Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Upper-middle-income countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 6.09%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.83 pp.

2023 6.09% +0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 6.09%2023
Period minimum 5%2007

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–202355.566.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.26%2001: 5.21%2002: 5.08%2003: 5.16%2004: 5.13%2005: 5.15%2006: 5.07%2007: 5%2008: 5.03%2009: 5.39%2010: 5.21%2011: 5.2%2012: 5.23%2013: 5.31%2014: 5.37%2015: 5.46%2016: 5.49%2017: 5.57%2018: 5.53%2019: 5.63%2020: 5.9%2021: 5.73%2022: 5.99%2023: 6.09%
Change over the period: +0.83 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 6.09%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.09 +0.1 pp
2022 5.99 +0.27 pp
2021 5.73 −0.17 pp
2020 5.9 +0.26 pp
2019 5.63 +0.11 pp
2018 5.53 −0.04 pp
2017 5.57 +0.08 pp
2016 5.49 +0.03 pp
2015 5.46 +0.09 pp
2014 5.37 +0.06 pp
2013 5.31 +0.08 pp
2012 5.23 +0.04 pp
2011 5.2 −0.02 pp
2010 5.21 −0.18 pp
2009 5.39 +0.37 pp
2008 5.03 +0.02 pp
2007 5 −0.07 pp
2006 5.07 −0.07 pp
2005 5.15 +0.01 pp
2004 5.13 −0.03 pp
2003 5.16 +0.08 pp
2002 5.08 −0.13 pp
2001 5.21 −0.05 pp
2000 5.26

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.