Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 3.42%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.23 pp.
2000–2023 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.42 | +0.02 pp |
| 2022 | 3.39 | +0.25 pp |
| 2021 | 3.15 | −0.14 pp |
| 2020 | 3.29 | +0.19 pp |
| 2019 | 3.1 | +0.05 pp |
| 2018 | 3.05 | −0.04 pp |
| 2017 | 3.09 | −0.03 pp |
| 2016 | 3.12 | −0.04 pp |
| 2015 | 3.15 | +0.13 pp |
| 2014 | 3.02 | +0.08 pp |
| 2013 | 2.94 | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 2.84 | +0.06 pp |
| 2011 | 2.78 | +0.03 pp |
| 2010 | 2.75 | −0.07 pp |
| 2009 | 2.82 | +0.31 pp |
| 2008 | 2.51 | +0.13 pp |
| 2007 | 2.38 | +0.06 pp |
| 2006 | 2.32 | +0.06 pp |
| 2005 | 2.27 | +0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 2.25 | +0.03 pp |
| 2003 | 2.21 | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 2.11 | −0.05 pp |
| 2001 | 2.16 | −0.03 pp |
| 2000 | 2.19 | — |
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.