Health spending, share of GDP
Current expenditure on health from all financing schemes, public and private, as a percentage of GDP, under the System of Health Accounts 2011. Excludes capital investment in health facilities and equipment.
The latest year is often an OECD or national estimate and is revised when final accounts arrive.
Key facts
- Health spending, share of GDP in the United States was 17.6% of GDP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- The United States had the highest health spending, share of GDP of 38 countries in 2025, at 17.6% of GDP, and Türkiye the lowest, at 4.7% of GDP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Published for 38 places, with figures from 1970 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by health spending, share of GDP, 2025
Places with data
Countries
- United States
- Mexico
- Japan
- Türkiye
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Colombia
- South Korea
- Ireland
- Estonia
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Iceland
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest health spending, share of GDP? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"health_expenditure_gdp","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=health_expenditure_gdp&level=country