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

In 2022, Afghanistan leads Current health expenditure (% of GDP) with 23.09%. Tuvalu follows at 21.29%, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.80%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.05.811.517.323.1AfghanistanAfghanistan: 23.09%23.1TuvaluTuvalu: 21.29%21.3NaoeroNaoero: 18.34%18.3United StatesUnited States: 16.53%16.5PalauPalau: 14.88%14.9Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 13.61%13.6LiberiaLiberia: 13.59%13.6LesothoLesotho: 12.90%12.9Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 12.63%12.6GermanyGermany: 12.45%12.4JapanJapan: 12.32%12.3FranceFrance: 11.83%11.8

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Serbia 8.58%
52 Comoros 8.47%
53 Czechia 8.47%
54 Greece 8.45%
55 Guinea-Bissau 8.34%
56 Georgia 8.30%
57 Cyprus 8.27%
58 Mozambique 8.25%
59 Honduras 8.15%
60 Latvia 8.10%
61 Tonga 7.95%
62 Norway 7.91%
63 Jordan 7.74%
64 Paraguay 7.74%
65 Slovak Republic 7.70%
66 Bulgaria 7.64%
67 Tajikistan 7.63%
68 Ecuador 7.60%
69 Colombia 7.59%
70 Albania 7.54%
71 Andorra 7.52%
72 Tunisia 7.51%
73 Maldives 7.50%
74 Timor-Leste 7.46%
75 North Macedonia 7.42%
76 Burkina Faso 7.41%
77 Croatia 7.30%
78 Eswatini 7.24%
79 Lithuania 7.24%
80 San Marino 7.22%
81 Costa Rica 7.18%
82 Guatemala 7.17%
83 Bolivia 7.16%
84 Israel 7.12%
85 Bahamas, The 7.04%
86 Moldova 6.97%
87 Estonia 6.94%
88 Samoa 6.93%
89 Russian Federation 6.88%
90 Cabo Verde 6.70%
91 Hungary 6.65%
92 Trinidad and Tobago 6.64%
93 Malawi 6.63%
94 Uzbekistan 6.62%
95 Belarus 6.58%
96 South Sudan 6.57%
97 Nepal 6.53%
98 Poland 6.47%
99 Togo 6.24%
100 Peru 6.10%

Analytical takeaways

  • Afghanistan leads the global ranking for Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in 2022, with a lead of 1.80% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with France at 11.83%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.