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Country Comparison :: Health expenditures
This entry provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.
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country (% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Marshall Islands
18.10
2010
2 United States
17.90
2010
3 Tuvalu
17.50
2010
4 Niue
17.40
2010
5 Micronesia, Federated States of
14.20
2010
6 Sierra Leone
13.10
2010
7 Netherlands
11.90
2010
8 France
11.90
2010
9 Liberia
11.90
2010
10 Moldova
11.70
2010
11 Germany
11.60
2010
12 Burundi
11.60
2010
13 Switzerland
11.50
2010
14 Denmark
11.40
2010
15 Canada
11.30
2010
16 Kiribati
11.30
2010
17 Nauru
11.20
2010
18 Lesotho
11.10
2010
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina
11.10
2010
20 Portugal
11.00
2010
21 Austria
11.00
2010
22 Costa Rica
10.90
2010
23 Belgium
10.70
2010
24 Cuba
10.60
2010
25 Rwanda
10.50
2010
26 Serbia
10.40
2010
27 Greece
10.30
2010
28 Palau
10.30
2010
29 Georgia
10.10
2010
30 New Zealand
10.10
2010
31 Sweden
9.60
2010
32 United Kingdom
9.60
2010
33 Spain
9.50
2010
34 Italy
9.50
2010
35 Japan
9.50
2010
36 Norway
9.50
2010
37 Iceland
9.40
2010
38 Slovenia
9.40
2010
39 Ireland
9.20
2010
40 Montenegro
9.10
2010
41 Timor-Leste
9.10
2010
42 Nicaragua
9.10
2010
43 Finland
9.00
2010
44 Brazil
9.00
2010
45 Uganda
9.00
2010
46 South Africa
8.90
2010
47 Slovakia
8.80
2010
48 Australia
8.70
2010
49 Saint Lucia
8.70
2010
50 Malta
8.70
2010
51 Solomon Islands
8.60
2010
52 Guinea-Bissau
8.50
2010
53 Iraq
8.40
2010
54 Uruguay
8.40
2010
55 Botswana
8.30
2010
56 Panama
8.10
2010
57 Ecuador
8.10
2010
58 Argentina
8.10
2010
59 Jordan
8.00
2010
60 Chile
8.00
2010
61 Barbados
8.00
2010
62 Czech Republic
7.90
2010
63 Bahamas, The
7.90
2010
64 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
7.90
2010
65 Croatia
7.80
2010
66 Luxembourg
7.80
2010
67 Ukraine
7.70
2010
68 Togo
7.70
2010
69 Israel
7.60
2010
70 Afghanistan
7.60
2010
71 Colombia
7.60
2010
72 Andorra
7.50
2010
73 Poland
7.50
2010
74 Dominica
7.40
2010
75 Hungary
7.30
2010
76 Sao Tome and Principe
7.20
2010
77 Djibouti
7.20
2010
78 San Marino
7.10
2010
79 Macedonia
7.10
2010
80 Lithuania
7.00
2010
81 Lebanon
7.00
2010
82 Suriname
7.00
2010
83 Haiti
6.90
2010
84 Bulgaria
6.90
2010
85 Korea, South
6.90
2010
86 Guatemala
6.90
2010
87 El Salvador
6.90
2010
88 Honduras
6.80
2010
89 Vietnam
6.80
2010
90 Namibia
6.80
2010
91 Burkina Faso
6.70
2010
92 Latvia
6.70
2010
93 Turkey
6.70
2010
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.70
2010
95 Swaziland
6.60
2010
96 Albania
6.60
2010
97 Malawi
6.60
2010
98 Samoa
6.50
2010
99 Mexico
6.30
2010
100 Maldives
6.30
2010
101 Sudan
6.30
2010
102 Tunisia
6.20
2010
103 Kyrgyzstan
6.20
2010
104 Dominican Republic
6.20
2010
105 Antigua and Barbuda
6.00
2010
106 Cyprus
6.00
2010
107 Estonia
6.00
2010
108 Mauritius
6.00
2010
109 Tajikistan
6.00
2010
110 Tanzania
6.00
2010
111 Azerbaijan
5.90
2010
112 Grenada
5.90
2010
113 Zambia
5.90
2010
114 Paraguay
5.90
2010
115 Gambia, The
5.70
2010
116 Senegal
5.70
2010
117 Trinidad and Tobago
5.70
2010
118 Romania
5.60
2010
119 Belarus
5.60
2010
120 Iran
5.60
2010
121 Cambodia
5.60
2010
122 Nepal
5.50
2010
123 Guyana
5.40
2010
124 Mongolia
5.40
2010
125 Vanuatu
5.30
2010
126 Cote d'Ivoire
5.30
2010
127 Uzbekistan
5.30
2010
128 Mozambique
5.20
2010
129 Morocco
5.20
2010
130 Ghana
5.20
2010
131 Belize
5.20
2010
132 Yemen
5.20
2010
133 Niger
5.20
2010
134 Bhutan
5.20
2010
135 Tonga
5.10
2010
136 Russia
5.10
2010
137 Peru
5.10
2010
138 China
5.10
2010
139 Nigeria
5.10
2010
140 Cameroon
5.10
2010
141 Mali
5.00
2010
142 Bahrain
5.00
2010
143 Ethiopia
4.90
2010
144 Venezuela
4.90
2010
145 Guinea
4.90
2010
146 Fiji
4.90
2010
147 Bolivia
4.80
2010
148 Jamaica
4.80
2010
149 Kenya
4.80
2010
150 Egypt
4.70
2010
151 Equatorial Guinea
4.50
2010
152 Comoros
4.50
2010
153 Chad
4.50
2010
154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
4.50
2010
155 Laos
4.50
2010
156 Malaysia
4.40
2010
157 Mauritania
4.40
2010
158 Cook Islands
4.40
2010
159 Armenia
4.40
2010
160 Kazakhstan
4.30
2010
161 Monaco
4.30
2010
162 Saudi Arabia
4.30
2010
163 Algeria
4.20
2010
164 India
4.10
2010
165 Cape Verde
4.10
2010
166 Benin
4.10
2010
167 Central African Republic
4.00
2010
168 Singapore
4.00
2010
169 Thailand
3.90
2010
170 Libya
3.90
2010
171 Madagascar
3.80
2010
172 United Arab Emirates
3.70
2010
173 Papua New Guinea
3.60
2010
174 Philippines
3.60
2010
175 Gabon
3.50
2010
176 Bangladesh
3.50
2010
177 Seychelles
3.40
2010
178 Syria
3.40
2010
179 Sri Lanka
3.00
2010
180 Angola
2.90
2010
181 Oman
2.80
2010
182 Brunei
2.80
2010
183 Eritrea
2.70
2010
184 Indonesia
2.60
2010
185 Kuwait
2.60
2010
186 Turkmenistan
2.50
2010
187 Congo, Republic of the
2.50
2010
188 Pakistan
2.20
2010
189 Korea, North
2.00
2009
190 Burma
2.00
2010
191 Qatar
1.80
2010
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