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Total Expenditure on Health (as Percent of Gross Domestic Product)
2006
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Total Expenditure on Health (as Percent of Gross Domestic Product)
2006
(Go to Map above or Notes and Sources below)

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Rank Country Name  Percent 
Global 8.7%
1 Timor Leste 17.7%
2 United States of America 15.3%
3 Marshall Islands 14.4%
4 Nauru 13.8%
5 Niue 13.6%
6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 13.3%
7 Kiribati 13.1%
8 Malawi 12.9%
9 Tuvalu 11.4%
10 France 11.0%
11 Rwanda 10.9%
12 Denmark 10.8%
12 Switzerland 10.8%
13 Germany 10.6%
14 Palau 10.5%
15 Austria 10.2%
15 Portugal 10.2%
16 Argentina 10.1%
17 Canada 10.0%
18 Belgium 9.9%
19 Jordan 9.7%
20 Nicaragua 9.6%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.5%
21 Greece 9.5%
22 Moldova (Republic of) 9.4%
22 Netherlands 9.4%
23 New Zealand 9.3%
23 Zimbabwe 9.3%
24 Afghanistan 9.2%
24 Sweden 9.2%
25 Iceland 9.1%
26 Italy 9.0%
27 Lebanon 8.8%
28 Australia 8.7%
28 Burundi 8.7%
28 Norway 8.7%
29 Georgia 8.4%
29 Haiti 8.4%
29 Malta 8.4%
29 Slovenia 8.4%
29 Spain 8.4%
30 Hungary 8.3%
30 Montenegro 8.3%
31 Croatia 8.2%
31 Finland 8.2%
31 Serbia 8.2%
31 United Kingdom 8.2%
31 Uruguay 8.2%
32 Japan 8.1%
32 Maldives 8.1%
33 Israel 8.0%
33 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) 8.0%
33 South Africa 8.0%
34 Costa Rica 7.7%
34 Cuba 7.7%
35 Paraguay 7.6%
36 Brazil 7.5%
36 Ireland 7.5%
37 Andorra 7.4%
37 Bahamas 7.4%
38 Colombia 7.3%
38 Luxembourg 7.3%
38 Panama 7.3%
39 Bulgaria 7.2%
39 San Marino 7.2%
40 Botswana 7.1%
40 Slovakia 7.1%
41 Uganda 7.0%
42 Czech Republic 6.9%
42 Grenada 6.9%
42 Ukraine 6.9%
43 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 6.8%
43 Djibouti 6.8%
43 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.8%
43 Lesotho 6.8%
44 Barbados 6.6%
44 El Salvador 6.6%
44 Latvia 6.6%
44 Mexico 6.6%
44 Viet Nam 6.6%
45 Albania 6.5%
46 Belarus 6.4%
46 Bolivia 6.4%
46 Honduras 6.4%
46 Korea (Republic of) 6.4%
46 Kyrgyzstan 6.4%
46 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 6.4%
47 Burkina Faso 6.3%
47 Egypt 6.3%
47 Saint Lucia 6.3%
47 Sao Tome and Principe 6.3%
47 Seychelles 6.3%
47 Swaziland 6.3%
48 Cyprus 6.2%
48 Lithuania 6.2%
48 Poland 6.2%
48 Suriname 6.2%
48 Zambia 6.2%
49 Togo 6.0%
50 Cambodia 5.9%
50 Dominica 5.9%
50 Guyana 5.9%
50 Niger 5.9%
51 Guinea 5.8%
51 Guinea-Bissau 5.8%
51 Mali 5.8%
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.8%
51 Senegal 5.8%
52 Mongolia 5.7%
53 Dominican Republic 5.6%
53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.6%
54 Namibia 5.4%
55 Chile 5.3%
55 Ecuador 5.3%
55 Guatemala 5.3%
55 Morocco 5.3%
55 Russian Federation 5.3%
56 Estonia 5.2%
57 Ghana 5.1%
57 Nepal 5.1%
57 Solomon Islands 5.1%
57 Tunisia 5.1%
58 Gambia 5.0%
58 Mozambique 5.0%
58 Samoa 5.0%
58 Tajikistan 5.0%
59 Cape Verde 4.9%
59 Chad 4.9%
59 Tonga 4.9%
59 Venezuela 4.9%
60 Liberia 4.8%
60 Turkey 4.8%
61 Armenia 4.7%
61 Belize 4.7%
61 Benin 4.7%
61 Jamaica 4.7%
61 Uzbekistan 4.7%
62 Cameroon 4.6%
62 China 4.6%
62 Kenya 4.6%
63 Gabon 4.5%
63 Monaco 4.5%
63 Romania 4.5%
63 Yemen 4.5%
64 Peru 4.4%
64 Trinidad and Tobago 4.4%
65 Antigua and Barbuda 4.3%
65 Cook Islands 4.3%
65 Malaysia 4.3%
65 Qatar 4.3%
66 Algeria 4.2%
66 Sri Lanka 4.2%
67 Azerbaijan 4.1%
67 Vanuatu 4.1%
68 Central African Republic 4.0%
68 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 4.0%
68 Sierra Leone 4.0%
69 Ethiopia 3.9%
69 Mauritius 3.9%
69 Syrian Arab Republic 3.9%
70 Cote d'Ivoire 3.8%
70 Nigeria 3.8%
70 Philippines 3.8%
70 Sudan 3.8%
70 Turkmenistan 3.8%
71 Fiji 3.7%
72 Bahrain 3.6%
72 Eritrea 3.6%
72 India 3.6%
72 Kazakhstan 3.6%
73 Bhutan 3.5%
73 Iraq 3.5%
73 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) 3.5%
73 Thailand 3.5%
74 Saudi Arabia 3.3%
74 Singapore 3.3%
75 Bangladesh 3.2%
75 Comoros 3.2%
75 Madagascar 3.2%
75 Papua New Guinea 3.2%
76 Angola 2.6%
77 Indonesia 2.5%
77 United Arab Emirates 2.5%
78 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.4%
79 Oman 2.3%
80 Kuwait 2.2%
80 Mauritania 2.2%
80 Myanmar 2.2%
81 Congo 2.1%
81 Equatorial Guinea 2.1%
82 Pakistan 2.0%
83 Brunei Darussalam 1.9%
84 American Samoa NA
84 Anguilla NA
84 Aruba NA
84 Bermuda NA
84 Bouvet Island NA
84 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
84 British Virgin Islands NA
84 Cayman Islands NA
84 Christmas Island NA
84 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
84 Faeroe Islands NA
84 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
84 French Guiana NA
84 French Polynesia NA
84 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
84 Gibraltar NA
84 Greenland NA
84 Guadeloupe NA
84 Guam NA
84 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
84 Johnston Atoll NA
84 Liechtenstein NA
84 Martinique NA
84 Mayotte NA
84 Midway NA
84 Montserrat NA
84 Netherlands Antilles NA
84 New Caledonia NA
84 Norfolk Island NA
84 Northern Mariana Islands NA
84 Pitcairn Island NA
84 Puerto Rico NA
84 Reunion NA
84 Saint Helena NA
84 Somalia NA
84 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
84 Tokelau NA
84 Turks and Caicos Island NA
84 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA
84 Wake Island NA
84 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA
84 West Bank and Gaza NA
84 Western Sahara NA

Notes: The estimate for Iraq does not include expenditures of northern Iraq. The estimate for Serbia does not include expenditures incurred in Kosovo and the province of Metohia.

Some country estimates are derived from scarce data.

Definitions: Total Expenditure on Health: The sum of general government health expenditures and private health expenditures in a given year, calculated in national currency units in current prices.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year.

Sources: WHO, World Health Statistics 2009, available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2009/en/index.html.