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Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (CHE) describes the share of spending on health in each country relative to the size of its economy. It includes expenditures corresponding to the final consumption of health care goods and services and excludes investment, exports, and intermediate consumption. Note: Current health expenditure replaces the former Health Expenditures field and is calculated differently.

Afghanistan

15.5% of GDP (2020)

Albania

6.7% of GDP (2018)

Algeria

6.3% of GDP (2020)

American Samoa

NA

Andorra

9.1% of GDP (2020)

Angola

2.9% of GDP (2020)

Anguilla

NA

Antigua and Barbuda

5.6% of GDP (2020)

Argentina

10% of GDP (2020)

Armenia

12.2% of GDP (2020)

Aruba

NA

Australia

10.7% of GDP (2020)

Austria

11.5% of GDP (2020)

Azerbaijan

4.6% of GDP (2020)

Bahamas, The

7.6% of GDP (2020)

Bahrain

4.2% of GDP (2020)

Bangladesh

2.6% of GDP (2020)

Barbados

7.2% of GDP (2020)

Belarus

6.4% of GDP (2020)

Belgium

11.1% of GDP (2020)

Belize

6.9% of GDP (2020)

Benin

2.6% of GDP (2020)

Bermuda

NA

Bhutan

4.4% of GDP (2020)

Bolivia

7.9% of GDP (2020)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

9.8% of GDP (2020)

Botswana

6.2% of GDP (2020)

Brazil

10.3% of GDP (2020)

British Virgin Islands

NA

Brunei

2.4% of GDP (2020)

Bulgaria

8.5% of GDP (2020)

Burkina Faso

6.7% of GDP (2020)

Burma

3.7% of GDP (2020)

Burundi

6.5% of GDP (2020)

Cabo Verde

6% of GDP (2020)

Cambodia

7.5% of GDP (2020)

Cameroon

3.8% of GDP (2020)

Canada

12.9% of GDP (2020)

Cayman Islands

NA

Central African Republic

9.4% of GDP (2020)

Chad

5.4% of GDP (2020)

Chile

9.8% of GDP (2020)

China

5.6% of GDP (2020)

Colombia

9% of GDP (2020)

Comoros

5.4% of GDP (2020)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

4.1% of GDP (2020)

Congo, Republic of the

4.5% of GDP (2020)

Cook Islands

3.2% of GDP (2020)

Costa Rica

7.9% of GDP (2020)

Cote d'Ivoire

3.3% of GDP (2020)

Croatia

7.8% of GDP (2020)

Cuba

12.5% of GDP (2020)

Curacao

NA

Cyprus

8.1% of GDP (2020)

Czechia

9.2% of GDP (2020)

Denmark

10.5% of GDP (2020)

Djibouti

2% of GDP (2020)

Dominica

5.7% of GDP (2020)

Dominican Republic

4.9% of GDP (2020)

Ecuador

8.5% of GDP (2020)

Egypt

4.4% of GDP (2020)

El Salvador

9.9% of GDP (2020)

Equatorial Guinea

3.8% of GDP (2020)

Eritrea

4.1% of GDP (2020)

Estonia

7.8% of GDP (2020)

Eswatini

6.5% of GDP (2020)

Ethiopia

3.5% of GDP (2020)

Faroe Islands

NA

Fiji

3.8% of GDP (2020)

Finland

9.6% of GDP (2020)

France

12.2% of GDP (2020)

French Polynesia

NA

Gabon

3.4% of GDP (2020)

Gambia, The

2.6% of GDP (2020)

Gaza Strip

NA

Georgia

7.6% of GDP (2020)

Germany

12.8% of GDP (2020)

Ghana

4% of GDP (2020)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

9.5% of GDP (2020)

Greenland

NA

Grenada

5.8% of GDP (2020)

Guam

NA

Guatemala

6.5% of GDP (2020)

Guernsey

NA

Guinea

4% of GDP (2020)

Guinea-Bissau

8.4% of GDP (2020)

Guyana

5.5% of GDP (2020)

Haiti

3.3% of GDP (2020)

Honduras

9% of GDP (2020)

Hong Kong

NA

Hungary

7.3% of GDP (2020)

Iceland

9.6% of GDP (2020)

India

3% of GDP (2020)

Indonesia

3.4% of GDP (2020)

Iran

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Iraq

5.1% of GDP (2020)

Ireland

7.1% of GDP (2020)

Isle of Man

NA

Israel

8.3% of GDP (2020)

Italy

9.6% of GDP (2020)

Jamaica

6.6% of GDP (2020)

Japan

10.9% of GDP (2020)

Jersey

NA

Jordan

7.5% of GDP (2020)

Kazakhstan

3.8% of GDP (2020)

Kenya

4.3% of GDP (2020)

Kiribati

11.6% of GDP (2020)

Korea, North

NA

Korea, South

8.4% of GDP (2020)

Kosovo

NA

Kuwait

6.3% of GDP (2020)

Kyrgyzstan

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Laos

2.7% of GDP (2020)

Latvia

7.5% of GDP (2020)

Lebanon

8% of GDP (2020)

Lesotho

11.8% of GDP (2020)

Liberia

9.5% of GDP (2020)

Libya

NA

Liechtenstein

NA

Lithuania

7.5% of GDP (2020)

Luxembourg

5.8% of GDP (2020)

Macau

NA

Madagascar

3.9% of GDP (2020)

Malawi

5.4% of GDP (2020)

Malaysia

4.1% of GDP (2020)

Maldives

11.4% of GDP (2020)

Mali

4.3% of GDP (2020)

Malta

10.8% of GDP (2020)

Marshall Islands

13% of GDP (2020)

Mauritania

3.4% of GDP (2020)

Mauritius

6.7% of GDP (2020)

Mexico

6.2% of GDP (2020)

Micronesia, Federated States of

11.6% of GDP (2020)

Moldova

6.8% of GDP (2020)

Monaco

1.7% of GDP (2020)

Mongolia

4.9% of GDP (2020)

Montenegro

11.4% of GDP (2020)

Montserrat

NA

Morocco

6% of GDP (2020)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

7.6% of GDP (2020)

Namibia

8.9% of GDP (2020)

Nauru

12% of GDP (2020)

Nepal

5.2% of GDP (2020)

Netherlands

11.1% of GDP (2020)

New Caledonia

NA

New Zealand

10% of GDP (2020)

Nicaragua

8.6% of GDP (2020)

Niger

6.2% of GDP (2020)

Nigeria

3.4% of GDP (2020)

Niue

7.8% of GDP (2020)

North Macedonia

7.9% of GDP (2020)

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Norway

11.4% of GDP (2020)

Oman

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Pakistan

2.8% of GDP (2020)

Palau

18.4% of GDP (2020)

Panama

9.7% of GDP (2020)

Papua New Guinea

2.5% of GDP (2020)

Paraguay

7.6% of GDP (2020)

Peru

6.3% of GDP (2020)

Philippines

5.1% of GDP (2020)

Poland

6.5% of GDP (2020)

Portugal

10.6% of GDP (2020)

Puerto Rico

NA

Qatar

4.2% of GDP (2020)

Romania

6.3% of GDP (2020)

Russia

7.6% of GDP (2020)

Rwanda

7.3% of GDP (2020)

Saint Barthelemy

NA

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

5.4% of GDP (2020)

Saint Lucia

6.7% of GDP (2020)

Saint Martin

NA

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

4.8% of GDP (2020)

Samoa

5.3% of GDP (2020)

San Marino

8.7% of GDP (2020)

Sao Tome and Principe

4.9% of GDP (2020)

Saudi Arabia

5.5% of GDP (2018)

Senegal

5.2% of GDP (2020)

Serbia

8.7% of GDP (2020)

Seychelles

6.4% of GDP (2020)

Sierra Leone

8.8% of GDP (2020)

Singapore

6.1% of GDP (2020)

Sint Maarten

NA

Slovakia

7.2% of GDP (2020)

Slovenia

9.5% of GDP (2020)

Solomon Islands

4.4% of GDP (2020)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

8.6% of GDP (2020)

South Sudan

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Spain

10.7% of GDP (2020)

Sri Lanka

4.1% of GDP (2020)

Sudan

3% of GDP (2020)

Suriname

6.8% of GDP (2020)

Sweden

11.4% of GDP (2020)

Switzerland

11.8% of GDP (2020)

Syria

NA

Taiwan

NA

Tajikistan

8.2% of GDP (2020)

Tanzania

3.8% of GDP (2020)

Thailand

4.4% of GDP (2020)

Timor-Leste

9.9% of GDP (2020)

Togo

6% of GDP (2020)

Tonga

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Trinidad and Tobago

7.3% of GDP (2020)

Tunisia

6.3% of GDP (2020)

Turkey (Turkiye)

4.6% of GDP (2020)

Turkmenistan

5.7% of GDP (2020)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA

Tuvalu

21.5% of GDP (2020)

Uganda

4% of GDP (2020)

Ukraine

7.6% of GDP (2020)

United Arab Emirates

5.5% of GDP (2020)

United Kingdom

12% of GDP (2020)

United States

18.8% of GDP (2020)

Uruguay

9.2% of GDP (2020)

Uzbekistan

6.8% of GDP (2020)

Vanuatu

4% of GDP (2020)

Venezuela

3.8% of GDP (2020)

Vietnam

4.7% of GDP (2020)

Virgin Islands

NA

Wallis and Futuna

NA

West Bank

NA

Yemen

4.3% of GDP (2015)

Zambia

5.6% of GDP (2020)

Zimbabwe

3.4% of GDP (2020)