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
101 Mauritius 5.70%
102 Barbados 5.67%
103 Niger 5.67%
104 Russian Federation 5.65%
105 Samoa 5.65%
106 Turkmenistan 5.55%
107 Libya 5.55%
108 Sao Tome and Principe 5.48%
109 Saudi Arabia 5.47%
110 Luxembourg 5.47%
111 Algeria 5.42%
112 Burkina Faso 5.35%
113 Mexico 5.30%
114 China 5.27%
115 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.19%
116 Kuwait 5.18%
117 Comoros 5.18%
118 Dominica 5.17%
119 Peru 5.13%
120 Cambodia 5.06%
121 Morocco 5.02%
122 Timor-Leste 4.99%
123 Viet Nam 4.97%
124 Grenada 4.93%
125 Rwanda 4.91%
126 Guyana 4.90%
127 Uzbekistan 4.84%
128 Cabo Verde 4.82%
129 Belize 4.82%
130 Eritrea 4.65%
131 Sudan 4.60%
132 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.60%
133 Senegal 4.50%
134 Mongolia 4.49%
135 Nepal 4.45%
136 Solomon Islands 4.44%
137 Singapore 4.41%
138 United Arab Emirates 4.40%
139 Kenya 4.37%
140 Dominican Republic 4.37%
141 Turkiye 4.36%
142 St. Lucia 4.29%
143 Fiji 4.28%
144 Antigua and Barbuda 4.28%
145 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.26%
146 Kyrgyz Republic 4.25%
147 Seychelles 4.25%
148 Iraq 4.21%
149 Azerbaijan 4.18%
150 Philippines 4.17%

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.