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The map shows the indicator: Health expenditure (% of GDP). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

Color of the map for the indicator: Health expenditure (% of GDP).

Color of the countries with the lowest data: light red.

Color of the countries with the highest data: dark red.

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Definition (source World Bank):

Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds.

Ranking of statistics – Health expenditure (% of GDP)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1995 :

1 - Marshall Islands - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 22.53 % in 2000
2 - Tuvalu - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 21.59 % in 2003
3 - United States - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 17.10 % in 2013
4 - Uruguay - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 15.60 % in 1995
5 - Lebanon - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 15.23 % in 1996

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1995 :

1 - East Timor - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.72 % in 2011
2 - Iraq - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 0.81 % in 2000
3 - South Sudan - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.35 % in 2011
4 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.45 % in 2000
5 - Myanmar - Health expenditure (% of GDP) was 1.77 % in 2013

Data table - Health expenditure (% of GDP)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Tuvalu	19.72	2013
2	United States	17.10	2013
3	Marshall Islands	16.53	2013
4	Netherlands	12.89	2013
5	Micronesia	12.59	2013
6	Sierra Leone	11.84	2013
7	Moldova	11.80	2013
8	France	11.66	2013
9	Lesotho	11.48	2013
10	Switzerland	11.47	2013
11	Germany	11.30	2013
12	Belgium	11.19	2013
13	Rwanda	11.14	2013
14	Austria	11.03	2013
15	Canada	10.86	2013
16	Maldives	10.81	2013
17	Denmark	10.62	2013
18	Serbia	10.60	2013
19	Japan	10.30	2013
20	Kiribati	10.08	2013
21	Liberia	10.03	2013
22	Palau	9.89	2013
23	Costa Rica	9.87	2013
24	Greece	9.82	2013
25	Uganda	9.76	2013
26	New Zealand	9.74	2013
27	Sweden	9.71	2013
28	Portugal	9.71	2013
29	Brazil	9.67	2013
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.63	2013
31	Norway	9.57	2013
32	Australia	9.44	2013
33	Georgia	9.43	2013
34	Haiti	9.42	2013
35	Finland	9.40	2013
36	Slovenia	9.16	2013
37	United Kingdom	9.12	2013
38	Italy	9.09	2013
39	Iceland	9.06	2013
40	Paraguay	9.01	2013
41	South Africa	8.93	2013
42	Ireland	8.92	2013
43	Spain	8.88	2013
44	Djibouti	8.87	2013
45	Cuba	8.81	2013
46	Uruguay	8.75	2013
47	Malta	8.73	2013
48	Honduras	8.72	2013
49	Togo	8.62	2013
50	Saint Lucia	8.50	2013
51	Swaziland	8.44	2013
52	Nicaragua	8.35	2013
53	Malawi	8.34	2013
54	Slovakia	8.21	2013
55	Afghanistan	8.10	2013
56	Andorra	8.07	2013
57	Hungary	8.05	2013
58	Burundi	8.02	2013
59	Ukraine	7.77	2013
60	Namibia	7.74	2013
61	Chile	7.73	2013
62	Bulgaria	7.63	2013
63	Ecuador	7.54	2013
64	Cambodia	7.52	2013
65	Samoa	7.51	2013
66	Cyprus	7.44	2013
67	Tanzania	7.31	2013
68	Croatia	7.30	2013
69	Argentina	7.28	2013
70	Bahamas	7.26	2013
71	Czech Republic	7.24	2013
72	Israel	7.24	2013
73	Jordan	7.22	2013
74	Panama	7.21	2013
75	South Korea	7.17	2013
76	Lebanon	7.17	2013
77	Mali	7.14	2013
78	Luxembourg	7.10	2013
79	Tunisia	7.08	2013
80	El Salvador	6.95	2013
81	São Tomé and Príncipe	6.90	2013
82	Colombia	6.81	2013
83	Mozambique	6.79	2013
84	Barbados	6.78	2013
85	Tajikistan	6.75	2013
86	Iran	6.69	2013
87	Kyrgyzstan	6.67	2013
88	Poland	6.66	2013
89	Algeria	6.64	2013
90	Niger	6.55	2013
91	Russia	6.55	2013
92	Sudan	6.54	2013
93	Guyana	6.50	2013
94	San Marino	6.49	2013
95	Montenegro	6.49	2013
96	Macedonia	6.44	2013
97	Burkina Faso	6.41	2013
98	Guatemala	6.39	2013
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.37	2013
100	Grenada	6.34	2013
101	Mexico	6.24	2013
102	Lithuania	6.24	2013
103	Uzbekistan	6.11	2013
104	Belarus	6.07	2013
105	Bolivia	6.07	2013
106	Morocco	6.01	2013
107	Mongolia	6.01	2013
108	Nepal	6.00	2013
109	Dominica	5.95	2013
110	Vietnam	5.95	2013
111	Gambia	5.95	2013
112	Jamaica	5.90	2013
113	Albania	5.88	2013
114	Comoros	5.76	2013
115	Latvia	5.72	2013
116	Estonia	5.72	2013
117	Côte d'Ivoire	5.70	2013
118	Turkey	5.59	2013
119	Azerbaijan	5.58	2013
120	China	5.57	2013
121	Guinea-Bissau	5.50	2013
122	Trinidad and Tobago	5.46	2013
123	Belize	5.43	2013
124	Botswana	5.43	2013
125	Dominican Republic	5.40	2013
126	Ghana	5.39	2013
127	Yemen	5.35	2013
128	Romania	5.34	2013
129	Peru	5.32	2013
130	Iraq	5.22	2013
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.20	2013
132	Solomon Islands	5.13	2013
133	Cameroon	5.11	2013
134	Egypt	5.06	2013
135	Ethiopia	5.06	2013
136	Zambia	5.03	2013
137	Bahrain	4.87	2013
138	Antigua and Barbuda	4.87	2013
139	Mauritius	4.82	2013
140	Tonga	4.71	2013
141	Guinea	4.69	2013
142	Suriname	4.58	2013
143	Thailand	4.57	2013
144	Benin	4.56	2013
145	Singapore	4.55	2013
146	Armenia	4.52	2013
147	Papua New Guinea	4.49	2013
148	Kenya	4.48	2013
149	Philippines	4.40	2013
150	Cape Verde	4.35	2013
151	Libya	4.30	2013
152	Kazakhstan	4.26	2013
153	Senegal	4.25	2013
154	Madagascar	4.23	2013
155	Fiji	4.13	2013
156	Republic of the Congo	4.12	2013
157	Monaco	4.03	2013
158	Malaysia	4.03	2013
159	India	3.97	2013
160	Central African Republic	3.92	2013
161	Nigeria	3.88	2013
162	Vanuatu	3.85	2013
163	Gabon	3.81	2013
164	Angola	3.80	2013
165	Mauritania	3.77	2013
166	Bangladesh	3.73	2013
167	Venezuela	3.60	2013
168	Bhutan	3.59	2013
169	Chad	3.56	2013
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.51	2013
171	Equatorial Guinea	3.47	2013
172	Syria	3.27	2013
173	Sri Lanka	3.24	2013
174	United Arab Emirates	3.20	2013
175	Saudi Arabia	3.16	2013
176	Indonesia	3.07	2013
177	Eritrea	3.04	2013
178	Kuwait	2.89	2013
179	Pakistan	2.75	2013
180	Oman	2.60	2013
181	Brunei	2.52	2013
182	South Sudan	2.23	2013
183	Qatar	2.19	2013
184	Laos	1.98	2013
185	Turkmenistan	1.97	2013
186	Myanmar	1.77	2013
187	East Timor	1.27	2013