Health spending spans from minimal outlays to double‑digit shares of GDP. Across 193 countries with 2024 data, Tuvalu tops the table for healthcare expenditure (27.1 % of GDP), while Lao PDR sits at the bottom (1.3).

The top 10

1. Tuvalu — 27.1
2. Nauru — 18.2
3. United States — 16.7
4. Afghanistan — 15
5. Marshall Islands — 13.4
6. Liberia — 13
7. Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 12.9
8. Lesotho — 12.6
9. Germany — 12.3
10. Austria — 11.8

At the other end of the table

• Lao PDR — 1.3
• Bangladesh — 2.2
• Brunei Darussalam — 2.2

What the numbers show

The global average sits at about 6.8 % of GDP, with 89 of 193 countries above it. The median country (6.4) trails the leader by a wide margin. The top country reports roughly 20.4× the figure of the lowest — a reminder of how unevenly healthcare expenditure is distributed.

Explore the complete, sortable ranking on the Healthcare Expenditure by country map, or test your instincts in the daily map-guessing game. Data: World Bank Open Data, 2024.