This entry provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	Malta	16.50		2009
2	.	United States	16.20		2009
3	.	Mexico	13.80		2009
4	.	Niue	13.50		2009
5	.	Lesotho	13.20		2009
6	.	Sierra Leone	13.10		2009
7	.	Burundi	13.10		2009
8	.	Timor-Leste	12.30		2009
9	.	Kenya	12.20		2009
10	.	Nauru	12.10		2009
11	.	Moldova	11.90		2009
12	.	Belgium	11.80		2009
13	.	Cuba	11.80		2009
14	.	Finland	11.70		2009
15	.	Portugal	11.30		2009
16	.	Switzerland	11.30		2009
17	.	Georgia	11.30		2009
18	.	Palau	11.20		2009
19	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	11.20		2009
20	.	Austria	11.00		2009
21	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.90		2009
22	.	Canada	10.90		2009
23	.	Netherlands	10.80		2009
24	.	Ghana	10.60		2009
25	.	Costa Rica	10.50		2009
26	.	Botswana	10.30		2009
27	.	Gambia, The	10.10		2009
28	.	Serbia	9.90		2009
29	.	Sweden	9.90		2009
30	.	Tuvalu	9.90		2009
31	.	Norway	9.70		2009
32	.	New Zealand	9.70		2009
33	.	Spain	9.70		2009
34	.	Fiji	9.70		2009
35	.	Iraq	9.70		2009
36	.	Nicaragua	9.50		2009
37	.	Israel	9.50		2009
38	.	Argentina	9.50		2009
39	.	United Kingdom	9.30		2009
40	.	Mongolia	9.30		2009
41	.	Japan	9.30		2009
42	.	Slovenia	9.10		2009
43	.	Rwanda	9.00		2009
44	.	Brazil	9.00		2009
45	.	Slovakia	8.50		2009
46	.	South Africa	8.50		2009
47	.	Australia	8.50		2009
48	.	Panama	8.30		2009
49	.	Jamaica	8.30		2009
50	.	Chile	8.20		2009
51	.	Uganda	8.20		2009
52	.	Hungary	8.20		2009
53	.	Lebanon	8.20		2009
54	.	Saint Lucia	8.10		2009
55	.	Germany	8.10		2009
56	.	Guinea-Bissau	8.10		2009
57	.	Latvia	8.10		2009
58	.	Malaysia	8.00		2009
59	.	Croatia	7.80		2009
60	.	Lithuania	7.80		2009
61	.	Andorra	7.70		2009
62	.	Suriname	7.60		2009
63	.	Czech Republic	7.60		2009
64	.	Ireland	7.60		2009
65	.	Mali	7.50		2009
66	.	Bulgaria	7.40		2009
67	.	Greece	7.40		2009
68	.	Uruguay	7.40		2009
69	.	Afghanistan	7.40		2009
70	.	Sudan	7.30		2009
71	.	Honduras	7.30		2009
72	.	Vietnam	7.20		2009
73	.	Bahamas, The	7.20		2009
74	.	Paraguay	7.10		2009
75	.	Poland	7.10		2009
76	.	Sao Tome and Principe	7.10		2009
77	.	San Marino	7.10		2009
78	.	Grenada	7.10		2009
79	.	Samoa	7.00		2009
80	.	Chad	7.00		2009
81	.	Denmark	7.00		2009
82	.	Eritrea	7.00		2009
83	.	Ukraine	7.00		2009
84	.	Macedonia	6.90		2009
85	.	Albania	6.90		2009
86	.	Kuwait	6.80		2009
87	.	Barbados	6.80		2009
88	.	Turkey	6.70		2009
89	.	Libya	6.60		2009
90	.	Mauritius	6.50		2009
91	.	Korea, South	6.50		2009
92	.	Laos	6.50		2009
93	.	Burkina Faso	6.40		2009
94	.	Colombia	6.40		2009
95	.	Djibouti	6.40		2009
96	.	Egypt	6.40		2009
97	.	Swaziland	6.30		2009
98	.	Tonga	6.20		2009
99	.	Tunisia	6.20		2009
100	.	Madagascar	6.20		2009
101	.	Niger	6.10		2009
102	.	Dominican Republic	6.10		2009
103	.	Guyana	6.10		2009
104	.	Guinea	6.10		2009
105	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.00		2009
106	.	Cyprus	6.00		2009
107	.	Gabon	6.00		2009
108	.	Haiti	6.00		2009
109	.	Togo	5.90		2009
110	.	Dominica	5.90		2009
111	.	Namibia	5.90		2009
112	.	Nigeria	5.80		2009
113	.	Belarus	5.80		2009
114	.	Cambodia	5.80		2009
115	.	Nepal	5.80		2009
116	.	Azerbaijan	5.80		2009
117	.	Algeria	5.80		2009
118	.	Senegal	5.70		2009
119	.	Mauritania	5.70		2009
120	.	Mozambique	5.70		2009
121	.	Guatemala	5.70		2009
122	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.60		2009
123	.	Trinidad and Tobago	5.60		2009
124	.	Cameroon	5.60		2009
125	.	Yemen	5.60		2009
126	.	Maldives	5.60		2009
127	.	Bhutan	5.50		2009
128	.	Morocco	5.50		2009
129	.	Indonesia	5.50		2009
130	.	Solomon Islands	5.40		2009
131	.	Russia	5.40		2009
132	.	Romania	5.40		2009
133	.	Tajikistan	5.30		2009
134	.	Uzbekistan	5.20		2009
135	.	Tanzania	5.10		2009
136	.	Cote d'Ivoire	5.10		2009
137	.	Italy	5.10		2009
138	.	Antigua and Barbuda	5.10		2009
139	.	Saudi Arabia	5.00		2009
140	.	Ecuador	5.00		2009
141	.	Zambia	4.80		2009
142	.	Bolivia	4.80		2009
143	.	Malawi	4.80		2009
144	.	Monaco	4.70		2009
145	.	Armenia	4.70		2009
146	.	Peru	4.60		2009
147	.	China	4.60		2009
148	.	Angola	4.60		2009
149	.	Jordan	4.50		2009
150	.	Bahrain	4.50		2009
151	.	Cook Islands	4.40		2009
152	.	Thailand	4.30		2009
153	.	Central African Republic	4.30		2009
154	.	Estonia	4.30		2009
155	.	Kazakhstan	4.30		2009
156	.	Benin	4.20		2009
157	.	Iceland	4.20		2009
158	.	Kyrgyzstan	4.10		2009
159	.	Luxembourg	4.10		2009
160	.	Seychelles	4.00		2009
161	.	Sri Lanka	4.00		2009
162	.	Vanuatu	4.00		2009
163	.	Singapore	3.90		2009
164	.	Cape Verde	3.90		2009
165	.	El Salvador	3.90		2009
166	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.90		2009
167	.	Iran	3.90		2009
168	.	Liberia	3.90		2009
169	.	Philippines	3.80		2009
170	.	Ethiopia	3.60		2009
171	.	France	3.50		2009
172	.	Comoros	3.40		2009
173	.	Bangladesh	3.40		2009
174	.	Belize	3.30		2009
175	.	Kiribati	3.30		2009
176	.	Papua New Guinea	3.10		2009
177	.	Oman	3.00		2009
178	.	Congo, Republic of the	3.00		2009
179	.	Brunei	3.00		2009
180	.	Syria	2.90		2009
181	.	United Arab Emirates	2.80		2009
182	.	Pakistan	2.60		2009
183	.	Qatar	2.50		2009
184	.	Marshall Islands	2.50		2009
185	.	India	2.40		2009
186	.	Turkmenistan	2.30		2009
187	.	Equatorial Guinea	2.20		2009
188	.	Burma	2.00		2009
189	.	Korea, North	2.00		2009
190	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
191	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
192	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
193	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
194	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
195	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
196	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
197	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
198	.	Somalia	NA		NA
199	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
200	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
201	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
202	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
203	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
204	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
205	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
206	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
207	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
208	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
209	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
210	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
211	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
212	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
213	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
214	.	Curacao	NA		NA
215	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
216	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
217	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
218	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
219	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
220	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
221	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
222	.	European Union	NA		NA
223	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
224	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
225	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
226	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
227	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
228	.	Venezuela	NA		NA
229	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
230	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
231	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
232	.	World	NA		NA
233	.	West Bank	NA		NA
234	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
235	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
236	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
237	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
238	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
239	.	Greenland	NA		NA
240	.	Guam	NA		NA
241	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
242	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
243	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
244	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
245	.	Jersey	NA		NA
246	.	Macau	NA		NA
247	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
248	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
249	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
250	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
251	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
252	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
253	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
254	.	Aruba	NA		NA
255	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
256	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
257	.	Bermuda	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Health expenditures 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Health expenditures 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Health expenditures 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.