The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field People and Society

Health expenditure In 9 editions of 36.

Health expenditure was published in 9 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 197 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2025 edition
197
the first edition with it
2011
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Health expenditures” (2011 to 2018) and “Health expenditure” (2025).

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Entries with Health expenditure in each edition

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

10.4% of GDP (2021)

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

5.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Angola

3% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Benin

2.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 2.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Botswana

6.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Burkina Faso

6.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Burundi

9.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cabo Verde

6.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cameroon

3.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 3.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Central African Republic

9.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Chad

5.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Comoros

6.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

3.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

3.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 3.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

3.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Djibouti

2.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Egypt

4.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

3.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Eritrea

4.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 2.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Eswatini

7% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Ethiopia

3.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Gabon

2.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

3.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Ghana

4.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Guinea

3.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

8.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Kenya

4.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Lesotho

10.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 13.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Liberia

16.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Libya

5.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Madagascar

3.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Malawi

7.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 3.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Mali

4.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Mauritania

4.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Mauritius

6.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Morocco

5.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Mozambique

9.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Namibia

9.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Niger

5.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Nigeria

4.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Rwanda

7.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

7.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Senegal

4.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 3.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Seychelles

5.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

8.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Somalia

2.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

South Africa

8.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

South Sudan

5.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 2.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Sudan

2.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Tanzania

3.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Togo

5.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 2.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Tunisia

7% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Uganda

4.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Zambia

6.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Zimbabwe

2.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

8.6% of GDP (2022)

  • 16.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Asia

21 entries

Afghanistan

21.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 1.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Armenia

12.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Bangladesh

2.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 1.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Bhutan

3.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

China

5.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Georgia

7.4% of GDP (2022)

  • 10.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

India

3.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Japan

10.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 23.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Kazakhstan

3.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

9.7% of GDP (2022)

  • 14.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

5.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Maldives

10% of GDP (2021)

  • 18.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Mongolia

6.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Nepal

5.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Pakistan

2.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Russia

7.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 13.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Sri Lanka

4.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Tajikistan

8% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Turkmenistan

5.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Uzbekistan

7.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

20 entries

Antigua and Barbuda

5.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 14% of national budget (2022 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

7.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Barbados

8.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Belize

5% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Costa Rica

7.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 25.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cuba

13.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 21% of national budget (2022 est.)

Dominica

6.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Dominican Republic

4.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

El Salvador

9.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 21.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Grenada

5.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Guatemala

6.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Haiti

3.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Honduras

9.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Jamaica

7.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 19% of national budget (2022 est.)

Nicaragua

9.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 17.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Panama

9.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 22.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

6.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Saint Lucia

6.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

5.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

7% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Europe

41 entries

Albania

7.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Andorra

8.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Austria

12.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Belarus

6.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Belgium

11% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

9.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Bulgaria

8.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Croatia

8.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 13.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Czechia

9.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Denmark

9.5% of GDP (2022)

  • 17.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Estonia

6.9% of GDP (2022)

  • 13.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

European Union

10.9% of GDP (2021)

Finland

10.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

France

12.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Germany

12.7% of GDP (2022)

  • 20.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Greece

9.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Hungary

7.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Ireland

6.1% of GDP (2022)

  • 22.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Italy

9% of GDP (2022)

  • 11.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Latvia

9% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Lithuania

7.5% of GDP (2022)

  • 13% of national budget (2022 est.)

Luxembourg

5.5% of GDP (2022)

  • 11% of national budget (2022 est.)

Malta

10.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Moldova

7.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Monaco

3.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 12% of national budget (2022 est.)

Montenegro

10.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Netherlands

11.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

North Macedonia

8.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Norway

8.1% of GDP (2022)

  • 17.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Poland

6.7% of GDP (2022)

  • 10.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Portugal

10.6% of GDP (2022)

  • 14.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Romania

6.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

San Marino

8% of GDP (2021)

  • 29.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Serbia

10% of GDP (2021)

  • 13.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Slovakia

7.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 14.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Slovenia

8.8% of GDP (2022)

  • 15% of national budget (2022 est.)

Spain

10.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Sweden

10.7% of GDP (2022)

  • 19% of national budget (2022 est.)

Switzerland

11.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Ukraine

8% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.6% of national budget (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

11.3% of GDP (2022)

  • 20.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

4.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cyprus

9.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 18.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Gaza Strip

13.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Iran

5.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 19% of national budget (2022 est.)

Iraq

5.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 5.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Israel

7.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 13% of national budget (2022 est.)

Jordan

7.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Kuwait

5.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Lebanon

10.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Oman

4.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Qatar

2.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 7.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Saudi Arabia

6% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Syria

7.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

4.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 10% of national budget (2022 est.)

United Arab Emirates

5.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 12.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

West Bank

13.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Yemen

4.3% of GDP (2015)

  • 2.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

North America

3 entries

Canada

11.2% of GDP (2022)

  • 19.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Mexico

6.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

United States

16.6% of GDP (2022)

  • 24.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Oceania

16 entries

Australia

10.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 20.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cook Islands

3.2% of GDP (2020)

  • 11.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Fiji

5.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Kiribati

14.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Marshall Islands

12.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

11% of GDP (2021)

  • 1.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Nauru

13.1% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

New Zealand

10% of GDP (2021)

  • 19.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Niue

7.8% of GDP (2020)

  • 6.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Palau

16.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Papua New Guinea

2.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Samoa

6.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

4.8% of GDP (2021)

  • 9.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Tonga

6.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Tuvalu

20% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Vanuatu

4.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 3.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

9.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.2% of national budget (2022 est.)

Bolivia

8.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Brazil

9.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Chile

9% of GDP (2022)

  • 19% of national budget (2022 est.)

Colombia

9% of GDP (2021)

  • 15.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Ecuador

8.3% of GDP (2021)

  • 11.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Guyana

4.9% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Paraguay

8% of GDP (2021)

  • 17.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Peru

6.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Suriname

5.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 13.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Uruguay

9.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 20.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Venezuela

4% of GDP (2021)

  • 6% of national budget (2022 est.)

Southeast Asia

11 entries

Brunei

2.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 6.4% of national budget (2022 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

5.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 2.5% of national budget (2022 est.)

Cambodia

7.5% of GDP (2021)

  • 7% of national budget (2022 est.)

Indonesia

3.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Laos

2.7% of GDP (2021)

  • 4.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

Malaysia

4.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Philippines

5.1% of GDP (2022)

  • 9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Singapore

5.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 18.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Thailand

5.2% of GDP (2021)

  • 16.1% of national budget (2022 est.)

Timor-Leste

11.4% of GDP (2021)

  • 8.9% of national budget (2022 est.)

Vietnam

4.6% of GDP (2021)

  • 10.7% of national budget (2022 est.)

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