# National health expenditure, share of GDP (US) in United States

National health expenditure, share of GDP (US) in United States was 18% of GDP in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `health_expenditure_gdp_share_us`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: US national health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (BEA), as published by CMS.
- Note: National Health Expenditure Accounts definition: health consumption spending plus investment in research, structures and equipment, at current prices. It is broader than the OECD System of Health Accounts figure (health_expenditure_gdp, health_expenditure_per_capita_usd_ppp), which excludes investment; use those to compare countries. CMS revises earlier years with each annual release.
- Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, Table 1: national health expenditures as a percent of GDP, calendar years from 1960 (https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Public domain (US government work, 17 USC 105)
- Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, Table 1: national health expenditures as a percent of GDP, calendar years from 1960. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/national-health-expenditure-share-of-gdp-us/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=health_expenditure_gdp_share_us&place=us

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 18 |
| 2023 | 17.7 |
| 2022 | 17.6 |
| 2021 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | 19.7 |
| 2019 | 17.7 |
| 2018 | 17.6 |
| 2017 | 17.7 |
| 2016 | 17.7 |
| 2015 | 17.4 |
| 2014 | 17.1 |
| 2013 | 16.9 |
| 2012 | 17.1 |
| 2011 | 17.2 |
| 2010 | 17.2 |
| 2009 | 17.2 |
| 2008 | 16.3 |
| 2007 | 15.9 |
| 2006 | 15.7 |
| 2005 | 15.5 |
| 2004 | 15.5 |
| 2003 | 15.4 |
| 2002 | 14.9 |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2000 | 13.3 |
| 1999 | 13.2 |
| 1998 | 13.2 |
| 1997 | 13.2 |
| 1996 | 13.3 |
| 1995 | 13.4 |
| 1994 | 13.3 |
| 1993 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 13.1 |
| 1991 | 12.8 |
| 1990 | 12.1 |
| 1989 | 11.4 |
| 1988 | 11 |
| 1987 | 10.6 |
| 1986 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 10.1 |
| 1984 | 10 |
| 1983 | 10 |
| 1982 | 9.9 |
| 1981 | 9.2 |
| 1980 | 8.9 |
| 1979 | 8.4 |
| 1978 | 8.2 |
| 1977 | 8.3 |
| 1976 | 8.1 |
| 1975 | 7.9 |
| 1974 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 7.2 |
| 1972 | 7.2 |
| 1971 | 7.1 |
| 1970 | 6.9 |
| 1969 | 6.4 |
| 1968 | 6.2 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1966 | 5.6 |
| 1965 | 5.6 |
| 1964 | 5.6 |
| 1963 | 5.4 |
| 1962 | 5.3 |
| 1961 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 5 |