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
101 Ireland 6.02%
102 Dominica 5.97%
103 Suriname 5.93%
104 Rwanda 5.93%
105 China 5.88%
106 Barbados 5.87%
107 Mauritius 5.84%
108 Romania 5.80%
109 Sao Tome and Principe 5.77%
110 Morocco 5.75%
111 Botswana 5.74%
112 Mexico 5.71%
113 Liechtenstein 5.64%
114 Iran, Islamic Rep. 5.63%
115 Luxembourg 5.61%
116 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.53%
117 Turkmenistan 5.37%
118 Thailand 5.35%
119 Saudi Arabia 5.31%
120 Zambia 5.21%
121 Philippines 5.16%
122 Kyrgyz Republic 5.05%
123 Grenada 5.00%
124 Lebanon 4.91%
125 Solomon Islands 4.82%
126 Sierra Leone 4.80%
127 St. Lucia 4.75%
128 Libya 4.74%
129 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.72%
130 Mauritania 4.67%
131 Dominican Republic 4.65%
132 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.61%
133 United Arab Emirates 4.57%
134 Venezuela, RB 4.55%
135 Viet Nam 4.54%
136 Cameroon 4.49%
137 Myanmar 4.49%
138 Cambodia 4.47%
139 Uganda 4.45%
140 Antigua and Barbuda 4.43%
141 Seychelles 4.40%
142 Niger 4.35%
143 Iraq 4.33%
144 Singapore 4.33%
145 Kenya 4.32%
146 Belize 4.22%
147 Nigeria 4.21%
148 Kuwait 4.20%
149 Chad 4.16%
150 Vanuatu 4.06%

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.