Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country

This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures. See also: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.

The first table and bar chart lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health as a percent of GDP. GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation.

The next table lists nearly all countries. It uses data from the World Health Organization (WHO). It also shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health as a percent of GDP.

The top chart to the right measures the total cost of health care (public and private expenditures) as a percent of GDP for a few nations. The chart below it shows that high life expectancy can be had across the range of health expenditures by country. See: List of countries by life expectancy.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

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A country list from OECD Data at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Table

Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.

Bar chart

Health spending by country. Percent of GDP (Gross domestic product). There are more countries than just OECD countries.

World Health Organization. 2020-21 is latest available

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A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database. Years were selected to get the latest year for these 5 countries included in the table: Albania, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen.

Table 2

Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

Asterisk (*) indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.

See also

• List of countries by total health expenditure per capita
• Health system
• Health systems by country
• List of countries by hospital beds
• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by infant mortality rate
• List of countries by maternal mortality ratio
• List of countries by quality of health care
• List of OECD health expenditure by country by type of financing

Notes and references

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