# Health spending, share of GDP in South Korea

Health spending, share of GDP in South Korea was 8.4% of GDP in 2025 (provisional). Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

- Indicator id: `health_expenditure_gdp`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: % of GDP
- 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.
- Note: The latest year is often an OECD or national estimate and is revised when final accounts arrive.
- Source: 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) (https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/oecd
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: OECD data reuse terms: commercial reuse with attribution; dataset-specific restrictions apply
- Citation: 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
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-share-of-gdp/south-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=health_expenditure_gdp&place=kr

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 8.4 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 8.4 |
| 2022 | 8.8 |
| 2021 | 8.3 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 7.1 |
| 2017 | 6.8 |
| 2016 | 6.6 |
| 2015 | 6.5 |
| 2014 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5.9 |
| 2010 | 5.8 |
| 2009 | 5.7 |
| 2008 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | 3.9 |
| 2001 | 4.2 (break) |
| 2000 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 3.7 |
| 1998 | 3.5 |
| 1997 | 3.3 |
| 1996 | 3.4 |
| 1995 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 3.2 |
| 1993 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | 3.3 |
| 1990 | 3.5 |
| 1989 | 3.6 |
| 1988 | 3.1 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1986 | 3.1 |
| 1985 | 3.2 |
| 1984 | 3.2 |
| 1983 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 3.5 |
| 1981 | 3.5 |
| 1980 | 3.4 |
| 1979 | 3.1 |
| 1978 | 2.4 |
| 1977 | 2.2 |
| 1976 | 2.3 |
| 1975 | 2.3 |
| 1974 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 1.8 |
| 1972 | 2.1 |
| 1971 | 2.3 |
| 1970 | 2.6 |