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Countries with the highest
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

In 2024, Germany leads Current health expenditure (% of GDP) with 12.27%. Austria follows at 11.83%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.43%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Latest available year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Ranking leaders

0.03.16.19.212.3GermanyGermany: 12.27%12.3AustriaAustria: 11.83%11.8FranceFrance: 11.54%11.5CanadaCanada: 11.31%11.3SwedenSweden: 11.22%11.2United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 11.13%11.1ChileChile: 10.53%10.5PortugalPortugal: 10.24%10.2New ZealandNew Zealand: 10.06%10.1NetherlandsNetherlands: 10.01%10.0SloveniaSlovenia: 9.88%9.9DenmarkDenmark: 9.39%9.4

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Germany 12.27%
2 Austria 11.83%
3 France 11.54%
4 Canada 11.31%
5 Sweden 11.22%
6 United Kingdom 11.13%
7 Chile 10.53%
8 Portugal 10.24%
9 New Zealand 10.06%
10 Netherlands 10.01%
11 Slovenia 9.88%
12 Denmark 9.39%
13 Iceland 8.98%
14 Korea, Rep. 8.68%
15 Czechia 8.51%
16 Italy 8.44%
17 Colombia 8.14%
18 Poland 8.06%
19 Estonia 7.84%
20 Lithuania 7.60%
21 Ireland 6.85%
22 Luxembourg 5.89%

Analytical takeaways

  • Germany leads the global ranking for Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, with a lead of 0.43% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Denmark at 9.39%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.