What part of all government spending a country directs to health.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2021 to 2024.
Top-20 · % of government expenditure
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
San Marino
|
26.2 | 2023 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Costa Rica
|
24.91 | 2023 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Japan
|
23.3 | 2023 | 3 | |
| 4 |
United States
|
23.02 | 2023 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Ireland
|
22.16 | 2023 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Paraguay
|
21.57 | 2023 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Uruguay
|
21.38 | 2023 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Australia
|
21.01 | 2023 | 8 | |
| 9 |
United Kingdom
|
20.05 | 2023 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Cuba
|
19.98 | 2023 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Panama
|
19.85 | 2023 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Sweden
|
19.45 | 2023 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Chile
|
19.3 | 2024 | 13 | |
| 14 |
New Zealand
|
19.21 | 2023 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Germany
|
19.21 | 2023 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Iran
|
19.06 | 2023 | 16 | |
| 17 |
El Salvador
|
18.51 | 2023 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Nicaragua
|
18.29 | 2023 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Canada
|
17.76 | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Guatemala
|
17.75 | 2023 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Tuvalu
|
17.49 | 2023 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Singapore
|
17.39 | 2023 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Norway
|
17.37 | 2023 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Colombia
|
17.24 | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
South Africa
|
16.89 | 2023 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Denmark
|
16.86 | 2024 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Montenegro
|
16.6 | 2023 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Argentina
|
16.35 | 2023 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Austria
|
16.19 | 2023 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Czechia
|
16.18 | 2023 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Iceland
|
16.06 | 2023 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Peru
|
15.95 | 2023 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Lebanon
|
15.91 | 2023 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Malta
|
15.91 | 2023 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Jamaica
|
15.86 | 2023 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Liechtenstein
|
15.85 | 2023 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Maldives
|
15.57 | 2023 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Netherlands
|
15.56 | 2023 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Thailand
|
15.56 | 2023 | 39 | |
| 40 |
South Korea
|
15.5 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Dominican Republic
|
15.41 | 2023 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Marshall Islands
|
15.24 | 2023 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Andorra
|
15.19 | 2023 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Finland
|
15.19 | 2023 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Namibia
|
14.99 | 2023 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Belgium
|
14.93 | 2023 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Cyprus
|
14.86 | 2023 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Spain
|
14.85 | 2023 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Samoa
|
14.63 | 2023 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Slovenia
|
14.63 | 2023 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Botswana
|
14.61 | 2023 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Portugal
|
14.56 | 2023 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Palestine
|
14.43 | 2023 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
14.42 | 2023 | 54 | |
| 55 |
United Arab Emirates
|
14.41 | 2023 | 55 | |
| 56 |
France
|
13.81 | 2024 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Cabo Verde
|
13.79 | 2023 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Saudi Arabia
|
13.69 | 2023 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Russia
|
13.67 | 2023 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Bahamas
|
13.48 | 2023 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Palau
|
13.26 | 2023 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Serbia
|
12.97 | 2023 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Estonia
|
12.96 | 2023 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Nauru
|
12.88 | 2023 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Croatia
|
12.84 | 2023 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Bulgaria
|
12.83 | 2023 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Lithuania
|
12.73 | 2023 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Albania
|
12.28 | 2023 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
12.28 | 2023 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Tunisia
|
12.1 | 2023 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Slovakia
|
12.1 | 2023 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Moldova
|
12.07 | 2023 | 72 | |
| 73 |
North Macedonia
|
12.05 | 2023 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Bolivia
|
12.03 | 2023 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Monaco
|
11.93 | 2023 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Ecuador
|
11.87 | 2023 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Lesotho
|
11.83 | 2023 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Poland
|
11.75 | 2023 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Belarus
|
11.73 | 2023 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Switzerland
|
11.65 | 2023 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Israel
|
11.57 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Suriname
|
11.55 | 2023 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Italy
|
11.44 | 2023 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
11.07 | 2023 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Luxembourg
|
10.92 | 2024 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Belize
|
10.88 | 2023 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Oman
|
10.84 | 2023 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Kazakhstan
|
10.7 | 2023 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Romania
|
10.66 | 2023 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Eswatini
|
10.64 | 2023 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Morocco
|
10.61 | 2023 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Ukraine
|
10.56 | 2021 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Jordan
|
10.5 | 2023 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Vietnam
|
10.45 | 2023 | 94 | |
| 95 |
China
|
10.37 | 2023 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Bhutan
|
10.2 | 2023 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Ghana
|
10.05 | 2023 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Latvia
|
9.91 | 2023 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Saint Lucia
|
9.79 | 2023 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Türkiye
|
9.78 | 2023 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Gabon
|
9.59 | 2023 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Seychelles
|
9.58 | 2023 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Libya
|
9.57 | 2023 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Hungary
|
9.51 | 2023 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Brazil
|
9.48 | 2023 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Papua New Guinea
|
9.45 | 2023 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Honduras
|
9.43 | 2023 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Mexico
|
9.36 | 2023 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Fiji
|
9.32 | 2023 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Timor-Leste
|
9.16 | 2023 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Kuwait
|
9.02 | 2023 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Kiribati
|
9 | 2023 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Rwanda
|
8.92 | 2023 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Zambia
|
8.89 | 2023 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Burkina Faso
|
8.78 | 2023 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
8.77 | 2023 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Philippines
|
8.77 | 2023 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Kenya
|
8.65 | 2023 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Turkmenistan
|
8.62 | 2023 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Greece
|
8.58 | 2023 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Mongolia
|
8.56 | 2023 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Indonesia
|
8.52 | 2023 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Bahrain
|
8.49 | 2023 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Central African Republic
|
8.48 | 2023 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Solomon Islands
|
8.41 | 2023 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Mauritius
|
8.24 | 2023 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Malaysia
|
7.94 | 2023 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Somalia
|
7.9 | 2023 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Uzbekistan
|
7.9 | 2023 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
7.89 | 2023 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Barbados
|
7.81 | 2023 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Georgia
|
7.78 | 2023 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Syria
|
7.71 | 2023 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Qatar
|
7.69 | 2023 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Nepal
|
7.66 | 2023 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Guyana
|
7.31 | 2023 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
7.3 | 2023 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Grenada
|
7.27 | 2023 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Chad
|
7.26 | 2023 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
7.19 | 2023 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Sudan
|
7.15 | 2023 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Tonga
|
7.06 | 2023 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
7.02 | 2023 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Yemen
|
6.96 | 2023 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Egypt
|
6.93 | 2023 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Mozambique
|
6.76 | 2023 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Cambodia
|
6.65 | 2023 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
6.58 | 2023 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Sri Lanka
|
6.33 | 2023 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Iraq
|
6.18 | 2023 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Algeria
|
6.17 | 2023 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Niger
|
6.15 | 2023 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Tajikistan
|
6.14 | 2023 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Mauritania
|
5.94 | 2023 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Angola
|
5.9 | 2023 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
5.87 | 2023 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Ethiopia
|
5.68 | 2023 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Vanuatu
|
5.6 | 2023 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Madagascar
|
5.51 | 2023 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Gambia
|
5.46 | 2023 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Armenia
|
5.46 | 2023 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Mali
|
5.43 | 2023 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Republic of the Congo
|
5.42 | 2023 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Tanzania
|
5.14 | 2023 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Guinea
|
5.12 | 2023 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Dominica
|
5.03 | 2023 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Djibouti
|
4.89 | 2023 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Uganda
|
4.86 | 2023 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Liberia
|
4.79 | 2023 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Zimbabwe
|
4.74 | 2023 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Comoros
|
4.74 | 2023 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Burundi
|
4.73 | 2023 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Pakistan
|
4.68 | 2023 | 173 | |
| 174 |
India
|
4.59 | 2023 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Haiti
|
4.56 | 2023 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Sierra Leone
|
4.47 | 2023 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Nigeria
|
4.31 | 2023 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
4.29 | 2023 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Azerbaijan
|
4.26 | 2023 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
4 | 2023 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Cameroon
|
3.91 | 2023 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Venezuela
|
3.63 | 2023 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Senegal
|
3.57 | 2023 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Micronesia
|
3.43 | 2023 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Malawi
|
3.29 | 2023 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Laos
|
3.21 | 2023 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Togo
|
2.56 | 2023 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Benin
|
2.55 | 2023 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Bangladesh
|
2.47 | 2023 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Eritrea
|
2.37 | 2023 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Myanmar
|
2.34 | 2023 | 191 | |
| 192 |
South Sudan
|
2.14 | 2023 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Afghanistan
|
1.46 | 2023 | 193 |
Government spending on health as a percent of all spending of the state. The indicator answers a question about priorities, not about amounts: it shows what share of its money the state gives to health compared with defense, education and everything else. Data of the WHO national health accounts.
Important: The share of the budget and the share of GDP diverge: in a country with a small public sector, health can take a noticeable part of the budget while remaining modest relative to the economy.
How much the state spends on health relative to the size of the economy.
Healthcare 2000–2024 Government health expenditure per capitaHow many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.
Education 1970–2025 Education expenditure (% of GDP)Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
Healthcare 2000–2024 Health expenditure (% of GDP)All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.
Healthcare 2000–2024 Health expenditure per capitaHow much is spent on health per person a year, in US dollars.
Healthcare 1960–2023 Physicians per 1,000 peopleThe number of physicians per 1,000 people.