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Country Comparison :: 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.
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Rank
country (% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Malta
16.50
2009
2 United States
16.20
2009
3 Mexico
13.80
2009
4 Niue
13.50
2009
5 Lesotho
13.20
2009
6 Sierra Leone
13.10
2009
7 Burundi
13.10
2009
8 Timor-Leste
12.30
2009
9 Kenya
12.20
2009
10 Nauru
12.10
2009
11 Moldova
11.90
2009
12 Belgium
11.80
2009
13 Cuba
11.80
2009
14 Finland
11.70
2009
15 Switzerland
11.30
2009
16 Georgia
11.30
2009
17 Portugal
11.30
2009
18 Palau
11.20
2009
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
11.20
2009
20 Austria
11.00
2009
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina
10.90
2009
22 Canada
10.90
2009
23 Netherlands
10.80
2009
24 Ghana
10.60
2009
25 Costa Rica
10.50
2009
26 Botswana
10.30
2009
27 Gambia, The
10.10
2009
28 Serbia
9.90
2009
29 Tuvalu
9.90
2009
30 Sweden
9.90
2009
31 New Zealand
9.70
2009
32 Fiji
9.70
2009
33 Iraq
9.70
2009
34 Spain
9.70
2009
35 Norway
9.70
2009
36 Israel
9.50
2009
37 Argentina
9.50
2009
38 Nicaragua
9.50
2009
39 Mongolia
9.30
2009
40 Japan
9.30
2009
41 United Kingdom
9.30
2009
42 Slovenia
9.10
2009
43 Rwanda
9.00
2009
44 Brazil
9.00
2009
45 South Africa
8.50
2009
46 Slovakia
8.50
2009
47 Australia
8.50
2009
48 Panama
8.30
2009
49 Jamaica
8.30
2009
50 Lebanon
8.20
2009
51 Uganda
8.20
2009
52 Chile
8.20
2009
53 Hungary
8.20
2009
54 Guinea-Bissau
8.10
2009
55 Germany
8.10
2009
56 Latvia
8.10
2009
57 Saint Lucia
8.10
2009
58 Malaysia
8.00
2009
59 Lithuania
7.80
2009
60 Croatia
7.80
2009
61 Andorra
7.70
2009
62 Suriname
7.60
2009
63 Czech Republic
7.60
2009
64 Ireland
7.60
2009
65 Mali
7.50
2009
66 Greece
7.40
2009
67 Afghanistan
7.40
2009
68 Uruguay
7.40
2009
69 Bulgaria
7.40
2009
70 Honduras
7.30
2009
71 Sudan
7.30
2009
72 Vietnam
7.20
2009
73 Bahamas, The
7.20
2009
74 Grenada
7.10
2009
75 San Marino
7.10
2009
76 Poland
7.10
2009
77 Sao Tome and Principe
7.10
2009
78 Paraguay
7.10
2009
79 Chad
7.00
2009
80 Ukraine
7.00
2009
81 Samoa
7.00
2009
82 Eritrea
7.00
2009
83 Denmark
7.00
2009
84 Albania
6.90
2009
85 Macedonia
6.90
2009
86 Barbados
6.80
2009
87 Kuwait
6.80
2009
88 Turkey
6.70
2009
89 Libya
6.60
2009
90 Korea, South
6.50
2009
91 Mauritius
6.50
2009
92 Laos
6.50
2009
93 Colombia
6.40
2009
94 Egypt
6.40
2009
95 Djibouti
6.40
2009
96 Burkina Faso
6.40
2009
97 Swaziland
6.30
2009
98 Madagascar
6.20
2009
99 Tonga
6.20
2009
100 Tunisia
6.20
2009
101 Niger
6.10
2009
102 Guyana
6.10
2009
103 Guinea
6.10
2009
104 Dominican Republic
6.10
2009
105 Haiti
6.00
2009
106 Gabon
6.00
2009
107 Cyprus
6.00
2009
108 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.00
2009
109 Namibia
5.90
2009
110 Dominica
5.90
2009
111 Togo
5.90
2009
112 Cambodia
5.80
2009
113 Belarus
5.80
2009
114 Algeria
5.80
2009
115 Azerbaijan
5.80
2009
116 Nepal
5.80
2009
117 Nigeria
5.80
2009
118 Senegal
5.70
2009
119 Mozambique
5.70
2009
120 Guatemala
5.70
2009
121 Mauritania
5.70
2009
122 Trinidad and Tobago
5.60
2009
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5.60
2009
124 Maldives
5.60
2009
125 Yemen
5.60
2009
126 Cameroon
5.60
2009
127 Indonesia
5.50
2009
128 Morocco
5.50
2009
129 Bhutan
5.50
2009
130 Solomon Islands
5.40
2009
131 Romania
5.40
2009
132 Russia
5.40
2009
133 Tajikistan
5.30
2009
134 Uzbekistan
5.20
2009
135 Antigua and Barbuda
5.10
2009
136 Italy
5.10
2009
137 Cote d'Ivoire
5.10
2009
138 Tanzania
5.10
2009
139 Saudi Arabia
5.00
2009
140 Ecuador
5.00
2009
141 Malawi
4.80
2009
142 Zambia
4.80
2009
143 Bolivia
4.80
2009
144 Armenia
4.70
2009
145 Monaco
4.70
2009
146 Angola
4.60
2009
147 Peru
4.60
2009
148 China
4.60
2009
149 Bahrain
4.50
2009
150 Jordan
4.50
2009
151 Cook Islands
4.40
2009
152 Central African Republic
4.30
2009
153 Thailand
4.30
2009
154 Estonia
4.30
2009
155 Kazakhstan
4.30
2009
156 Iceland
4.20
2009
157 Benin
4.20
2009
158 Luxembourg
4.10
2009
159 Kyrgyzstan
4.10
2009
160 Seychelles
4.00
2009
161 Vanuatu
4.00
2009
162 Sri Lanka
4.00
2009
163 Micronesia, Federated States of
3.90
2009
164 El Salvador
3.90
2009
165 Cape Verde
3.90
2009
166 Iran
3.90
2009
167 Liberia
3.90
2009
168 Singapore
3.90
2009
169 Philippines
3.80
2009
170 Ethiopia
3.60
2009
171 France
3.50
2009
172 Bangladesh
3.40
2009
173 Comoros
3.40
2009
174 Belize
3.30
2009
175 Kiribati
3.30
2009
176 Papua New Guinea
3.10
2009
177 Brunei
3.00
2009
178 Oman
3.00
2009
179 Congo, Republic of the
3.00
2009
180 Syria
2.90
2009
181 United Arab Emirates
2.80
2009
182 Pakistan
2.60
2009
183 Qatar
2.50
2009
184 Marshall Islands
2.50
2009
185 India
2.40
2009
186 Turkmenistan
2.30
2009
187 Equatorial Guinea
2.20
2009
188 Burma
2.00
2009
189 Korea, North
2.00
2009
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