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
151 Senegal 4.04%
152 Fiji 4.02%
153 Sri Lanka 3.98%
154 Congo, Dem. Rep. 3.94%
155 Bhutan 3.92%
156 Malaysia 3.90%
157 Bahrain 3.89%
158 Eritrea 3.88%
159 Guinea 3.83%
160 Sudan 3.79%
161 Kazakhstan 3.75%
162 Mali 3.72%
163 Turkiye 3.70%
164 Ghana 3.67%
165 Cote d'Ivoire 3.64%
166 Algeria 3.63%
167 Gambia, The 3.54%
168 Azerbaijan 3.42%
169 India 3.40%
170 Zimbabwe 3.40%
171 Monaco 3.39%
172 Syrian Arab Republic 3.38%
173 Haiti 3.21%
174 Madagascar 3.15%
175 Tanzania 3.13%
176 Oman 3.07%
177 Benin 2.98%
178 Pakistan 2.90%
179 Gabon 2.89%
180 Ethiopia 2.85%
181 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.85%
182 Equatorial Guinea 2.84%
183 Indonesia 2.69%
184 Papua New Guinea 2.61%
185 Angola 2.60%
186 Djibouti 2.53%
187 Guyana 2.52%
188 Congo, Rep. 2.30%
189 Bangladesh 2.22%
190 Qatar 2.19%
191 Lao PDR 2.02%
192 Brunei Darussalam 1.77%

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.