Health
Public health spending
SH.XPD.GHED.CH.ZS ยท %
Countries compared
9 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 73.08% for Italy in 2023, over a series running from 2000 to 2023 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (Hungary, 73.37%) to the lowest (South Sudan, 4.32%).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Hungary | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 73.08% | 73.18% | 68.37% | 53.95% | 57.1% | 4.32% | 16.72% | 73.37% | 50.63% |
| 2022 | 73.71% | 72.94% | 67.73% | 55.18% | 57.69% | 9.52% | 18.11% | 72.68% | 54.09% |
| 2021 | 74.53% | 72.61% | 69.15% | 55.45% | 54.07% | 14.75% | 22.63% | 72.22% | 59.62% |
| 2020 | 75.83% | 72.09% | 68.93% | 56.93% | 54.72% | 7.55% | 14.63% | 70.47% | 53.98% |
| 2019 | 73.24% | 69.44% | 65.99% | 51.96% | 55.98% | 10.95% | 13.61% | 68.33% | 48.77% |
| 2018 | 73.36% | 69.18% | 65.73% | 51.6% | 56.42% | 10.15% | 9.27% | 69.22% | 51.72% |
| 2017 | 73.32% | 69.48% | 64.32% | 51.27% | 56.67% | 8.44% | 9.05% | 68.46% | 52.94% |
| 2016 | 73.94% | 71.56% | 66.05% | 51.27% | 58.1% | 6.6% | 67.71% | 52.43% | |
| 2015 | 74.02% | 70.33% | 66.05% | 51.4% | 60.18% | 6.55% | 67.79% | 57.67% | |
| 2014 | 74.93% | 69.35% | 67.83% | 50.79% | 58.42% | 6.79% | 66.72% | 56.87% | |
| 2013 | 75.18% | 70.12% | 69.01% | 49.52% | 57.05% | 6.96% | 66.21% | 61.39% | |
| 2012 | 75.36% | 71.29% | 68.46% | 48.85% | 55.74% | 10.79% | 64.84% | 63.6% | |
| 2011 | 77.01% | 72.75% | 68.38% | 49.14% | 53.72% | 10.69% | 66.22% | 65.7% | |
| 2010 | 78.45% | 73.73% | 68.42% | 48.96% | 51.91% | 14.42% | 66.63% | 68.91% | |
| 2009 | 78.31% | 74.44% | 68.05% | 48.59% | 49.4% | 10.1% | 67.98% | 68.32% | |
| 2008 | 77.68% | 72.69% | 67.57% | 47.49% | 44.52% | 8.14% | 67.75% | 65.34% | |
| 2007 | 77.49% | 71.77% | 65.87% | 46.34% | 39.03% | 8.31% | 67.79% | 63.34% | |
| 2006 | 77.75% | 71.64% | 66% | 46.31% | 35.14% | 10.26% | 70.35% | 61.61% | |
| 2005 | 77.49% | 71.17% | 68.3% | 45.48% | 32.76% | 11.32% | 70.16% | 60.83% | |
| 2004 | 76.24% | 70.95% | 68.47% | 45.42% | 30.24% | 11.6% | 69.62% | 58.62% | |
| 2003 | 75.33% | 70.8% | 70.04% | 44.97% | 28.37% | 12.61% | 69.98% | 59.86% | |
| 2002 | 74.96% | 71.04% | 69.84% | 45.2% | 25.39% | 12.34% | 69.24% | 60.46% | |
| 2001 | 74.62% | 71.03% | 69.5% | 45.32% | 22.92% | 12.52% | 66.9% | 63.21% | |
| 2000 | 72.64% | 71.36% | 68.91% | 44.38% | 21.98% | 10.59% | 68.85% | 61.62% |
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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