Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Southern Europe

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Southern Europe in 2023 — 6.22%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.95 pp.

2023 6.22% −0.35 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 7.2%2020
Period minimum 5.27%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Southern Europe, 2000–202355.566.577.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.27%2001: 5.43%2002: 5.5%2003: 5.68%2004: 5.86%2005: 6.05%2006: 6.05%2007: 5.96%2008: 6.3%2009: 6.8%2010: 6.8%2011: 6.59%2012: 6.47%2013: 6.36%2014: 6.31%2015: 6.31%2016: 6.21%2017: 6.12%2018: 6.11%2019: 6.13%2020: 7.2%2021: 6.99%2022: 6.56%2023: 6.22%
Change over the period: +0.95 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 6.22%
World 6.14%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.22 −0.35 pp
2022 6.56 −0.43 pp
2021 6.99 −0.21 pp
2020 7.2 +1.07 pp
2019 6.13 +0.01 pp
2018 6.11 −0.01 pp
2017 6.12 −0.09 pp
2016 6.21 −0.1 pp
2015 6.31 +0 pp
2014 6.31 −0.05 pp
2013 6.36 −0.11 pp
2012 6.47 −0.12 pp
2011 6.59 −0.21 pp
2010 6.8 −0 pp
2009 6.8 +0.5 pp
2008 6.3 +0.34 pp
2007 5.96 −0.09 pp
2006 6.05 +0.01 pp
2005 6.05 +0.19 pp
2004 5.86 +0.18 pp
2003 5.68 +0.18 pp
2002 5.5 +0.07 pp
2001 5.43 +0.16 pp
2000 5.27

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.