Health
Health spending / GDP
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
Countries compared
8 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 11.54% for France in 2024, over a series running from 2000 to 2024 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 16.69%) to the lowest (China, 5.94%).
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Year by year values
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| France | Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.54% | 12.27% | 11.13% | 8.44% | 10.01% | |||
| 2023 | 11.52% | 11.74% | 10.99% | 8.41% | 9.22% | 9.83% | 16.69% | 5.94% |
| 2022 | 11.83% | 12.45% | 11.1% | 8.85% | 9.68% | 10.03% | 16.53% | 5.88% |
| 2021 | 12.25% | 12.72% | 12.08% | 9.28% | 10.34% | 11.13% | 17.35% | 5.26% |
| 2020 | 12.13% | 12.47% | 12.1% | 9.56% | 10.79% | 10.95% | 18.52% | 5.5% |
| 2019 | 11.17% | 11.43% | 9.98% | 8.62% | 9.22% | 9.94% | 16.54% | 5.27% |
| 2018 | 11.31% | 11.18% | 9.79% | 8.65% | 9.07% | 9.85% | 16.51% | 5.07% |
| 2017 | 11.45% | 11.05% | 9.7% | 8.69% | 9.02% | 9.94% | 16.64% | 4.97% |
| 2016 | 11.57% | 10.97% | 9.87% | 8.72% | 8.88% | 9.89% | 16.69% | 4.88% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | 10.92% | 9.94% | 8.85% | 9.18% | 10.19% | 16.4% | 4.85% |
| 2014 | 11.58% | 10.77% | 9.98% | 8.86% | 9.15% | 10.46% | 16.14% | 4.7% |
| 2013 | 11.38% | 10.74% | 9.99% | 8.79% | 9.14% | 10.5% | 15.95% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 11.34% | 10.59% | 9.89% | 8.8% | 9.22% | 10.45% | 16.12% | 4.49% |
| 2011 | 11.18% | 10.52% | 9.8% | 8.73% | 9.22% | 10.15% | 16.14% | 4.27% |
| 2010 | 11.22% | 10.83% | 9.79% | 8.88% | 9.17% | 10.09% | 16.2% | 4.16% |
| 2009 | 11.29% | 10.97% | 9.84% | 8.91% | 9.15% | 9.91% | 16.2% | 4.28% |
| 2008 | 10.51% | 10.03% | 9.03% | 8.5% | 8.43% | 9.22% | 15.21% | 3.84% |
| 2007 | 10.33% | 9.83% | 8.76% | 8.1% | 7.96% | 9% | 14.92% | 3.62% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | 9.96% | 8.54% | 8.4% | 7.87% | 9.04% | 14.71% | 3.89% |
| 2005 | 10.24% | 10.11% | 8.38% | 8.31% | 7.78% | 9.06% | 14.58% | 4.11% |
| 2004 | 10.21% | 9.97% | 8.32% | 8.14% | 7.68% | 9.07% | 14.55% | 4.23% |
| 2003 | 10.13% | 10.22% | 8.05% | 7.81% | 7.59% | 9.02% | 14.51% | 4.35% |
| 2002 | 10.08% | 10.03% | 7.86% | 7.84% | 6.8% | 8.62% | 14% | 4.32% |
| 2001 | 9.76% | 9.78% | 7.43% | 7.71% | 6.77% | 8.04% | 13.17% | 4.2% |
| 2000 | 9.62% | 9.76% | 7.15% | 7.55% | 6.8% | 7.7% | 12.49% | 4.45% |
World Bank definition
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.
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