Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Northern Europe

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Northern Europe in 2023 — 10.22%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.01 pp.

2023 10.22% +0.25 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 11.15%2020
Period minimum 7.21%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Northern Europe, 2000–20237891011122000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 7.21%2001: 7.51%2002: 7.94%2003: 8.14%2004: 8.28%2005: 8.32%2006: 8.37%2007: 8.51%2008: 8.77%2009: 9.65%2010: 9.52%2011: 9.74%2012: 9.85%2013: 9.91%2014: 9.92%2015: 9.81%2016: 9.81%2017: 9.61%2018: 9.61%2019: 9.74%2020: 11.15%2021: 10.94%2022: 9.97%2023: 10.22%
Change over the period: +3.01 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Europe 10.22%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 10.22 +0.25 pp
2022 9.97 −0.97 pp
2021 10.94 −0.21 pp
2020 11.15 +1.41 pp
2019 9.74 +0.12 pp
2018 9.61 +0.01 pp
2017 9.61 −0.2 pp
2016 9.81 −0.01 pp
2015 9.81 −0.11 pp
2014 9.92 +0.01 pp
2013 9.91 +0.07 pp
2012 9.85 +0.11 pp
2011 9.74 +0.21 pp
2010 9.52 −0.13 pp
2009 9.65 +0.87 pp
2008 8.77 +0.26 pp
2007 8.51 +0.15 pp
2006 8.37 +0.05 pp
2005 8.32 +0.04 pp
2004 8.28 +0.15 pp
2003 8.14 +0.2 pp
2002 7.94 +0.43 pp
2001 7.51 +0.31 pp
2000 7.21

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.