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DEFINITION:
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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Liberia | 19.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
2 | Sierra Leone | 18.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
3 | United States | 17.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
4 | Tuvalu | 17.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
5 | Marshall Islands | 16.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
6 | Niue | 14.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
7 | Federated States of Micronesia | 13.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
8 | Lesotho | 12.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
9 | Netherlands | 12% of GDP | 2011 | ||
10 | France | 11.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 11.41% of GDP | 2011 | |||
11 | Moldova | 11.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=12 | Denmark | 11.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=12 | Canada | 11.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
14 | Germany | 11.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=15 | Switzerland | 10.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=15 | Costa Rica | 10.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
17 | Rwanda | 10.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=18 | Belgium | 10.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=18 | Austria | 10.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=18 | Palau | 10.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=21 | Serbia | 10.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=21 | Portugal | 10.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=24 | Kiribati | 10.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=24 | New Zealand | 10.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=24 | Nicaragua | 10.1% of GDP | 2009 | ||
27 | Cuba | 10% of GDP | 2011 | ||
28 | Nauru | 9.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
29 | Paraguay | 9.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 9.64% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=30 | Afghanistan | 9.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=30 | Spain | 9.6% of GDP | 2010 | ||
=32 | Uganda | 9.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=32 | Italy | 9.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=34 | Sweden | 9.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=34 | Georgia | 9.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=34 | Ireland | 9.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=37 | Japan | 9.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=37 | United Kingdom | 9.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=37 | Montenegro | 9.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=40 | Iceland | 9.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=40 | Norway | 9.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=40 | Honduras | 9.1% of GDP | 2009 | ||
=43 | Greece | 9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=43 | Australia | 9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=43 | Slovenia | 9% of GDP | 2010 | ||
=43 | Slovakia | 9% of GDP | 2010 | ||
=47 | Brazil | 8.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=47 | Finland | 8.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
49 | Solomon Islands | 8.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
50 | Burundi | 8.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 8.7% of GDP | 2011 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 8.59% of GDP | 2009 | |||
=51 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=51 | South Africa | 8.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=51 | Maldives | 8.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=51 | Malta | 8.5% of GDP | 2010 | ||
=55 | Jordan | 8.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=55 | Sudan | 8.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=55 | Malawi | 8.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 8.37% of GDP | 2011 | |||
58 | Iraq | 8.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 8.29% of GDP | 2009 | |||
59 | Panama | 8.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
60 | Argentina | 8.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 8.04% of GDP | 2009 | |||
=61 | Uruguay | 8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=61 | Togo | 8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=61 | Swaziland | 8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 7.93% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=64 | Djibouti | 7.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=64 | Haiti | 7.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 7.82% of GDP | 2009 | |||
66 | Croatia | 7.8% of GDP | 2010 | ||
=67 | The Bahamas | 7.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=67 | Hungary | 7.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=67 | Israel | 7.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=67 | Luxembourg | 7.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=67 | Barbados | 7.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 7.7% of GDP | 2009 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 7.69% of GDP | 2009 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 7.65% of GDP | 2009 | |||
73 | Bulgaria | 7.6% of GDP | 2010 | ||
74 | Chile | 7.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=75 | Cyprus | 7.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=75 | Czech Republic | 7.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=77 | Ukraine | 7.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=77 | Ecuador | 7.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=77 | Tanzania | 7.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 7.3% of GDP | 2009 | |||
=80 | Saint Lucia | 7.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=80 | Andorra | 7.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=80 | South Korea | 7.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=80 | San Marino | 7.2% of GDP | 2010 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 7.07% of GDP | 2009 | |||
=84 | Samoa | 7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=84 | Lithuania | 7% of GDP | 2010 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 6.96% of GDP | 2009 | |||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 6.93% of GDP | 2011 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 6.92% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=86 | Mali | 6.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=86 | Vietnam | 6.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=86 | El Salvador | 6.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 6.75% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=90 | Poland | 6.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=90 | Guatemala | 6.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=90 | Turkey | 6.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=90 | Latvia | 6.7% of GDP | 2010 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 6.61% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=94 | Mozambique | 6.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=94 | Republic of Macedonia | 6.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
96 | Burkina Faso | 6.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
97 | Mexico | 6.4% of GDP | 2009 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 6.4% of GDP | 2011 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 6.35% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=98 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=98 | Albania | 6.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=98 | Lebanon | 6.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=101 | Tunisia | 6.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=101 | Grenada | 6.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=101 | Russia | 6.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=101 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.2% of GDP | 2010 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 6.15% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=105 | Zambia | 6.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=105 | Colombia | 6.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 6.08% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=107 | Iran | 6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=107 | Senegal | 6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=107 | Estonia | 6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=107 | Morocco | 6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=107 | Guinea | 6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=112 | Guyana | 5.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=112 | Mauritius | 5.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=112 | Dominica | 5.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=112 | Romania | 5.9% of GDP | 2010 | ||
117 | Tajikistan | 5.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 5.79% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=118 | Cambodia | 5.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=118 | Belize | 5.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 5.59% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=121 | Cook Islands | 5.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=121 | Yemen | 5.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 5.47% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=123 | Mauritania | 5.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=123 | Nepal | 5.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=123 | Uzbekistan | 5.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=123 | Dominican Republic | 5.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Comoros | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Namibia | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Belarus | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Niger | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Tonga | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Mongolia | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Suriname | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=127 | Nigeria | 5.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=135 | China | 5.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=135 | Azerbaijan | 5.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=135 | Venezuela | 5.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=135 | Cameroon | 5.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=135 | Jamaica | 5.2% of GDP | 2010 | ||
=140 | Botswana | 5.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=140 | East Timor | 5.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 4.94% of GDP | 2011 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 4.91% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=142 | Egypt | 4.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=142 | Bolivia | 4.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=145 | Peru | 4.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=145 | Cape Verde | 4.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=145 | Ghana | 4.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 4.76% of GDP | 2011 | |||
148 | Ethiopia | 4.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=149 | Singapore | 4.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=149 | Benin | 4.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
151 | Kenya | 4.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=152 | The Gambia | 4.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=152 | Libya | 4.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 4.38% of GDP | 2011 | |||
=155 | Chad | 4.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=155 | Armenia | 4.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=155 | Papua New Guinea | 4.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=155 | Monaco | 4.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=159 | Bhutan | 4.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=159 | Philippines | 4.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=159 | Thailand | 4.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=159 | Vanuatu | 4.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=159 | Madagascar | 4.1% of GDP | 2011 | ||
164 | Equatorial Guinea | 4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=165 | Kazakhstan | 3.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=165 | Algeria | 3.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=165 | India | 3.9% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=168 | Seychelles | 3.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=168 | Fiji | 3.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=168 | Central African Republic | 3.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=168 | Bahrain | 3.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=172 | Saudi Arabia | 3.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=172 | Syria | 3.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=172 | Bangladesh | 3.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
175 | Malaysia | 3.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
176 | Angola | 3.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
177 | Sri Lanka | 3.4% of GDP | 2011 | ||
178 | United Arab Emirates | 3.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
179 | Gabon | 3.2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
180 | Laos | 2.8% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=181 | Kuwait | 2.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=181 | Indonesia | 2.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=181 | Turkmenistan | 2.7% of GDP | 2011 | ||
184 | Eritrea | 2.6% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=185 | Brunei | 2.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=185 | Pakistan | 2.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=185 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.5% of GDP | 2011 | ||
188 | Oman | 2.3% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=189 | Burma | 2% of GDP | 2011 | ||
=189 | North Korea | 2% of GDP | 2009 | ||
191 | Qatar | 1.9% of GDP | 2011 |