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

In 2020, United States leads Current health expenditure (% of GDP) with 18.52%. Tuvalu follows at 17.89%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.63%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.04.69.313.918.5United StatesUnited States: 18.52%18.5TuvaluTuvalu: 17.89%17.9AfghanistanAfghanistan: 15.53%15.5KiribatiKiribati: 13.66%13.7PalauPalau: 13.32%13.3CanadaCanada: 13.02%13.0LiberiaLiberia: 12.91%12.9CubaCuba: 12.49%12.5GermanyGermany: 12.47%12.5ArmeniaArmenia: 12.24%12.2FranceFrance: 12.13%12.1Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 12.12%12.1

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Guinea-Bissau 8.99%
52 Central African Republic 8.98%
53 Czechia 8.97%
54 El Salvador 8.95%
55 Tajikistan 8.89%
56 Andorra 8.78%
57 Colombia 8.70%
58 Cyprus 8.65%
59 Ecuador 8.61%
60 Nicaragua 8.56%
61 San Marino 8.48%
62 Bulgaria 8.44%
63 Serbia 8.31%
64 Russian Federation 8.04%
65 Korea, Rep. 8.03%
66 Bolivia 8.02%
67 Costa Rica 7.83%
68 Israel 7.75%
69 North Macedonia 7.73%
70 Croatia 7.68%
71 Paraguay 7.68%
72 Ukraine 7.56%
73 Mozambique 7.55%
74 Jordan 7.55%
75 Latvia 7.51%
76 Lebanon 7.48%
77 Trinidad and Tobago 7.48%
78 Jamaica 7.48%
79 Estonia 7.47%
80 Albania 7.47%
81 Lithuania 7.42%
82 Bahamas, The 7.40%
83 Sao Tome and Principe 7.32%
84 Timor-Leste 7.26%
85 Hungary 7.23%
86 Libya 7.11%
87 Eswatini 7.10%
88 Slovak Republic 7.06%
89 Tunisia 7.06%
90 Malawi 7.04%
91 Cabo Verde 7.03%
92 St. Lucia 7.01%
93 Moldova 7.00%
94 Ireland 6.97%
95 Burkina Faso 6.89%
96 Barbados 6.73%
97 Saudi Arabia 6.65%
98 Guatemala 6.46%
99 Poland 6.43%
100 Belarus 6.41%

Analytical takeaways

  • United States leads the global ranking for Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in 2020, with a lead of 0.63% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Marshall Islands at 12.12%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.