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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	7.4% of GDP (2009)


Albania	6.9% of GDP (2009)


Algeria	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Andorra	7.7% of GDP (2009)


Angola	4.6% of GDP (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	5.1% of GDP (2009)


Argentina	9.5% of GDP (2009)


Armenia	4.7% of GDP (2009)


Australia	8.5% of GDP (2009)


Austria	11% of GDP (2009)


Azerbaijan	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Bahamas, The	7.2% of GDP (2009)


Bahrain	4.5% of GDP (2009)


Bangladesh	3.4% of GDP (2009)


Barbados	6.8% of GDP (2009)


Belarus	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Belgium	11.8% of GDP (2009)


Belize	3.3% of GDP (2009)


Benin	4.2% of GDP (2009)


Bhutan	5.5% of GDP (2009)


Bolivia	4.8% of GDP (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.9% of GDP (2009)


Botswana	10.3% of GDP (2009)


Brazil	9% of GDP (2009)


Brunei	3% of GDP (2009)


Bulgaria	7.4% of GDP (2009)


Burkina Faso	6.4% of GDP (2009)


Burma	2% of GDP (2009)


Burundi	13.1% of GDP (2009)


Cambodia	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Cameroon	5.6% of GDP (2009)


Canada	10.9% of GDP (2009)


Cape Verde	3.9% of GDP (2009)


Central African Republic	4.3% of GDP (2009)


Chad	7% of GDP (2009)


Chile	8.2% of GDP (2009)


China	4.6% of GDP (2009)


Colombia	6.4% of GDP (2009)


Comoros	3.4% of GDP (2009)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	11.2% of GDP (2009)


Congo, Republic of the	3% of GDP (2009)


Cook Islands	4.4% of GDP (2009)


Costa Rica	10.5% of GDP (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	5.1% of GDP (2009)


Croatia	7.8% of GDP (2009)


Cuba	11.8% of GDP (2009)


Cyprus	6% of GDP (2009)


Czech Republic	7.6% of GDP (2009)


Denmark	7% of GDP (2009)


Djibouti	6.4% of GDP (2009)


Dominica	5.9% of GDP (2009)


Dominican Republic	6.1% of GDP (2009)


Ecuador	5% of GDP (2009)


Egypt	6.4% of GDP (2009)


El Salvador	3.9% of GDP (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	2.2% of GDP (2009)


Eritrea	7% of GDP (2009)


Estonia	4.3% of GDP (2009)


Ethiopia	3.6% of GDP (2009)


Fiji	9.7% of GDP (2009)


Finland	11.7% of GDP (2009)


France	3.5% of GDP (2009)


Gabon	6% of GDP (2009)


Gambia, The	10.1% of GDP (2009)


Georgia	11.3% of GDP (2009)


Germany	8.1% of GDP (2009)


Ghana	10.6% of GDP (2009)


Greece	7.4% of GDP (2009)


Grenada	7.1% of GDP (2009)


Guatemala	5.7% of GDP (2009)


Guinea	6.1% of GDP (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	8.1% of GDP (2009)


Guyana	6.1% of GDP (2009)


Haiti	6% of GDP (2009)


Honduras	7.3% of GDP (2009)


Hungary	8.2% of GDP (2009)


Iceland	4.2% of GDP (2009)


India	2.4% of GDP (2009)


Indonesia	5.5% of GDP (2009)


Iran	3.9% of GDP (2009)


Iraq	9.7% of GDP (2009)


Ireland	7.6% of GDP (2009)


Israel	9.5% of GDP (2009)


Italy	5.1% of GDP (2009)


Jamaica	8.3% of GDP (2009)


Japan	9.3% of GDP (2009)


Jordan	4.5% of GDP (2009)


Kazakhstan	4.3% of GDP (2009)


Kenya	12.2% of GDP (2009)


Kiribati	3.3% of GDP (2009)


Korea, North	2% of GDP (2009)


Korea, South	6.5% of GDP (2009)


Kuwait	6.8% of GDP (2009)


Kyrgyzstan	4.1% of GDP (2009)


Laos	6.5% of GDP (2009)


Latvia	8.1% of GDP (2009)


Lebanon	8.2% of GDP (2009)


Lesotho	13.2% of GDP (2009)


Liberia	3.9% of GDP (2009)


Libya	6.6% of GDP (2009)


Lithuania	7.8% of GDP (2009)


Luxembourg	4.1% of GDP (2009)


Macedonia	6.9% of GDP (2009)


Madagascar	6.2% of GDP (2009)


Malawi	4.8% of GDP (2009)


Malaysia	8% of GDP (2009)


Maldives	5.6% of GDP (2009)


Mali	7.5% of GDP (2009)


Malta	16.5% of GDP (2009)


Marshall Islands	2.5% of GDP (2009)


Mauritania	5.7% of GDP (2009)


Mauritius	6.5% of GDP (2009)


Mexico	13.8% of GDP (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	3.9% of GDP (2009)


Moldova	11.9% of GDP (2009)


Monaco	4.7% of GDP (2009)


Mongolia	9.3% of GDP (2009)


Morocco	5.5% of GDP (2009)


Mozambique	5.7% of GDP (2009)


Namibia	5.9% of GDP (2009)


Nauru	12.1% of GDP (2009)


Nepal	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Netherlands	10.8% of GDP (2009)


New Zealand	9.7% of GDP (2009)


Nicaragua	9.5% of GDP (2009)


Niger	6.1% of GDP (2009)


Nigeria	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Niue	13.5% of GDP (2009)


Norway	9.7% of GDP (2009)


Oman	3% of GDP (2009)


Pakistan	2.6% of GDP (2009)


Palau	11.2% of GDP (2009)


Panama	8.3% of GDP (2009)


Papua New Guinea	3.1% of GDP (2009)


Paraguay	7.1% of GDP (2009)


Peru	4.6% of GDP (2009)


Philippines	3.8% of GDP (2009)


Poland	7.1% of GDP (2009)


Portugal	11.3% of GDP (2009)


Qatar	2.5% of GDP (2009)


Romania	5.4% of GDP (2009)


Russia	5.4% of GDP (2009)


Rwanda	9% of GDP (2009)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	6% of GDP (2009)


Saint Lucia	8.1% of GDP (2009)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.6% of GDP (2009)


Samoa	7% of GDP (2009)


San Marino	7.1% of GDP (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	7.1% of GDP (2009)


Saudi Arabia	5% of GDP (2009)


Senegal	5.7% of GDP (2009)


Serbia	9.9% of GDP (2009)


Seychelles	4% of GDP (2009)


Sierra Leone	13.1% of GDP (2009)


Singapore	3.9% of GDP (2009)


Slovakia	8.5% of GDP (2009)


Slovenia	9.1% of GDP (2009)


Solomon Islands	5.4% of GDP (2009)


South Africa	8.5% of GDP (2009)


Spain	9.7% of GDP (2009)


Sri Lanka	4% of GDP (2009)


Sudan	7.3% of GDP (2009)


Suriname	7.6% of GDP (2009)


Swaziland	6.3% of GDP (2009)


Sweden	9.9% of GDP (2009)


Switzerland	11.3% of GDP (2009)


Syria	2.9% of GDP (2009)


Tajikistan	5.3% of GDP (2009)


Tanzania	5.1% of GDP (2009)


Thailand	4.3% of GDP (2009)


Timor-Leste	12.3% of GDP (2009)


Togo	5.9% of GDP (2009)


Tonga	6.2% of GDP (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	5.6% of GDP (2009)


Tunisia	6.2% of GDP (2009)


Turkey	6.7% of GDP (2009)


Turkmenistan	2.3% of GDP (2009)


Tuvalu	9.9% of GDP (2009)


Uganda	8.2% of GDP (2009)


Ukraine	7% of GDP (2009)


United Arab Emirates	2.8% of GDP (2009)


United Kingdom	9.3% of GDP (2009)


United States	16.2% of GDP (2009)


Uruguay	7.4% of GDP (2009)


Uzbekistan	5.2% of GDP (2009)


Vanuatu	4% of GDP (2009)


Vietnam	7.2% of GDP (2009)


Yemen	5.6% of GDP (2009)


Zambia	4.8% of GDP (2009)

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