Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Eastern Europe

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 5.19%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.66 pp.

2023 5.19% +0.17 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.54%2020
Period minimum 3.54%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Eastern Europe, 2000–202334562000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 3.54%2001: 3.67%2002: 3.91%2003: 3.95%2004: 3.72%2005: 3.77%2006: 3.67%2007: 3.6%2008: 3.71%2009: 4.15%2010: 3.87%2011: 3.63%2012: 3.68%2013: 3.73%2014: 3.79%2015: 3.82%2016: 3.85%2017: 3.81%2018: 3.92%2019: 4.07%2020: 5.54%2021: 5.11%2022: 5.02%2023: 5.19%
Change over the period: +1.66 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe 5.19%
World 6.14%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.19 +0.17 pp
2022 5.02 −0.09 pp
2021 5.11 −0.43 pp
2020 5.54 +1.47 pp
2019 4.07 +0.15 pp
2018 3.92 +0.11 pp
2017 3.81 −0.04 pp
2016 3.85 +0.03 pp
2015 3.82 +0.03 pp
2014 3.79 +0.06 pp
2013 3.73 +0.05 pp
2012 3.68 +0.04 pp
2011 3.63 −0.23 pp
2010 3.87 −0.28 pp
2009 4.15 +0.44 pp
2008 3.71 +0.1 pp
2007 3.6 −0.06 pp
2006 3.67 −0.1 pp
2005 3.77 +0.05 pp
2004 3.72 −0.23 pp
2003 3.95 +0.04 pp
2002 3.91 +0.24 pp
2001 3.67 +0.13 pp
2000 3.54

About the indicator

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.