Where the UK stands · OECD · each country's latest reported year
How much of its GDP does the UK spend on health, compared with other countries?
United Kingdom: 11.4% % of GDP, 7th of 59 (2025).
Health spending as a share of GDP: every country in the OECD's table with a figure within three years of the newest year published; each country's newest year is used and named on the row, highest first. 59 rows. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing. The highlighted row is United Kingdom, 7th of 59.
| # | Name | % of GDP | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 2 | Germany | 12.7% | 2025 |
| 3 | Austria | 11.9% | 2025 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 11.6% | 2025 |
| 5 | Canada | 11.5% | 2025 |
| 6 | France | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 8 | Belgium | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 9 | Australia | 11.1% | 2025 |
| 10 | Sweden | 10.9% | 2025 |
| 11 | Finland | 10.6% | 2025 |
| 12 | Portugal | 10.4% | 2025 |
| 13 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 |
| 14 | Chile | 10.3% | 2025 |
| 15 | Montenegro | 10.2% | 2024 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 10.2% | 2025 |
| 17 | Japan | 10.1% | 2025 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 9.8% | 2025 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 9.7% | 2025 |
| 20 | Denmark | 9.6% | 2025 |
| 21 | Brazil | 9.4% | 2022 |
| 22 | Norway | 9.3% | 2025 |
| 23 | Iceland | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.0% | 2024 |
| 25 | Czechia | 8.9% | 2025 |
| 26 | Poland | 8.9% | 2025 |
| 27 | South Africa | 8.9% | 2023 |
| 28 | Spain | 8.9% | 2025 |
| 29 | Malta | 8.7% | 2023 |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 8.5% | 2024 |
| 31 | Latvia | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 32 | Colombia | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 33 | Korea | 8.4% | 2025 |
| 34 | Italy | 8.4% | 2025 |
| 35 | Greece | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 36 | Slovak Republic | 8.1% | 2025 |
| 37 | Estonia | 8.1% | 2025 |
| 38 | Cyprus | 8.0% | 2024 |
| 39 | Serbia | 7.8% | 2024 |
| 40 | Lithuania | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 41 | Croatia | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 7.4% | 2023 |
| 43 | Moldova | 7.3% | 2024 |
| 44 | Albania | 7.1% | 2023 |
| 45 | Israel | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 46 | Georgia | 6.9% | 2023 |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 48 | Hungary | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 49 | Mexico | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 50 | Romania | 6.2% | 2024 |
| 51 | Ireland | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 52 | China (People’s Republic of) | 5.9% | 2023 |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 54 | Peru | 5.4% | 2024 |
| 55 | Liechtenstein | 5.3% | 2024 |
| 56 | Türkiye | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 57 | Thailand | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 58 | India | 3.3% | 2023 |
| 59 | Indonesia | 2.7% | 2024 |
What this table establishes
The table establishes current health spending as a share of GDP for the year shown.
It does not establish why countries differ, what any country should spend or provide, or that a rank is a judgement on a health or economic system.
How it is made
Each row is the figure the publisher printed, in % of GDP. Rows are ordered highest first; nothing is estimated, weighted or adjusted by Civometry.
Current expenditure on health under the System of Health Accounts, all financing schemes, government and private together. Capital spending is excluded.
Source: OECD, OECD Health Statistics: health expenditure and financing · OECD terms and conditions (free reuse with attribution). Period: each country's latest reported year. The rank is Civometry’s ordering of published figures, not a judgement on anyone in the table.
United Kingdom: 11.4% % of GDP, 7th of 59 (2025).