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Countries that spend the most on healthcare

Public and private healthcare spending as a share of GDP. High spend is correlated — imperfectly — with better outcomes and shorter waits.

01 US United States of GDP · 2023 16.7% 02 DE Germany of GDP · 2024 12.3% 03 FR France of GDP · 2024 11.5% 04 CA Canada of GDP · 2024 11.3% 05 GB United Kingdom of GDP · 2024 11.1% 06 JP Japan of GDP · 2023 10.7% 07 AU Australia of GDP · 2023 10.4% 08 PT Portugal of GDP · 2024 10.2% 09 NZ New Zealand of GDP · 2024 10.1% 10 NL Netherlands of GDP · 2024 10.0% 11 BR Brazil of GDP · 2023 9.7% 12 ES Spain of GDP · 2023 9.2% 13 ZA South Africa of GDP · 2023 8.9% 14 KR South Korea of GDP · 2024 8.7% 15 IT Italy of GDP · 2024 8.4% 16 IE Ireland of GDP · 2024 6.9% 17 MA Morocco of GDP · 2023 6.1% 18 CN China (Mainland) of GDP · 2023 5.9% 19 MX Mexico of GDP · 2023 5.5% 20 AE United Arab Emirates of GDP · 2023 5.0%

Methodology on the methodology page. Each row links to the country brief with full source attribution.

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