Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in high-income countries in 2023 — 7.91%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.35 pp.
2000–2023 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.91 | −0.22 pp |
| 2022 | 8.13 | −0.48 pp |
| 2021 | 8.61 | −0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 9.02 | +1.41 pp |
| 2019 | 7.61 | +0.13 pp |
| 2018 | 7.48 | −0.02 pp |
| 2017 | 7.5 | −0.07 pp |
| 2016 | 7.57 | +0.11 pp |
| 2015 | 7.46 | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 7.26 | +0.16 pp |
| 2013 | 7.1 | −0.02 pp |
| 2012 | 7.11 | +0.01 pp |
| 2011 | 7.1 | +0.06 pp |
| 2010 | 7.04 | −0.09 pp |
| 2009 | 7.13 | +0.67 pp |
| 2008 | 6.46 | +0.19 pp |
| 2007 | 6.27 | +0 pp |
| 2006 | 6.26 | +0.01 pp |
| 2005 | 6.25 | +0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 6.23 | +0.02 pp |
| 2003 | 6.21 | +0.15 pp |
| 2002 | 6.06 | +0.23 pp |
| 2001 | 5.83 | +0.27 pp |
| 2000 | 5.56 | — |
Government spending on health as a percent of GDP, from the WHO national health accounts. It counts the spending of budgets at all levels and of compulsory health insurance; private spending and voluntary insurance do not belong here — they are a separate part of total health expenditure.
Important: It differs from total health expenditure: in countries with a large share of paid medicine the government part can be half the total. It is useful to compare together with the share of out-of-pocket spending.
Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
What part of all government spending a country directs to health.
Healthcare Government health expenditure per capitaHow many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.
Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditureWhat share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.
Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.