Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Mercosur

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Mercosur in 2023 — 9.76%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.49 pp.

2023 9.76% +0.27 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 9.85%2021
Period minimum 7.86%2004

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Mercosur, 2000–20237.588.599.5102000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 8.27%2001: 8.43%2002: 8.42%2003: 7.92%2004: 7.86%2005: 7.92%2006: 8.09%2007: 8.08%2008: 7.99%2009: 8.52%2010: 8.14%2011: 8.03%2012: 8.08%2013: 8.27%2014: 8.58%2015: 9.15%2016: 9.29%2017: 9.54%2018: 9.5%2019: 9.6%2020: 9.74%2021: 9.85%2022: 9.49%2023: 9.76%
Change over the period: +1.49 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mercosur 9.76%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.76 +0.27 pp
2022 9.49 −0.36 pp
2021 9.85 +0.11 pp
2020 9.74 +0.14 pp
2019 9.6 +0.11 pp
2018 9.5 −0.05 pp
2017 9.54 +0.26 pp
2016 9.29 +0.13 pp
2015 9.15 +0.58 pp
2014 8.58 +0.3 pp
2013 8.27 +0.19 pp
2012 8.08 +0.05 pp
2011 8.03 −0.11 pp
2010 8.14 −0.38 pp
2009 8.52 +0.53 pp
2008 7.99 −0.09 pp
2007 8.08 −0.01 pp
2006 8.09 +0.17 pp
2005 7.92 +0.06 pp
2004 7.86 −0.05 pp
2003 7.92 −0.5 pp
2002 8.42 −0.01 pp
2001 8.43 +0.16 pp
2000 8.27

About the indicator

Current health expenditure as a percent of GDP: government spending, compulsory and voluntary insurance, and direct payments by households. Capital investment in infrastructure is not included. A high share does not automatically mean better health of the population: it can reflect broad coverage just as well as the high cost of services.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.