COUNTRY COMPARISON :: HEALTH EXPENDITURES
Health expenditures 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.
| Rank | Country | (% OF GDP) | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 17.90 | 2012 |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 15.60 | 2012 |
| 3 | Liberia | 15.50 | 2012 |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 15.40 | 2012 |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 15.10 | 2012 |
| 6 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 12.80 | 2012 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 12.40 | 2012 |
| 8 | Moldova | 11.70 | 2012 |
| 9 | France | 11.70 | 2012 |
| 10 | Lesotho | 11.60 | 2012 |
| 11 | Austria | 11.50 | 2012 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 11.30 | 2012 |
| 13 | Germany | 11.30 | 2012 |
| 14 | Denmark | 11.20 | 2012 |
| 15 | Canada | 10.90 | 2012 |
| 16 | Belgium | 10.80 | 2012 |
| 17 | Kiribati | 10.70 | 2012 |
| 18 | Rwanda | 10.70 | 2012 |
| 19 | Serbia | 10.50 | 2012 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 10.30 | 2012 |
| 21 | Paraguay | 10.30 | 2012 |
| 22 | Japan | 10.10 | 2012 |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 10.10 | 2012 |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.90 | 2012 |
| 25 | Jordan | 9.80 | 2012 |
| 26 | Spain | 9.60 | 2012 |
| 27 | Sweden | 9.60 | 2012 |
| 28 | Palau | 9.50 | 2012 |
| 29 | Portugal | 9.40 | 2012 |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 9.40 | 2012 |
| 31 | Brazil | 9.30 | 2012 |
| 32 | Greece | 9.30 | 2012 |
| 33 | Italy | 9.20 | 2012 |
| 34 | Georgia | 9.20 | 2012 |
| 35 | Malawi | 9.20 | 2012 |
| 36 | Malta | 9.10 | 2012 |
| 37 | Australia | 9.10 | 2012 |
| 38 | Iceland | 9.10 | 2012 |
| 39 | Finland | 9.10 | 2012 |
| 40 | Norway | 9.00 | 2012 |
| 41 | Uruguay | 8.90 | 2012 |
| 42 | South Africa | 8.80 | 2012 |
| 43 | Slovenia | 8.80 | 2012 |
| 44 | Djibouti | 8.80 | 2012 |
| 45 | Togo | 8.60 | 2012 |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 8.60 | 2012 |
| 47 | Cuba | 8.60 | 2012 |
| 48 | Honduras | 8.60 | 2012 |
| 49 | Swaziland | 8.50 | 2012 |
| 50 | Maldives | 8.50 | 2012 |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 8.50 | 2012 |
| 52 | Argentina | 8.50 | 2012 |
| 53 | Andorra | 8.30 | 2012 |
| 54 | Namibia | 8.30 | 2012 |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 8.20 | 2012 |
| 56 | Burundi | 8.10 | 2012 |
| 57 | Ireland | 8.10 | 2012 |
| 58 | Uganda | 8.00 | 2012 |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 8.00 | 2012 |
| 60 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.90 | 2012 |
| 61 | Hungary | 7.80 | 2012 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 7.80 | 2012 |
| 63 | Czech Republic | 7.70 | 2012 |
| 64 | Panama | 7.60 | 2012 |
| 65 | Montenegro | 7.60 | 2012 |
| 66 | Ukraine | 7.60 | 2012 |
| 67 | Nauru | 7.50 | 2012 |
| 68 | Israel | 7.50 | 2012 |
| 69 | Korea, South | 7.50 | 2012 |
| 70 | Bahamas, The | 7.50 | 2012 |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 7.40 | 2012 |
| 72 | Cyprus | 7.30 | 2012 |
| 73 | Lebanon | 7.30 | 2012 |
| 74 | Niger | 7.20 | 2012 |
| 75 | Sudan | 7.20 | 2012 |
| 76 | Chile | 7.20 | 2012 |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.10 | 2012 |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.10 | 2012 |
| 79 | Macedonia | 7.10 | 2012 |
| 80 | Tunisia | 7.00 | 2012 |
| 81 | Tanzania | 7.00 | 2012 |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 6.90 | 2012 |
| 83 | Samoa | 6.80 | 2012 |
| 84 | Croatia | 6.80 | 2012 |
| 85 | Colombia | 6.80 | 2012 |
| 86 | Iran | 6.70 | 2012 |
| 87 | Niue | 6.70 | 2012 |
| 88 | Guatemala | 6.70 | 2012 |
| 89 | Poland | 6.70 | 2012 |
| 90 | Lithuania | 6.70 | 2012 |
| 91 | El Salvador | 6.70 | 2012 |
| 92 | Vietnam | 6.60 | 2012 |
| 93 | Guyana | 6.60 | 2012 |
| 94 | San Marino | 6.50 | 2012 |
| 95 | Zambia | 6.50 | 2012 |
| 96 | Haiti | 6.40 | 2012 |
| 97 | Grenada | 6.40 | 2012 |
| 98 | Ecuador | 6.40 | 2012 |
| 99 | Mozambique | 6.40 | 2012 |
| 100 | Mauritania | 6.40 | 2012 |
| 101 | Morocco | 6.40 | 2012 |
| 102 | Guinea | 6.30 | 2012 |
| 103 | Turkey | 6.30 | 2012 |
| 104 | Barbados | 6.30 | 2012 |
| 105 | Mongolia | 6.30 | 2012 |
| 106 | Russia | 6.30 | 2012 |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 6.20 | 2012 |
| 108 | Mexico | 6.10 | 2012 |
| 109 | Nigeria | 6.10 | 2012 |
| 110 | Latvia | 6.00 | 2012 |
| 111 | Albania | 6.00 | 2012 |
| 112 | Dominica | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 113 | Estonia | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 114 | Jamaica | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 115 | Suriname | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 5.90 | 2012 |
| 119 | Mali | 5.80 | 2012 |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 5.80 | 2012 |
| 121 | Belize | 5.80 | 2012 |
| 122 | Bolivia | 5.80 | 2012 |
| 123 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.60 | 2012 |
| 124 | Yemen | 5.50 | 2012 |
| 125 | Nepal | 5.50 | 2012 |
| 126 | China | 5.40 | 2012 |
| 127 | Cambodia | 5.40 | 2012 |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 5.40 | 2012 |
| 129 | Tonga | 5.40 | 2012 |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 5.40 | 2012 |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.40 | 2012 |
| 132 | Botswana | 5.30 | 2012 |
| 133 | Ghana | 5.20 | 2012 |
| 134 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.20 | 2012 |
| 135 | Algeria | 5.20 | 2012 |
| 136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.20 | 2012 |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 5.20 | 2012 |
| 138 | Romania | 5.10 | 2012 |
| 139 | Cameroon | 5.10 | 2012 |
| 140 | Peru | 5.10 | 2012 |
| 141 | Senegal | 5.00 | 2012 |
| 142 | Egypt | 5.00 | 2012 |
| 143 | Belarus | 5.00 | 2012 |
| 144 | Gambia, The | 5.00 | 2012 |
| 145 | Mauritius | 4.80 | 2012 |
| 146 | Singapore | 4.70 | 2012 |
| 147 | Seychelles | 4.70 | 2012 |
| 148 | Kenya | 4.70 | 2012 |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.70 | 2012 |
| 150 | Philippines | 4.60 | 2012 |
| 151 | Venezuela | 4.60 | 2012 |
| 152 | Armenia | 4.50 | 2012 |
| 153 | Comoros | 4.50 | 2012 |
| 154 | Benin | 4.50 | 2012 |
| 155 | Monaco | 4.40 | 2012 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 4.30 | 2012 |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 4.20 | 2012 |
| 158 | Madagascar | 4.10 | 2012 |
| 159 | India | 4.00 | 2012 |
| 160 | Fiji | 4.00 | 2012 |
| 161 | Malaysia | 4.00 | 2012 |
| 162 | Libya | 3.90 | 2012 |
| 163 | Thailand | 3.90 | 2012 |
| 164 | Cabo Verde | 3.90 | 2012 |
| 165 | Bahrain | 3.90 | 2012 |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 3.80 | 2012 |
| 167 | Bhutan | 3.80 | 2012 |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 3.80 | 2012 |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 3.60 | 2012 |
| 170 | Iraq | 3.60 | 2012 |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 3.60 | 2012 |
| 172 | Angola | 3.50 | 2012 |
| 173 | Gabon | 3.50 | 2012 |
| 174 | Chad | 3.50 | 2012 |
| 175 | Cook Islands | 3.40 | 2012 |
| 176 | Syria | 3.40 | 2012 |
| 177 | Sri Lanka | 3.30 | 2011 |
| 178 | Saudi Arabia | 3.20 | 2012 |
| 179 | Congo, Republic of the | 3.20 | 2012 |
| 180 | Indonesia | 3.00 | 2012 |
| 181 | Laos | 2.90 | 2012 |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 2.80 | 2012 |
| 183 | Pakistan | 2.70 | 2012 |
| 184 | Eritrea | 2.60 | 2012 |
| 185 | Oman | 2.60 | 2012 |
| 186 | South Sudan | 2.60 | 2012 |
| 187 | Kuwait | 2.50 | 2012 |
| 188 | Brunei | 2.30 | 2012 |
| 189 | Qatar | 2.20 | 2012 |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 2.00 | 2012 |
| 191 | Burma | 1.80 | 2012 |