1
🇹🇻Tuvalu
27.1%
2
🇳🇷Nauru
18.2%
3
🇺🇸United States
16.7%
4
🇦🇫Afghanistan
15.0%
5
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
13.4%
6
🇱🇷Liberia
13.0%
7
🇫🇲Micronesia
12.9%
8
🇱🇸Lesotho
12.6%
9
🇩🇪Germany
11.7%
10
🇨🇭Switzerland
11.7%
11
🇸🇸South Sudan
11.6%
12
🇫🇷France
11.5%
13
🇨🇦Canada
11.2%
14
🇦🇹Austria
11.2%
15
🇸🇪Sweden
11.2%
16
🇬🇧United Kingdom
11.0%
17
🇰🇮Kiribati
10.9%
18
🇵🇼Palau
10.9%
19
🇧🇪Belgium
10.8%
20
🇯🇵Japan
10.7%
21
🇵🇸Palestine
10.7%
22
🇨🇫Central African Republic
10.7%
23
🇫🇮Finland
10.5%
24
🇦🇺Australia
10.4%
25
🇦🇷Argentina
10.3%
26
🇨🇱Chile
10.2%
27
🇳🇿New Zealand
10.1%
28
🇵🇹Portugal
10.0%
29
🇳🇱Netherlands
9.8%
30
🇧🇷Brazil
9.7%
31
🇾🇪Yemen
9.7%
32
🇲🇪Montenegro
9.7%
33
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
9.6%
34
🇩🇰Denmark
9.6%
35
🇳🇦Namibia
9.5%
36
🇳🇴Norway
9.4%
37
🇨🇺Cuba
9.4%
38
🇦🇲Armenia
9.3%
39
🇸🇮Slovenia
9.3%
40
🇸🇻El Salvador
9.3%
41
🇲🇻Maldives
9.3%
42
🇪🇸Spain
9.2%
43
🇧🇮Burundi
9.1%
44
🇺🇾Uruguay
9.0%
45
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.9%
46
🇿🇦South Africa
8.9%
47
🇲🇹Malta
8.8%
48
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
8.8%
49
🇮🇸Iceland
8.7%
50
🇰🇷South Korea
8.6%
Highlights
As of 2023, Tuvalu ranks first with 27.1%, followed by Nauru (18.2%) and United States (16.7%).
Across 192 countries and territories, values run from 27.1% (Tuvalu) to 1.3% (Laos), with a median of 6.3%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Oceania, 2 from Africa, 2 from Europe, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Current health expenditure (% of GDP), 2023. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Current health expenditure (% of GDP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026