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

In 2019, Tuvalu leads Current health expenditure (% of GDP) with 22.22%. Lesotho follows at 21.92%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.30%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.05.611.116.722.2TuvaluTuvalu: 22.22%22.2LesothoLesotho: 21.92%21.9United StatesUnited States: 16.54%16.5Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 14.99%15.0AfghanistanAfghanistan: 14.83%14.8PalauPalau: 12.17%12.2Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 11.87%11.9NaoeroNaoero: 11.56%11.6GermanyGermany: 11.43%11.4SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 11.43%11.4ArmeniaArmenia: 11.38%11.4FranceFrance: 11.17%11.2

Full table

#CountryValue
51 South Africa 8.25%
52 San Marino 8.15%
53 Panama 8.14%
54 Greece 8.12%
55 Mozambique 7.90%
56 Colombia 7.83%
57 Ecuador 7.81%
58 Central African Republic 7.76%
59 Korea, Rep. 7.69%
60 Maldives 7.50%
61 Czechia 7.49%
62 Honduras 7.34%
63 Andorra 7.32%
64 Georgia 7.31%
65 Costa Rica 7.22%
66 Israel 7.21%
67 Paraguay 7.16%
68 Guinea-Bissau 7.15%
69 Bulgaria 7.12%
70 Ukraine 7.09%
71 Jordan 7.07%
72 North Macedonia 7.07%
73 Cyprus 7.00%
74 Jamaica 6.97%
75 Tajikistan 6.95%
76 Lithuania 6.94%
77 Slovak Republic 6.91%
78 Trinidad and Tobago 6.91%
79 Bolivia 6.89%
80 Latvia 6.86%
81 Croatia 6.79%
82 Albania 6.78%
83 Zambia 6.75%
84 Estonia 6.65%
85 Ireland 6.62%
86 Moldova 6.50%
87 Poland 6.39%
88 Malawi 6.37%
89 Hungary 6.25%
90 Iran, Islamic Rep. 6.23%
91 Guatemala 6.17%
92 Botswana 6.12%
93 Tunisia 6.02%
94 Togo 5.91%
95 Belarus 5.86%
96 Liechtenstein 5.78%
97 Tonga 5.75%
98 Sierra Leone 5.71%
99 Bahamas, The 5.70%
100 Romania 5.70%

Analytical takeaways

  • Tuvalu leads the global ranking for Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in 2019, with a lead of 0.30% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with France at 11.17%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.