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
101 Peru 6.35%
102 Zambia 6.31%
103 Romania 6.21%
104 Togo 6.19%
105 Niger 6.17%
106 Botswana 6.12%
107 Kuwait 6.11%
108 Mauritius 6.10%
109 Samoa 6.09%
110 Uzbekistan 6.09%
111 Dominica 6.07%
112 Liechtenstein 6.06%
113 Mexico 6.05%
114 Suriname 6.03%
115 Comoros 5.90%
116 Azerbaijan 5.85%
117 Seychelles 5.84%
118 United Arab Emirates 5.82%
119 Rwanda 5.80%
120 Morocco 5.79%
121 Luxembourg 5.77%
122 Iraq 5.73%
123 Singapore 5.70%
124 Antigua and Barbuda 5.68%
125 Sierra Leone 5.66%
126 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.66%
127 Algeria 5.64%
128 Turkmenistan 5.57%
129 Tonga 5.56%
130 China 5.50%
131 Guyana 5.38%
132 Belize 5.34%
133 Grenada 5.31%
134 Fiji 5.29%
135 Uganda 5.24%
136 Nepal 5.21%
137 Philippines 5.16%
138 Senegal 5.15%
139 Cambodia 5.13%
140 Oman 5.12%
141 Dominican Republic 4.96%
142 Iran, Islamic Rep. 4.96%
143 Kyrgyz Republic 4.94%
144 Solomon Islands 4.89%
145 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.87%
146 Mongolia 4.67%
147 Turkiye 4.62%
148 Bahrain 4.56%
149 Kenya 4.49%
150 Ghana 4.43%

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.