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)