Health & Population
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.
World Bank code: SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS • Data available for 193 countries • Latest year: 2024
In , Germany led Current health expenditure (% of GDP) at 12.27.
The world median across 22 reporting countries was 9.63.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2024
- Reporting
- 22 countries
- Median
- 9.63
- Mean
- 9.47
- 25th percentile
- 8.14
- 75th percentile
- 10.53
- Range
- 5.89 – 12.27
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2024
| # | Country | Current health expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany Europe & Central Asia | 12.27 |
| 2 | Austria Europe & Central Asia | 11.83 |
| 3 | France Europe & Central Asia | 11.54 |
| 4 | Canada North America | 11.31 |
| 5 | Sweden Europe & Central Asia | 11.22 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia | 11.13 |
| 7 | Chile Latin America & Caribbean | 10.53 |
| 8 | Portugal Europe & Central Asia | 10.24 |
| 9 | New Zealand East Asia & Pacific | 10.06 |
| 10 | Netherlands Europe & Central Asia | 10.01 |
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By Income Group — Average
| Income group | Countries | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| High income | 21 | 9.54 |
| Upper middle income | 1 | 8.14 |
By Region — Average
| Region | Countries | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific | 2 | 9.37 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 17 | 9.39 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 2 | 9.34 |
| North America | 1 | 11.31 |
Lowest Values — 2024
| # | Country | Current health expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 5.89 |
| 2 | Ireland | 6.85 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 7.60 |
| 4 | Estonia | 7.84 |
| 5 | Poland | 8.06 |
| 6 | Colombia | 8.14 |
| 7 | Italy | 8.44 |
| 8 | Czechia | 8.51 |
| 9 | Korea, Rep. | 8.68 |
| 10 | Iceland | 8.98 |
Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.