Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) - Health services - Health - World Development Indicators

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Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds.

Rank	Country	Value
Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) - Health services - Health - World Development Indicators (2007)
1	Kiribati	16.07
2	Marshall Islands	14.32
3	Micronesia	12.62
4	Timor-Leste	11.51
5	Cuba	9.89
6	France	8.70
7	Palau	8.46
8	Denmark	8.25
9	Germany	8.02
10	Austria	7.75
11	Iceland	7.67
12	Norway	7.49
13	Euro area	7.42
14	Sweden	7.41
15	Netherlands	7.34
16	Guyana	7.18
17	United States	7.14
18	New Zealand	7.14
19	Canada	7.08
20	Portugal	7.07
21	High income: OECD	7.01
22	Belgium	6.96
23	United Kingdom	6.88
24	High income	6.87
25	Italy	6.68
26	Croatia	6.64
27	Japan	6.53
28	Luxembourg	6.48
29	Switzerland	6.40
30	Maldives	6.38
31	Serbia	6.13
32	Ireland	6.11
33	Finland	6.11
34	San Marino	6.08
35	Spain	6.07
36	Australia	5.99
37	Uruguay	5.93
38	Costa Rica	5.90
39	Malawi	5.90
40	Malta	5.84
41	Greece	5.79
42	Czech Republic	5.76
43	Slovenia	5.61
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.59
45	Djibouti	5.54
46	Jordan	5.40
47	Sao Tome and Principe	5.28
48	Andorra	5.27
49	Moldova	5.25
50	Hungary	5.23
51	Burundi	5.23
52	Slovakia	5.18
53	Colombia	5.11
54	Argentina	5.07
55	Montenegro	5.07
56	Belarus	4.86
57	Rwanda	4.85
58	Macedonia	4.68
59	Poland	4.55
60	Lithuania	4.54
61	Nicaragua	4.53
62	Israel	4.47
63	Barbados	4.45
64	Panama	4.32
65	Solomon Islands	4.28
66	Botswana	4.26
67	Ghana	4.26
68	Samoa	4.24
69	Bulgaria	4.20
70	Zimbabwe	4.14
71	Estonia	4.11
72	Honduras	4.08
73	Ukraine	3.97
74	Lebanon	3.95
75	Dominica	3.86
76	Romania	3.77
77	Swaziland	3.76
78	Bahamas	3.71
79	Chile	3.67
80	Europe & Central Asia	3.65
81	El Salvador	3.63
82	Lesotho	3.63
83	Grenada	3.61
84	Seychelles	3.60
85	Suriname	3.60
86	South Africa	3.57
87	Latvia	3.57
88	Zambia	3.56
89	Algeria	3.56
90	Mozambique	3.54
91	Kyrgyzstan	3.52
92	Brazil	3.51
93	Tanzania	3.50
94	Mongolia	3.49
95	Upper middle income	3.48
96	Russia	3.47
97	South Korea	3.46
98	North Korea	3.46
99	St. Kitts and Nevis	3.44
100	Bolivia	3.44
101	St. Lucia	3.43
102	Turkey	3.43
103	Burkina Faso	3.40
104	Cape Verde	3.39
105	Latin America & Caribbean	3.38
106	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	3.34
107	Bhutan	3.28
108	Antigua and Barbuda	3.24
109	Namibia	3.21
110	Senegal	3.20
111	Tonga	3.10
112	Tunisia	3.01
113	Iran	3
114	Cyprus	2.99
115	Gabon	2.95
116	Mali	2.94
117	Qatar	2.91
118	Monaco	2.90
119	Albania	2.90
120	Fiji	2.82
121	Niger	2.80
122	Vietnam	2.79
123	Liberia	2.78
124	Middle East & North Africa	2.76
125	Madagascar	2.74
126	Thailand	2.73
127	Saudi Arabia	2.72
128	Vanuatu	2.72
129	Chad	2.70
130	Trinidad and Tobago	2.69
131	Venezuela	2.68
132	Middle income	2.67
133	Low & middle income	2.66
134	Mexico	2.66
135	Gambia	2.63
136	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.63
137	Belize	2.61
138	Bahrain	2.61
139	Papua New Guinea	2.57
140	Peru	2.49
141	Benin	2.47
142	Kazakhstan	2.45
143	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	2.44
144	Paraguay	2.42
145	Egypt	2.38
146	Jamaica	2.36
147	Uzbekistan	2.30
148	Low income	2.29
149	Ecuador	2.28
150	Ethiopia	2.20
151	Guatemala	2.13
152	Armenia	2.09
153	Angola	2.04
154	Mauritius	2.04
155	Least developed countries: UN classification	2.03
156	Nepal	2.01
157	Sri Lanka	1.99
158	Kenya	1.99
159	United Arab Emirates	1.94
160	Malaysia	1.94
161	Dominican Republic	1.93
162	Brunei Darussalam	1.92
163	Oman	1.91
164	China	1.91
165	Libya	1.90
166	Iraq	1.88
167	East Asia & Pacific	1.88
168	Comoros	1.87
169	Lower middle income	1.83
170	Afghanistan	1.79
171	Cambodia	1.72
172	Kuwait	1.71
173	Republic of the Congo	1.69
174	Nigeria	1.68
175	Morocco	1.68
176	Equatorial Guinea	1.67
177	Uganda	1.65
178	Syria	1.65
179	Guinea-Bissau	1.58
180	Mauritania	1.56
181	Yemen	1.53
182	Togo	1.52
183	Georgia	1.50
184	Eritrea	1.49
185	Central African Republic	1.42
186	Turkmenistan	1.38
187	Sierra Leone	1.38
188	Philippines	1.34
189	Sudan	1.31
190	Cameroon	1.27
191	Haiti	1.23
192	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.20
193	Indonesia	1.18
194	Bangladesh	1.14
195	Tajikistan	1.13
196	South Asia	1.09
197	India	1.08
198	Singapore	1.01
199	Ivory Coast	1
200	Azerbaijan	0.98
201	Pakistan	0.81
202	Laos	0.76
203	Guinea	0.61
204	Burma	0.23

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