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
151 Guinea 4.09%
152 Tanzania 4.02%
153 Syrian Arab Republic 3.97%
154 Haiti 3.91%
155 Monaco 3.88%
156 Malaysia 3.84%
157 Mali 3.83%
158 Myanmar 3.81%
159 Oman 3.81%
160 Uganda 3.79%
161 Thailand 3.79%
162 Bahrain 3.78%
163 Sri Lanka 3.70%
164 Cameroon 3.65%
165 Congo, Dem. Rep. 3.51%
166 Vanuatu 3.50%
167 Chad 3.38%
168 Bhutan 3.38%
169 Equatorial Guinea 3.28%
170 Ghana 3.25%
171 Ethiopia 3.24%
172 Zimbabwe 3.23%
173 Cote d'Ivoire 3.19%
174 Qatar 3.18%
175 Gambia, The 3.15%
176 Madagascar 3.10%
177 Mauritania 3.09%
178 Benin 3.00%
179 Nigeria 2.99%
180 India 2.95%
181 Indonesia 2.88%
182 Kazakhstan 2.87%
183 Pakistan 2.85%
184 Gabon 2.77%
185 Lao PDR 2.60%
186 Djibouti 2.41%
187 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.41%
188 Congo, Rep. 2.35%
189 Papua New Guinea 2.33%
190 Brunei Darussalam 2.23%
191 Angola 2.20%
192 Venezuela, RB 2.19%
193 Bangladesh 2.13%

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.