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Health spending, share of GDP in South Korea

Health spending, share of GDP in South Korea was 8.4% of GDP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 26th highest of 38 countries in 2025.

2025, % of GDP8.4 Provisional
Change on 2024-0 pts
Rank26th of 38Countries ranked
Series high8.82022
Series low1.51974
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Health spending, share of GDP in South Korea, 1970 to 2025

0246810197019781986199420022010201820251970: 2.6 % of GDP1971: 2.3 % of GDP1972: 2.1 % of GDP1973: 1.8 % of GDP1974: 1.5 % of GDP1975: 2.3 % of GDP1976: 2.3 % of GDP1977: 2.2 % of GDP1978: 2.4 % of GDP1979: 3.1 % of GDP1980: 3.4 % of GDP1981: 3.5 % of GDP1982: 3.5 % of GDP1983: 3.3 % of GDP1984: 3.2 % of GDP1985: 3.2 % of GDP1986: 3.1 % of GDP1987: 3 % of GDP1988: 3.1 % of GDP1989: 3.6 % of GDP1990: 3.5 % of GDP1991: 3.3 % of GDP1992: 3.5 % of GDP1993: 3.4 % of GDP1994: 3.2 % of GDP1995: 3.2 % of GDP1996: 3.4 % of GDP1997: 3.3 % of GDP1998: 3.5 % of GDP1999: 3.7 % of GDP2000: 3.7 % of GDP2001: 4.2 % of GDP2002: 3.9 % of GDP2003: 4.5 % of GDP2004: 4.4 % of GDP2005: 4.6 % of GDP2006: 5 % of GDP2007: 5 % of GDP2008: 5.2 % of GDP2009: 5.7 % of GDP2010: 5.8 % of GDP2011: 5.9 % of GDP2012: 6 % of GDP2013: 6.1 % of GDP2014: 6.2 % of GDP2015: 6.5 % of GDP2016: 6.6 % of GDP2017: 6.8 % of GDP2018: 7.1 % of GDP2019: 7.7 % of GDP2020: 8 % of GDP2021: 8.3 % of GDP2022: 8.8 % of GDP2023: 8.4 % of GDP2024: 8.5 % of GDP2025: 8.4 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: OECD, OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.
All 56 values
Period% of GDP
20258.4 Provisional
20248.5
20238.4
20228.8
20218.3
20208
20197.7
20187.1
20176.8
20166.6
20156.5
20146.2
20136.1
20126
20115.9
20105.8
20095.7
20085.2
20075
20065
20054.6
20044.4
20034.5
20023.9
20014.2 Series break
20003.7
19993.7
19983.5
19973.3
19963.4
19953.2
19943.2
19933.4
19923.5
19913.3
19903.5
19893.6
19883.1
19873
19863.1
19853.2
19843.2
19833.3
19823.5
19813.5
19803.4
19793.1
19782.4
19772.2
19762.3
19752.3
19741.5
19731.8
19722.1
19712.3
19702.6

Rankings

Definition

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.

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OECD. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA) (Health spending, share of GDP, South Korea, 1970 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD

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OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), Health spending, share of GDP, South Korea, 1970 to 2025. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-share-of-gdp/south-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Health spending, share of GDP, South Korea, 1970 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-share-of-gdp/south-korea.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), Health spending, share of GDP, South Korea, 1970 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-share-of-gdp/south-korea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-share-of-gdp/south-korea. Publisher attribution: OECD. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD\_SHA@DF\_SHA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ\&df[id]=DSD\_SHA\%40DF\_SHA\&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html.},
}
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What is the health spending, share of GDP in South Korea?

Health spending, share of GDP in South Korea was 8.4% of GDP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 26th highest of 38 countries in 2025.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest health spending, share of GDP in South Korea?

8.8% of GDP in 2022, the highest value since 1970 in this series.

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