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
101 Comoros 6.46%
102 Romania 6.45%
103 Ireland 6.44%
104 Poland 6.37%
105 Cambodia 6.34%
106 Dominica 6.31%
107 Botswana 6.30%
108 South Sudan 6.30%
109 St. Lucia 6.26%
110 Rwanda 6.23%
111 St. Kitts and Nevis 6.17%
112 Libya 6.05%
113 Philippines 5.98%
114 Saudi Arabia 5.93%
115 Mexico 5.88%
116 Niger 5.81%
117 Togo 5.62%
118 Luxembourg 5.61%
119 Myanmar 5.54%
120 Nepal 5.53%
121 Turkmenistan 5.49%
122 Uganda 5.47%
123 Morocco 5.45%
124 Liechtenstein 5.38%
125 Kuwait 5.37%
126 Kyrgyz Republic 5.35%
127 United Arab Emirates 5.30%
128 Grenada 5.28%
129 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.27%
130 China 5.26%
131 Seychelles 5.21%
132 Sri Lanka 5.19%
133 Thailand 5.15%
134 Singapore 5.15%
135 Iraq 5.14%
136 Dominican Republic 5.09%
137 Sierra Leone 5.07%
138 Belize 5.05%
139 Algeria 5.02%
140 Suriname 5.02%
141 Solomon Islands 4.95%
142 Timor-Leste 4.92%
143 Iran, Islamic Rep. 4.86%
144 Antigua and Barbuda 4.81%
145 Bhutan 4.79%
146 Azerbaijan 4.69%
147 Guyana 4.64%
148 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.61%
149 Vanuatu 4.59%
150 Kenya 4.57%

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.