Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Eastern Europe

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 7.06%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.79 pp.

2023 7.06% +0.19 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 7.54%2020
Period minimum 5.27%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Eastern Europe, 2000–202356782000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.27%2001: 5.53%2002: 5.84%2003: 5.86%2004: 5.59%2005: 5.58%2006: 5.46%2007: 5.38%2008: 5.51%2009: 6.16%2010: 5.8%2011: 5.49%2012: 5.56%2013: 5.7%2014: 5.75%2015: 5.89%2016: 5.96%2017: 5.93%2018: 5.92%2019: 6.1%2020: 7.54%2021: 7.15%2022: 6.87%2023: 7.06%
Change over the period: +1.79 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 7.06%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.06 +0.19 pp
2022 6.87 −0.28 pp
2021 7.15 −0.38 pp
2020 7.54 +1.44 pp
2019 6.1 +0.18 pp
2018 5.92 −0.02 pp
2017 5.93 −0.02 pp
2016 5.96 +0.07 pp
2015 5.89 +0.13 pp
2014 5.75 +0.06 pp
2013 5.7 +0.13 pp
2012 5.56 +0.07 pp
2011 5.49 −0.3 pp
2010 5.8 −0.37 pp
2009 6.16 +0.66 pp
2008 5.51 +0.12 pp
2007 5.38 −0.08 pp
2006 5.46 −0.12 pp
2005 5.58 −0.01 pp
2004 5.59 −0.27 pp
2003 5.86 +0.01 pp
2002 5.84 +0.31 pp
2001 5.53 +0.26 pp
2000 5.27

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.