % of GDP | |
168 |  Malaysia | 3.007 % of GDP | |
169 |  Angola | 2.978 % of GDP | |
170 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.971 % of GDP | |
171 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.929 % of GDP | |
172 |  Gabon | 2.848 % of GDP | |
173 |  Laos | 2.767 % of GDP | |
174 |  Benin | 2.652 % of GDP | |
175 |  Pakistan | 2.568 % of GDP | |
176 |  Indonesia | 2.548 % of GDP | |
177 |  Libya | 2.244 % of GDP | |
178 |  Congo | 2.239 % of GDP | |
179 |  Papua New Guinea | 2.135 % of GDP | |
180 |  Myanmar | 2.122 % of GDP | |
181 |  Bangladesh | 2.119 % of GDP | |
182 |  Azerbaijan | 2.048 % of GDP | |
183 |  Kuwait | 1.924 % of GDP | |
184 |  Brunei Darussalam | 1.876 % of GDP | |
185 |  Oman | 1.756 % of GDP | |
186 |  Qatar | 1.638 % of GDP | |
187 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.233 % of GDP |
- #1Nauru
- #2Marshall Islands
- #3United States
- #4Kiribati
- #5Micronesia (Fed. States of)
- #6Maldives
- #7Cuba
- #8Republic of Moldova
- #9Namibia
- #10State of Palestine
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #187Equatorial Guinea
- #186Qatar
- #185Oman
- #184Brunei Darussalam
- #183Kuwait
- #182Azerbaijan
- #181Bangladesh
- #180Myanmar
- #179Papua New Guinea
- #178Congo
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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