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
151 Thailand 4.36%
152 Chad 4.35%
153 Viet Nam 4.33%
154 Eritrea 4.31%
155 Monaco 4.29%
156 Myanmar 4.28%
157 Sri Lanka 4.27%
158 Cameroon 4.25%
159 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.15%
160 Vanuatu 4.12%
161 Venezuela, RB 4.12%
162 Bhutan 4.08%
163 Malaysia 4.08%
164 Congo, Rep. 4.02%
165 Gambia, The 4.01%
166 Congo, Dem. Rep. 3.98%
167 Guinea 3.90%
168 Kazakhstan 3.83%
169 Qatar 3.82%
170 Haiti 3.79%
171 Madagascar 3.72%
172 Equatorial Guinea 3.71%
173 Syrian Arab Republic 3.67%
174 Cote d'Ivoire 3.62%
175 Mali 3.51%
176 Ethiopia 3.48%
177 Gabon 3.44%
178 Indonesia 3.42%
179 Nigeria 3.38%
180 India 3.34%
181 Benin 3.05%
182 Tanzania 3.05%
183 Sudan 3.04%
184 Mauritania 3.00%
185 Zimbabwe 2.95%
186 Pakistan 2.95%
187 Angola 2.82%
188 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.47%
189 Brunei Darussalam 2.45%
190 Djibouti 2.34%
191 Papua New Guinea 2.30%
192 Bangladesh 2.18%
193 Lao PDR 2.06%

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.