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Public health spending

SH.XPD.GHED.CH.ZS · %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Pakistan, Angola. 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
81.77%2023
Period covered
2000 - 202324 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
81.77%United Kingdom, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries
35.72%Pakistan, 2023

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

025507510020002006201220172023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom81.77%2023
  • Spain73.18%2023
  • Italy73.08%2023
  • Netherlands68.37%2023
  • China57.1%2023
  • United States53.95%2023
  • Angola44.53%2023
  • Pakistan35.72%2023

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
United KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaPakistanAngola
202381.77%73.08%73.18%68.37%53.95%57.1%35.72%44.53%
202282.08%73.71%72.94%67.73%55.18%57.69%38.15%50.27%
202183.75%74.53%72.61%69.15%55.45%54.07%37.17%55.36%
202084.1%75.83%72.09%68.93%56.93%54.72%35.21%51.85%
201979.73%73.24%69.44%65.99%51.96%55.98%33.13%45.51%
201879.45%73.36%69.18%65.73%51.6%56.42%33.1%42.62%
201779.68%73.32%69.48%64.32%51.27%56.67%32.76%46.28%
201680.13%73.94%71.56%66.05%51.27%58.1%27.29%44.14%
201579.55%74.02%70.33%66.05%51.4%60.18%27.52%47.37%
201479.57%74.93%69.35%67.83%50.79%58.42%24.3%54.15%
201379.47%75.18%70.12%69.01%49.52%57.05%26.23%62.03%
201281.01%75.36%71.29%68.46%48.85%55.74%27.72%65.25%
201181.8%77.01%72.75%68.38%49.14%53.72%20.43%64.76%
201082.04%78.45%73.73%68.42%48.96%51.91%21.78%62.12%
200982.74%78.31%74.44%68.05%48.59%49.4%20.51%67.67%
200881.28%77.68%72.69%67.57%47.49%44.52%15.61%64.35%
200780.44%77.49%71.77%65.87%46.34%39.03%17.33%57.89%
200682.39%77.75%71.64%66%46.31%35.14%17%53.77%
200581.27%77.49%71.17%68.3%45.48%32.76%21.72%44.83%
200480.16%76.24%70.95%68.47%45.42%30.24%26.86%42.51%

World Bank definition

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health. Domestic public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. They do not include external resources spent by governments on health.

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