Field Listing :: Health expenditures

This entry provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.

Country Comparison to the World

Country	Health expenditures(% of GDP)

Afghanistan	9.6% of GDP (2011)

Albania	6.3% of GDP (2011)

Algeria	3.9% of GDP (2011)

Andorra	7.2% of GDP (2011)

Angola	3.5% of GDP (2011)

Antigua and Barbuda	5.9% of GDP (2011)

Argentina	8.1% of GDP (2011)

Armenia	4.3% of GDP (2011)

Australia	9% of GDP (2011)

Austria	10.6% of GDP (2011)

Azerbaijan	5.2% of GDP (2011)

Bahamas, The	7.7% of GDP (2011)

Bahrain	3.8% of GDP (2011)

Bangladesh	3.7% of GDP (2011)

Barbados	7.7% of GDP (2011)

Belarus	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Belgium	10.6% of GDP (2011)

Belize	5.7% of GDP (2011)

Benin	4.6% of GDP (2011)

Bhutan	4.1% of GDP (2011)

Bolivia	4.9% of GDP (2011)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.2% of GDP (2011)

Botswana	5.1% of GDP (2011)

Brazil	8.9% of GDP (2011)

Brunei	2.5% of GDP (2011)

Bulgaria	7.6% of GDP (2010)

Burkina Faso	6.5% of GDP (2011)

Burma	2% of GDP (2011)

Burundi	8.7% of GDP (2011)

Cabo Verde	4.8% of GDP (2011)

Cambodia	5.7% of GDP (2011)

Cameroon	5.2% of GDP (2011)

Canada	11.2% of GDP (2011)

Central African Republic	3.8% of GDP (2011)

Chad	4.3% of GDP (2011)

Chile	7.5% of GDP (2011)

China	5.2% of GDP (2011)

Colombia	6.1% of GDP (2011)

Comoros	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	8.5% of GDP (2011)

Congo, Republic of the	2.5% of GDP (2011)

Cook Islands	5.5% of GDP (2011)

Costa Rica	10.9% of GDP (2011)

Cote d'Ivoire	6.8% of GDP (2011)

Croatia	7.8% of GDP (2010)

Cuba	10% of GDP (2011)

Cyprus	7.4% of GDP (2011)

Czech Republic	7.4% of GDP (2011)

Denmark	11.2% of GDP (2011)

Djibouti	7.9% of GDP (2011)

Dominica	5.9% of GDP (2011)

Dominican Republic	5.4% of GDP (2011)

Ecuador	7.3% of GDP (2011)

Egypt	4.9% of GDP (2011)

El Salvador	6.8% of GDP (2011)

Equatorial Guinea	4% of GDP (2011)

Eritrea	2.6% of GDP (2011)

Estonia	6% of GDP (2011)

Ethiopia	4.7% of GDP (2011)

Fiji	3.8% of GDP (2011)

Finland	8.9% of GDP (2011)

France	11.6% of GDP (2011)

Gabon	3.2% of GDP (2011)

Gambia, The	4.4% of GDP (2011)

Georgia	9.4% of GDP (2011)

Germany	11.1% of GDP (2011)

Ghana	4.8% of GDP (2011)

Greece	9% of GDP (2011)

Grenada	6.2% of GDP (2011)

Guatemala	6.7% of GDP (2011)

Guinea	6% of GDP (2011)

Guinea-Bissau	6.3% of GDP (2011)

Guyana	5.9% of GDP (2011)

Haiti	7.9% of GDP (2011)

Honduras	9.1% of GDP (2009)

Hungary	7.7% of GDP (2011)

Iceland	9.1% of GDP (2011)

India	3.9% of GDP (2011)

Indonesia	2.7% of GDP (2011)

Iran	6% of GDP (2011)

Iraq	8.3% of GDP (2011)

Ireland	9.4% of GDP (2011)

Israel	7.7% of GDP (2011)

Italy	9.5% of GDP (2011)

Jamaica	5.2% of GDP (2010)

Japan	9.3% of GDP (2011)

Jordan	8.4% of GDP (2011)

Kazakhstan	3.9% of GDP (2011)

Kenya	4.5% of GDP (2011)

Kiribati	10.1% of GDP (2011)

Korea, South	7.2% of GDP (2011)

Kuwait	2.7% of GDP (2011)

Kyrgyzstan	6.2% of GDP (2010)

Laos	2.8% of GDP (2011)

Latvia	6.7% of GDP (2010)

Lebanon	6.3% of GDP (2011)

Lesotho	12.8% of GDP (2011)

Liberia	19.5% of GDP (2011)

Libya	4.4% of GDP (2011)

Lithuania	7% of GDP (2010)

Luxembourg	7.7% of GDP (2011)

Macedonia	6.6% of GDP (2011)

Madagascar	4.1% of GDP (2011)

Malawi	8.4% of GDP (2011)

Malaysia	3.6% of GDP (2011)

Maldives	8.5% of GDP (2011)

Mali	6.8% of GDP (2011)

Malta	8.5% of GDP (2010)

Marshall Islands	16.5% of GDP (2011)

Mauritania	5.4% of GDP (2011)

Mauritius	5.9% of GDP (2011)

Mexico	6.4% of GDP (2009)

Micronesia, Federated States of	13.4% of GDP (2011)

Moldova	11.4% of GDP (2011)

Monaco	4.3% of GDP (2011)

Mongolia	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Montenegro	9.3% of GDP (2011)

Morocco	6% of GDP (2011)

Mozambique	6.6% of GDP (2011)

Namibia	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Nauru	9.8% of GDP (2011)

Nepal	5.4% of GDP (2011)

Netherlands	12% of GDP (2011)

New Zealand	10.1% of GDP (2011)

Nicaragua	10.1% of GDP (2009)

Niger	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Nigeria	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Niue	14.6% of GDP (2011)

Norway	9.1% of GDP (2011)

Oman	2.3% of GDP (2011)

Pakistan	2.5% of GDP (2011)

Palau	10.6% of GDP (2011)

Panama	8.2% of GDP (2011)

Papua New Guinea	4.3% of GDP (2011)

Paraguay	9.7% of GDP (2011)

Peru	4.8% of GDP (2011)

Philippines	4.1% of GDP (2011)

Poland	6.7% of GDP (2011)

Portugal	10.4% of GDP (2011)

Qatar	1.9% of GDP (2011)

Romania	5.9% of GDP (2010)

Russia	6.2% of GDP (2011)

Rwanda	10.8% of GDP (2011)

Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.4% of GDP (2011)

Saint Lucia	7.2% of GDP (2011)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.9% of GDP (2011)

Samoa	7% of GDP (2011)

San Marino	7.2% of GDP (2010)

Sao Tome and Principe	7.7% of GDP (2011)

Saudi Arabia	3.7% of GDP (2011)

Senegal	6% of GDP (2011)

Serbia	10.4% of GDP (2011)

Seychelles	3.8% of GDP (2011)

Sierra Leone	18.8% of GDP (2011)

Singapore	4.6% of GDP (2011)

Slovakia	9% of GDP (2010)

Slovenia	9% of GDP (2010)

Solomon Islands	8.8% of GDP (2011)

South Africa	8.5% of GDP (2011)

Spain	9.6% of GDP (2010)

Sri Lanka	3.4% of GDP (2011)

Sudan	8.4% of GDP (2011)

Suriname	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Swaziland	8% of GDP (2011)

Sweden	9.4% of GDP (2011)

Switzerland	10.9% of GDP (2011)

Syria	3.7% of GDP (2011)

Tajikistan	5.8% of GDP (2011)

Tanzania	7.3% of GDP (2011)

Thailand	4.1% of GDP (2011)

Timor-Leste	5.1% of GDP (2011)

Togo	8% of GDP (2011)

Tonga	5.3% of GDP (2011)

Trinidad and Tobago	5.7% of GDP (2011)

Tunisia	6.2% of GDP (2011)

Turkey	6.7% of GDP (2011)

Turkmenistan	2.7% of GDP (2011)

Tuvalu	17.3% of GDP (2011)

Uganda	9.5% of GDP (2011)

Ukraine	7.3% of GDP (2011)

United Arab Emirates	3.3% of GDP (2011)

United Kingdom	9.3% of GDP (2011)

United States	17.9% of GDP (2011)

Uruguay	8% of GDP (2011)

Uzbekistan	5.4% of GDP (2011)

Vanuatu	4.1% of GDP (2011)

Venezuela	5.2% of GDP (2011)

Vietnam	6.8% of GDP (2011)

Yemen	5.5% of GDP (2011)

Zambia	6.1% of GDP (2011)