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Field Listing :: Health expenditures
This entry 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.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Health expenditures(% of GDP)
Afghanistan 7.4% of GDP (2009)
Albania 6.9% of GDP (2009)
Algeria 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Andorra 7.7% of GDP (2009)
Angola 4.6% of GDP (2009)
Antigua and Barbuda 5.1% of GDP (2009)
Argentina 9.5% of GDP (2009)
Armenia 4.7% of GDP (2009)
Australia 8.5% of GDP (2009)
Austria 11% of GDP (2009)
Azerbaijan 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Bahamas, The 7.2% of GDP (2009)
Bahrain 4.5% of GDP (2009)
Bangladesh 3.4% of GDP (2009)
Barbados 6.8% of GDP (2009)
Belarus 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Belgium 11.8% of GDP (2009)
Belize 3.3% of GDP (2009)
Benin 4.2% of GDP (2009)
Bhutan 5.5% of GDP (2009)
Bolivia 4.8% of GDP (2009)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.9% of GDP (2009)
Botswana 10.3% of GDP (2009)
Brazil 9% of GDP (2009)
Brunei 3% of GDP (2009)
Bulgaria 7.4% of GDP (2009)
Burkina Faso 6.4% of GDP (2009)
Burma 2% of GDP (2009)
Burundi 13.1% of GDP (2009)
Cambodia 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Cameroon 5.6% of GDP (2009)
Canada 10.9% of GDP (2009)
Cape Verde 3.9% of GDP (2009)
Central African Republic 4.3% of GDP (2009)
Chad 7% of GDP (2009)
Chile 8.2% of GDP (2009)
China 4.6% of GDP (2009)
Colombia 6.4% of GDP (2009)
Comoros 3.4% of GDP (2009)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.2% of GDP (2009)
Congo, Republic of the 3% of GDP (2009)
Cook Islands 4.4% of GDP (2009)
Costa Rica 10.5% of GDP (2009)
Cote d'Ivoire 5.1% of GDP (2009)
Croatia 7.8% of GDP (2009)
Cuba 11.8% of GDP (2009)
Cyprus 6% of GDP (2009)
Czech Republic 7.6% of GDP (2009)
Denmark 7% of GDP (2009)
Djibouti 6.4% of GDP (2009)
Dominica 5.9% of GDP (2009)
Dominican Republic 6.1% of GDP (2009)
Ecuador 5% of GDP (2009)
Egypt 6.4% of GDP (2009)
El Salvador 3.9% of GDP (2009)
Equatorial Guinea 2.2% of GDP (2009)
Eritrea 7% of GDP (2009)
Estonia 4.3% of GDP (2009)
Ethiopia 3.6% of GDP (2009)
Fiji 9.7% of GDP (2009)
Finland 11.7% of GDP (2009)
France 3.5% of GDP (2009)
Gabon 6% of GDP (2009)
Gambia, The 10.1% of GDP (2009)
Georgia 11.3% of GDP (2009)
Germany 8.1% of GDP (2009)
Ghana 10.6% of GDP (2009)
Greece 7.4% of GDP (2009)
Grenada 7.1% of GDP (2009)
Guatemala 5.7% of GDP (2009)
Guinea 6.1% of GDP (2009)
Guinea-Bissau 8.1% of GDP (2009)
Guyana 6.1% of GDP (2009)
Haiti 6% of GDP (2009)
Honduras 7.3% of GDP (2009)
Hungary 8.2% of GDP (2009)
Iceland 4.2% of GDP (2009)
India 2.4% of GDP (2009)
Indonesia 5.5% of GDP (2009)
Iran 3.9% of GDP (2009)
Iraq 9.7% of GDP (2009)
Ireland 7.6% of GDP (2009)
Israel 9.5% of GDP (2009)
Italy 5.1% of GDP (2009)
Jamaica 8.3% of GDP (2009)
Japan 9.3% of GDP (2009)
Jordan 4.5% of GDP (2009)
Kazakhstan 4.3% of GDP (2009)
Kenya 12.2% of GDP (2009)
Kiribati 3.3% of GDP (2009)
Korea, North 2% of GDP (2009)
Korea, South 6.5% of GDP (2009)
Kuwait 6.8% of GDP (2009)
Kyrgyzstan 4.1% of GDP (2009)
Laos 6.5% of GDP (2009)
Latvia 8.1% of GDP (2009)
Lebanon 8.2% of GDP (2009)
Lesotho 13.2% of GDP (2009)
Liberia 3.9% of GDP (2009)
Libya 6.6% of GDP (2009)
Lithuania 7.8% of GDP (2009)
Luxembourg 4.1% of GDP (2009)
Macedonia 6.9% of GDP (2009)
Madagascar 6.2% of GDP (2009)
Malawi 4.8% of GDP (2009)
Malaysia 8% of GDP (2009)
Maldives 5.6% of GDP (2009)
Mali 7.5% of GDP (2009)
Malta 16.5% of GDP (2009)
Marshall Islands 2.5% of GDP (2009)
Mauritania 5.7% of GDP (2009)
Mauritius 6.5% of GDP (2009)
Mexico 13.8% of GDP (2009)
Micronesia, Federated States of 3.9% of GDP (2009)
Moldova 11.9% of GDP (2009)
Monaco 4.7% of GDP (2009)
Mongolia 9.3% of GDP (2009)
Morocco 5.5% of GDP (2009)
Mozambique 5.7% of GDP (2009)
Namibia 5.9% of GDP (2009)
Nauru 12.1% of GDP (2009)
Nepal 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Netherlands 10.8% of GDP (2009)
New Zealand 9.7% of GDP (2009)
Nicaragua 9.5% of GDP (2009)
Niger 6.1% of GDP (2009)
Nigeria 5.8% of GDP (2009)
Niue 13.5% of GDP (2009)
Norway 9.7% of GDP (2009)
Oman 3% of GDP (2009)
Pakistan 2.6% of GDP (2009)
Palau 11.2% of GDP (2009)
Panama 8.3% of GDP (2009)
Papua New Guinea 3.1% of GDP (2009)
Paraguay 7.1% of GDP (2009)
Peru 4.6% of GDP (2009)
Philippines 3.8% of GDP (2009)
Poland 7.1% of GDP (2009)
Portugal 11.3% of GDP (2009)
Qatar 2.5% of GDP (2009)
Romania 5.4% of GDP (2009)
Russia 5.4% of GDP (2009)
Rwanda 9% of GDP (2009)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6% of GDP (2009)
Saint Lucia 8.1% of GDP (2009)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.6% of GDP (2009)
Samoa 7% of GDP (2009)
San Marino 7.1% of GDP (2009)
Sao Tome and Principe 7.1% of GDP (2009)
Saudi Arabia 5% of GDP (2009)
Senegal 5.7% of GDP (2009)
Serbia 9.9% of GDP (2009)
Seychelles 4% of GDP (2009)
Sierra Leone 13.1% of GDP (2009)
Singapore 3.9% of GDP (2009)
Slovakia 8.5% of GDP (2009)
Slovenia 9.1% of GDP (2009)
Solomon Islands 5.4% of GDP (2009)
South Africa 8.5% of GDP (2009)
Spain 9.7% of GDP (2009)
Sri Lanka 4% of GDP (2009)
Sudan 7.3% of GDP (2009)
Suriname 7.6% of GDP (2009)
Swaziland 6.3% of GDP (2009)
Sweden 9.9% of GDP (2009)
Switzerland 11.3% of GDP (2009)
Syria 2.9% of GDP (2009)
Tajikistan 5.3% of GDP (2009)
Tanzania 5.1% of GDP (2009)
Thailand 4.3% of GDP (2009)
Timor-Leste 12.3% of GDP (2009)
Togo 5.9% of GDP (2009)
Tonga 6.2% of GDP (2009)
Trinidad and Tobago 5.6% of GDP (2009)
Tunisia 6.2% of GDP (2009)
Turkey 6.7% of GDP (2009)
Turkmenistan 2.3% of GDP (2009)
Tuvalu 9.9% of GDP (2009)
Uganda 8.2% of GDP (2009)
Ukraine 7% of GDP (2009)
United Arab Emirates 2.8% of GDP (2009)
United Kingdom 9.3% of GDP (2009)
United States 16.2% of GDP (2009)
Uruguay 7.4% of GDP (2009)
Uzbekistan 5.2% of GDP (2009)
Vanuatu 4% of GDP (2009)
Vietnam 7.2% of GDP (2009)
Yemen 5.6% of GDP (2009)
Zambia 4.8% of GDP (2009)
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