Health
Health spending / GDP
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Niger, Paraguay. 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.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 11.13%2024
- Period covered
- 2000 - 202425 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 16.69%United States, 2023
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 4.05%Niger, 2023
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
United States16.69%2023
United Kingdom11.13%2024
Netherlands10.01%2024
Spain9.22%2023
Italy8.44%2024
Paraguay8.36%2023
China5.94%2023
Niger4.05%2023
Year by year values
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| United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Niger | Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.13% | 8.44% | 10.01% | |||||
| 2023 | 10.99% | 8.41% | 9.22% | 9.83% | 16.69% | 5.94% | 4.05% | 8.36% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | 8.85% | 9.68% | 10.03% | 16.53% | 5.88% | 4.35% | 7.74% |
| 2021 | 12.08% | 9.28% | 10.34% | 11.13% | 17.35% | 5.26% | 5.81% | 8.03% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | 9.56% | 10.79% | 10.95% | 18.52% | 5.5% | 6.17% | 7.68% |
| 2019 | 9.98% | 8.62% | 9.22% | 9.94% | 16.54% | 5.27% | 5.67% | 7.16% |
| 2018 | 9.79% | 8.65% | 9.07% | 9.85% | 16.51% | 5.07% | 5.3% | 6.74% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | 8.69% | 9.02% | 9.94% | 16.64% | 4.97% | 5.58% | 6.61% |
| 2016 | 9.87% | 8.72% | 8.88% | 9.89% | 16.69% | 4.88% | 4.53% | 6.68% |
| 2015 | 9.94% | 8.85% | 9.18% | 10.19% | 16.4% | 4.85% | 5.35% | 6.69% |
| 2014 | 9.98% | 8.86% | 9.15% | 10.46% | 16.14% | 4.7% | 4.45% | 6.63% |
| 2013 | 9.99% | 8.79% | 9.14% | 10.5% | 15.95% | 4.64% | 4.47% | 6.06% |
| 2012 | 9.89% | 8.8% | 9.22% | 10.45% | 16.12% | 4.49% | 4.31% | 6.53% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | 8.73% | 9.22% | 10.15% | 16.14% | 4.27% | 4.87% | 5.82% |
| 2010 | 9.79% | 8.88% | 9.17% | 10.09% | 16.2% | 4.16% | 4.96% | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 9.84% | 8.91% | 9.15% | 9.91% | 16.2% | 4.28% | 5.34% | 5.52% |
| 2008 | 9.03% | 8.5% | 8.43% | 9.22% | 15.21% | 3.84% | 5.25% | 5.04% |
| 2007 | 8.76% | 8.1% | 7.96% | 9% | 14.92% | 3.62% | 5.43% | 5.02% |
| 2006 | 8.54% | 8.4% | 7.87% | 9.04% | 14.71% | 3.89% | 5.99% | 5.02% |
| 2005 | 8.38% | 8.31% | 7.78% | 9.06% | 14.58% | 4.11% | 5.88% | 4.83% |
| 2004 | 8.32% | 8.14% | 7.68% | 9.07% | 14.55% | 4.23% | 4.98% | 4.93% |
| 2003 | 8.05% | 7.81% | 7.59% | 9.02% | 14.51% | 4.35% | 4.75% | 4.91% |
| 2002 | 7.86% | 7.84% | 6.8% | 8.62% | 14% | 4.32% | 4.83% | 4.76% |
| 2001 | 7.43% | 7.71% | 6.77% | 8.04% | 13.17% | 4.2% | 4.73% | 5.61% |
| 2000 | 7.15% | 7.55% | 6.8% | 7.7% | 12.49% | 4.45% | 4.66% | 6.02% |
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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