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

In 2021, Afghanistan leads Current health expenditure (% of GDP) with 21.51%. Tuvalu follows at 18.57%, and the gap between the top two positions is 2.93%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.05.410.816.121.5AfghanistanAfghanistan: 21.51%21.5TuvaluTuvalu: 18.57%18.6United StatesUnited States: 17.35%17.4PalauPalau: 14.55%14.6CubaCuba: 13.79%13.8LiberiaLiberia: 13.27%13.3GermanyGermany: 12.72%12.7Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 12.49%12.5CanadaCanada: 12.38%12.4ArmeniaArmenia: 12.32%12.3FranceFrance: 12.25%12.2AustriaAustria: 12.19%12.2

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Panama 9.14%
52 Greece 9.03%
53 Burundi 8.94%
54 Uruguay 8.92%
55 Cyprus 8.87%
56 Maldives 8.85%
57 South Africa 8.66%
58 Mozambique 8.65%
59 Andorra 8.65%
60 Bulgaria 8.58%
61 North Macedonia 8.42%
62 Guinea-Bissau 8.40%
63 Ecuador 8.38%
64 Tajikistan 8.38%
65 Korea, Rep. 8.34%
66 Ukraine 8.20%
67 Bolivia 8.16%
68 Croatia 8.08%
69 Paraguay 8.03%
70 Jamaica 8.00%
71 Sao Tome and Principe 7.86%
72 Israel 7.84%
73 Moldova 7.75%
74 Lithuania 7.73%
75 Jordan 7.70%
76 Slovak Republic 7.63%
77 Costa Rica 7.61%
78 Malawi 7.52%
79 San Marino 7.51%
80 Estonia 7.48%
81 Barbados 7.44%
82 Eswatini 7.41%
83 Albania 7.36%
84 Guatemala 7.36%
85 Tunisia 7.34%
86 Hungary 7.34%
87 Mongolia 7.21%
88 Trinidad and Tobago 7.21%
89 Samoa 7.20%
90 Burkina Faso 7.09%
91 Tonga 7.06%
92 Fiji 7.06%
93 Russian Federation 7.03%
94 Uzbekistan 6.93%
95 Bahamas, The 6.79%
96 Peru 6.67%
97 Zambia 6.64%
98 Mauritius 6.62%
99 Cabo Verde 6.61%
100 Belarus 6.57%

Analytical takeaways

  • Afghanistan leads the global ranking for Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in 2021, with a lead of 2.93% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Austria at 12.19%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.