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DEFINITION
Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.
Health Statistics > expenditure, total > % of GDP (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
15.4 %
2004
# 2
Marshall Islands :
15.2 %
2004
# 3
Kiribati :
13.7 %
2004
# 4
Malawi :
12.9 %
2004
# 5
Lebanon :
11.6 %
2004
= 6
São Tomé and Príncipe :
11.5 %
2004
= 6
Switzerland :
11.5 %
2004
# 8
East Timor :
11.2 %
2004
# 9
Germany :
10.6 %
2004
# 10
France :
10.5 %
2004
# 11
Austria :
10.28 %
2004
# 12
Serbia and Montenegro :
10.1 %
2004
= 13
Iceland :
9.9 %
2004
= 13
Monaco :
9.9 %
2004
= 15
Canada :
9.8 %
2004
= 15
Jordan :
9.8 %
2004
= 15
Portugal :
9.8 %
2004
= 18
Palau :
9.7 %
2004
= 18
Norway :
9.7 %
2004
= 18
Belgium :
9.7 %
2004
= 21
Argentina :
9.6 %
2004
= 21
Australia :
9.6 %
2004
= 23
Malta :
9.2 %
2004
= 23
Netherlands :
9.2 %
2004
# 25
Sweden :
9.1 %
2004
# 26
Brazil :
8.8 %
2004
= 27
Italy :
8.7 %
2004
= 27
Israel :
8.7 %
2004
= 27
Slovenia :
8.7 %
2004
= 30
South Africa :
8.6 %
2004
= 30
Denmark :
8.6 %
2004
# 32
New Zealand :
8.4 %
2004
# 33
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
8.3 %
2004
= 34
Uruguay :
8.2 %
2004
= 34
Nicaragua :
8.2 %
2004
= 36
United Kingdom :
8.1 %
2004
= 36
Spain :
8.1 %
2004
= 38
Croatia :
8 %
2005
= 38
Luxembourg :
8 %
2004
= 38
Macedonia, Republic of :
8 %
2004
= 38
Bulgaria :
8 %
2004
= 42
Hungary :
7.9 %
2004
= 42
Greece :
7.9 %
2004
= 42
El Salvador :
7.9 %
2004
= 45
Colombia :
7.8 %
2004
= 45
Japan :
7.8 %
2004
= 45
Suriname :
7.8 %
2004
# 48
Turkey :
7.72 %
2004
= 49
Paraguay :
7.7 %
2004
= 49
Panama :
7.7 %
2004
= 49
Maldives :
7.7 %
2004
= 52
Haiti :
7.6 %
2004
= 52
Micronesia, Federated States of :
7.6 %
2004
= 52
Uganda :
7.6 %
2004
= 55
Zimbabwe :
7.5 %
2004
= 55
Rwanda :
7.5 %
2004
= 57
Finland :
7.4 %
2004
= 57
Moldova :
7.4 %
2004
= 57
San Marino :
7.4 %
2004
# 60
Czech Republic :
7.3 %
2004
= 61
Slovakia :
7.2 %
2004
= 61
Honduras :
7.2 %
2004
= 61
Ireland :
7.2 %
2004
= 64
Andorra :
7.1 %
2004
= 64
Barbados :
7.1 %
2004
= 64
Latvia :
7.1 %
2004
# 67
Grenada :
6.9 %
2004
= 68
Namibia :
6.8 %
2004
= 68
Bolivia :
6.8 %
2004
= 68
Gambia, The :
6.8 %
2004
= 68
Bahamas, The :
6.8 %
2004
= 72
Ghana :
6.7 %
2004
= 72
Cambodia :
6.7 %
2004
= 72
Albania :
6.7 %
2004
= 75
Iran :
6.6 %
2004
= 75
Mali :
6.6 %
2004
= 75
Costa Rica :
6.6 %
2004
= 78
Ukraine :
6.5 %
2004
= 78
Lesotho :
6.5 %
2004
= 78
Lithuania :
6.5 %
2004
= 78
Mexico :
6.5 %
2004
# 82
Botswana :
6.4 %
2004
= 83
Zambia :
6.3 %
2004
= 83
Cuba :
6.3 %
2004
= 83
Djibouti :
6.3 %
2004
= 83
Swaziland :
6.3 %
2004
= 83
Tonga :
6.3 %
2004
= 88
Belarus :
6.2 %
2004
= 88
Poland :
6.2 %
2004
= 90
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6.1 %
2004
= 90
Chile :
6.1 %
2004
= 90
Burkina Faso :
6.1 %
2004
= 90
Seychelles :
6.1 %
2004
= 94
Russia :
6 %
2004
= 94
Mongolia :
6 %
2004
= 94
Dominican Republic :
6 %
2004
= 97
Egypt :
5.9 %
2004
= 97
Solomon Islands :
5.9 %
2004
= 97
Dominica :
5.9 %
2004
= 97
Senegal :
5.9 %
2004
# 101
Cyprus :
5.8 %
2004
# 102
Guatemala :
5.7 %
2004
= 103
Liberia :
5.6 %
2004
= 103
Tunisia :
5.6 %
2003
= 103
Korea, South :
5.6 %
2004
= 103
Nepal :
5.6 %
2004
= 103
Kyrgyzstan :
5.6 %
2004
= 108
Ecuador :
5.5 %
2004
= 108
Vietnam :
5.5 %
2004
= 108
Togo :
5.5 %
2004
# 111
Armenia :
5.4 %
2004
= 112
Samoa :
5.3 %
2004
= 112
Estonia :
5.3 %
2004
= 112
Ethiopia :
5.3 %
2004
= 112
Guinea :
5.3 %
2004
= 112
Georgia :
5.3 %
2004
= 112
Iraq :
5.3 %
2004
= 112
Guyana :
5.3 %
2004
= 119
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
5.2 %
2004
= 119
Cape Verde :
5.2 %
2004
= 119
Jamaica :
5.2 %
2004
= 119
Cameroon :
5.2 %
2004
= 123
Morocco :
5.1 %
2004
= 123
Romania :
5.1 %
2004
= 123
Uzbekistan :
5.1 %
2004
= 123
Belize :
5.1 %
2004
= 127
Yemen :
5 %
2004
= 127
Saint Lucia :
5 %
2004
= 127
India :
5 %
2004
# 130
Benin :
4.9 %
2004
= 131
Antigua and Barbuda :
4.8 %
2004
= 131
Turkmenistan :
4.8 %
2004
= 131
Guinea-Bissau :
4.8 %
2004
= 134
Syria :
4.7 %
2004
= 134
Venezuela :
4.7 %
2004
= 134
China :
4.7 %
2004
= 137
Nigeria :
4.6 %
2004
= 137
Bhutan :
4.6 %
2004
= 137
Fiji :
4.6 %
2004
= 140
Eritrea :
4.5 %
2004
= 140
Gabon :
4.5 %
2004
= 142
Tajikistan :
4.4 %
2004
= 142
Afghanistan :
4.4 %
2004
= 144
Sri Lanka :
4.3 %
2004
= 144
Mauritius :
4.3 %
2004
= 146
Chad :
4.2 %
2004
= 146
Niger :
4.2 %
2004
= 148
Vanuatu :
4.1 %
2004
= 148
Central African Republic :
4.1 %
2004
= 148
Sudan :
4.1 %
2004
= 148
Peru :
4.1 %
2004
= 148
Kenya :
4.1 %
2004
= 153
Bahrain :
4 %
2004
= 153
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4 %
2004
= 153
Tanzania :
4 %
2004
= 153
Mozambique :
4 %
2004
# 157
Laos :
3.9 %
2004
= 158
Libya :
3.8 %
2004
= 158
Côte d'Ivoire :
3.8 %
2004
= 158
Kazakhstan :
3.8 %
2004
= 158
Malaysia :
3.8 %
2004
# 162
Singapore :
3.7 %
2004
= 163
Algeria :
3.6 %
2004
= 163
Azerbaijan :
3.6 %
2004
= 163
Papua New Guinea :
3.6 %
2004
= 166
Thailand :
3.5 %
2004
= 166
Trinidad and Tobago :
3.5 %
2004
= 166
Korea, North :
3.5 %
2004
# 169
Philippines :
3.4 %
2004
= 170
Sierra Leone :
3.3 %
2004
= 170
Saudi Arabia :
3.3 %
2004
= 172
Brunei :
3.2 %
2004
= 172
Burundi :
3.2 %
2004
# 174
Bangladesh :
3.1 %
2004
= 175
Oman :
3 %
2004
= 175
Madagascar :
3 %
2004
= 177
Mauritania :
2.9 %
2004
= 177
United Arab Emirates :
2.9 %
2004
= 179
Kuwait :
2.8 %
2004
= 179
Comoros :
2.8 %
2004
= 179
Indonesia :
2.8 %
2004
# 182
Somalia :
2.6 %
2001
# 183
Congo, Republic of the :
2.5 %
2004
# 184
Qatar :
2.4 %
2004
= 185
Burma :
2.2 %
2004
= 185
Pakistan :
2.2 %
2004
# 187
Angola :
1.9 %
2004
# 188
Equatorial Guinea :
1.6 %
2004
Weighted average:
6.3 %
DEFINITION: Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.
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