Countries Spending Most on Healthcare (2026)

Tuvalu spends the most on healthcare as a share of GDP at 27.1%. Healthcare spending reflects a nation's commitment to public health, though higher spending does not always equate to better outcomes.

#1

Tuvalu

27.1% GDP

#2

Nauru

18.2% GDP

#3

United States

16.7% GDP

Countries Spending Most on Healthcare - 193 countries ranked by Health Spend (% GDP)

Rank	Country	Health Spend (% GDP)	Population	Region
1	Tuvalu	27.1% GDP	9,646	Oceania
2	Nauru	18.2% GDP	11,947	Oceania
3	United States	16.7% GDP	340,110,988	Americas
4	Afghanistan	15.0% GDP	42,647,492	Asia
5	Marshall Islands	13.4% GDP	37,548	Oceania
6	Liberia	13.0% GDP	5,612,817	Africa
7	Micronesia	12.9% GDP	113,160	Oceania
8	Lesotho	12.6% GDP	2,337,423	Africa
9	Germany	12.3% GDP	83,516,593	Europe
10	Austria	11.8% GDP	9,177,982	Europe
11	Switzerland	11.7% GDP	9,005,582	Europe
12	South Sudan	11.6% GDP	11,943,408	Africa
13	France	11.5% GDP	68,551,653	Europe
14	Canada	11.3% GDP	41,288,599	Americas
15	Sweden	11.2% GDP	10,569,709	Europe
16	United Kingdom	11.1% GDP	69,226,000	Europe
17	Kiribati	10.9% GDP	134,518	Oceania
18	Palau	10.8% GDP	17,695	Oceania
19	Belgium	10.8% GDP	11,858,610	Europe
20	Japan	10.7% GDP	123,975,371	Asia
21	Palestine	10.7% GDP	5,289,152	Asia
22	Central African Republic	10.7% GDP	5,330,690	Africa
23	Chile	10.5% GDP	19,764,771	Americas
24	Finland	10.5% GDP	5,619,911	Europe
25	Australia	10.4% GDP	27,196,812	Oceania
26	Argentina	10.3% GDP	45,696,159	Americas
27	Portugal	10.2% GDP	10,694,681	Europe
28	New Zealand	10.1% GDP	5,287,500	Oceania
29	Netherlands	10.0% GDP	17,993,485	Europe
30	Slovenia	9.9% GDP	2,127,400	Europe
31	Brazil	9.7% GDP	211,998,573	Americas
32	Yemen	9.7% GDP	40,583,164	Asia
33	Montenegro	9.7% GDP	623,525	Europe
34	Timor-Leste	9.6% GDP	1,400,638	Asia
35	Namibia	9.5% GDP	3,030,131	Africa
36	Norway	9.4% GDP	5,572,279	Europe
37	Denmark	9.4% GDP	5,976,992	Europe
38	Cuba	9.4% GDP	10,979,783	Americas
39	Armenia	9.3% GDP	3,033,500	Asia
40	El Salvador	9.3% GDP	6,338,193	Americas
41	Maldives	9.3% GDP	527,799	Asia
42	Spain	9.2% GDP	48,848,840	Europe
43	Burundi	9.1% GDP	14,047,786	Africa
44	Uruguay	9.0% GDP	3,386,588	Americas
45	Iceland	9.0% GDP	386,506	Europe
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9% GDP	3,164,253	Europe
47	South Africa	8.9% GDP	64,007,187	Africa
48	Malta	8.8% GDP	568,847	Europe
49	Guinea-Bissau	8.8% GDP	2,201,352	Africa
50	South Korea	8.7% GDP	51,751,065	Asia
51	Czechia	8.5% GDP	10,905,028	Europe
52	Mozambique	8.5% GDP	34,631,766	Africa
53	Italy	8.4% GDP	58,952,704	Europe
54	Greece	8.4% GDP	10,405,134	Europe
55	Paraguay	8.4% GDP	6,929,153	Americas
56	Panama	8.3% GDP	4,515,577	Americas
57	Nicaragua	8.3% GDP	6,916,140	Americas
58	Ukraine	8.2% GDP	37,860,221	Europe
59	Colombia	8.1% GDP	52,886,363	Americas
60	Cyprus	8.1% GDP	1,358,282	Europe
61	Poland	8.1% GDP	36,559,233	Europe
62	Serbia	8.0% GDP	6,586,476	Europe
63	Tunisia	8.0% GDP	12,277,109	Africa
64	Bulgaria	7.9% GDP	6,441,421	Europe
65	Estonia	7.8% GDP	1,372,341	Europe
66	Libya	7.8% GDP	7,381,023	Africa
67	Burkina Faso	7.8% GDP	23,548,781	Africa
68	Honduras	7.7% GDP	10,825,703	Americas
69	Andorra	7.7% GDP	81,938	Europe
70	Jordan	7.7% GDP	11,552,876	Asia
71	Lithuania	7.6% GDP	2,888,278	Europe
72	Jamaica	7.6% GDP	2,839,175	Americas
73	Ecuador	7.6% GDP	18,135,478	Americas
74	Trinidad and Tobago	7.5% GDP	1,368,333	Americas
75	Eswatini	7.5% GDP	1,242,822	Africa
76	Tajikistan	7.4% GDP	10,590,927	Asia
77	North Macedonia	7.4% GDP	1,824,359	Europe
78	Tonga	7.4% GDP	104,175	Oceania
79	Slovakia	7.3% GDP	5,422,069	Europe
80	Latvia	7.3% GDP	1,866,124	Europe
81	Croatia	7.2% GDP	3,866,200	Europe
82	Israel	7.1% GDP	9,974,400	Asia
83	Belarus	7.1% GDP	9,132,629	Europe
84	Albania	7.0% GDP	2,377,128	Europe
85	Russia	7.0% GDP	143,533,851	Europe
86	Bolivia	6.9% GDP	12,413,315	Americas
87	Costa Rica	6.9% GDP	5,129,910	Americas
88	Georgia	6.9% GDP	3,699,557	Asia
89	Ireland	6.8% GDP	5,395,790	Europe
90	Guatemala	6.8% GDP	18,406,359	Americas
91	Samoa	6.8% GDP	218,019	Oceania
92	Uzbekistan	6.7% GDP	36,361,859	Asia
93	Moldova	6.7% GDP	2,402,306	Europe
94	San Marino	6.6% GDP	33,977	Europe
95	Comoros	6.5% GDP	866,628	Africa
96	Malawi	6.5% GDP	21,655,286	Africa
97	Hungary	6.4% GDP	9,562,065	Europe
98	Bahamas	6.3% GDP	401,283	Americas
99	Botswana	6.3% GDP	2,521,139	Africa
100	Nepal	6.2% GDP	29,651,054	Asia
101	Togo	6.1% GDP	9,515,236	Africa
102	Mongolia	6.1% GDP	3,524,788	Asia
103	Morocco	6.1% GDP	38,081,173	Africa
104	Iran	6.0% GDP	91,567,738	Asia
105	Zambia	6.0% GDP	21,314,956	Africa
106	China	5.9% GDP	1,408,975,000	Asia
107	Luxembourg	5.9% GDP	677,012	Europe
108	Cape Verde	5.8% GDP	524,877	Africa
109	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.8% GDP	235,536	Africa
110	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.7% GDP	46,843	Americas
111	Romania	5.7% GDP	19,051,804	Europe
112	Liechtenstein	5.7% GDP	40,450	Europe
113	Saudi Arabia	5.7% GDP	35,300,280	Asia
114	Peru	5.6% GDP	34,217,848	Americas
115	Lebanon	5.6% GDP	5,805,962	Asia
116	Mauritius	5.6% GDP	1,245,779	Africa
117	Iraq	5.5% GDP	46,042,015	Asia
118	Mexico	5.5% GDP	130,861,007	Americas
119	Turkmenistan	5.5% GDP	7,494,498	Asia
120	Suriname	5.4% GDP	634,431	Americas
121	Barbados	5.4% GDP	282,467	Americas
122	Solomon Islands	5.4% GDP	819,198	Oceania
123	Rwanda	5.1% GDP	14,256,567	Africa
124	Philippines	5.1% GDP	115,843,670	Asia
125	Dominica	5.0% GDP	66,205	Americas
126	Chad	5.0% GDP	20,299,123	Africa
127	United Arab Emirates	5.0% GDP	10,986,400	Asia
128	Kuwait	5.0% GDP	4,897,263	Asia
129	Egypt	4.9% GDP	116,538,258	Africa
130	Saint Lucia	4.7% GDP	179,744	Americas
131	Sierra Leone	4.7% GDP	8,642,022	Africa
132	Grenada	4.7% GDP	117,207	Americas
133	Cambodia	4.6% GDP	17,638,801	Asia
134	Dominican Republic	4.6% GDP	11,427,557	Americas
135	Vietnam	4.6% GDP	100,987,686	Asia
136	Cameroon	4.5% GDP	29,123,744	Africa
137	Thailand	4.5% GDP	71,668,011	Asia
138	Kyrgyzstan	4.5% GDP	7,221,868	Asia
139	Singapore	4.5% GDP	6,036,860	Asia
140	Seychelles	4.5% GDP	121,354	Africa
141	Myanmar	4.5% GDP	54,500,091	Asia
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.4% GDP	100,616	Americas
143	Bhutan	4.4% GDP	791,524	Asia
144	Kenya	4.3% GDP	56,432,944	Africa
145	Algeria	4.3% GDP	46,814,308	Africa
146	Mauritania	4.3% GDP	5,169,395	Africa
147	Senegal	4.3% GDP	18,501,984	Africa
148	Turkey	4.3% GDP	85,518,661	Asia
149	Azerbaijan	4.3% GDP	10,202,830	Asia
150	Uganda	4.2% GDP	50,015,092	Africa
151	Nigeria	4.2% GDP	232,679,478	Africa
152	Belize	4.2% GDP	417,072	Americas
153	Vanuatu	4.1% GDP	327,777	Oceania
154	Niger	4.0% GDP	27,032,412	Africa
155	Bahrain	4.0% GDP	1,588,670	Asia
156	Malaysia	4.0% GDP	35,557,673	Asia
157	Antigua and Barbuda	3.9% GDP	93,772	Americas
158	Mali	3.8% GDP	24,478,595	Africa
159	Venezuela	3.8% GDP	28,405,543	Americas
160	Kazakhstan	3.8% GDP	20,592,571	Asia
161	Somalia	3.7% GDP	19,009,151	Africa
162	Guinea	3.7% GDP	14,754,785	Africa
163	DR Congo	3.7% GDP	109,276,265	Africa
164	Sri Lanka	3.7% GDP	21,916,000	Asia
165	Eritrea	3.7% GDP	3,535,603	Africa
166	Fiji	3.6% GDP	928,784	Oceania
167	Equatorial Guinea	3.5% GDP	1,892,516	Africa
168	Oman	3.5% GDP	5,281,538	Asia
169	Madagascar	3.4% GDP	31,964,956	Africa
170	Ivory Coast	3.4% GDP	31,934,230	Africa
171	India	3.3% GDP	1,450,935,791	Asia
172	Benin	3.3% GDP	14,462,724	Africa
173	Republic of the Congo	3.3% GDP	6,332,961	Africa
174	Haiti	3.2% GDP	11,772,557	Americas
175	Gabon	3.1% GDP	2,538,952	Africa
176	Monaco	3.1% GDP	38,631	Europe
177	Tanzania	3.0% GDP	68,560,157	Africa
178	Ghana	3.0% GDP	34,427,414	Africa
179	Zimbabwe	2.9% GDP	16,634,373	Africa
180	Gambia	2.9% GDP	2,759,988	Africa
181	Papua New Guinea	2.9% GDP	10,576,502	Oceania
182	Sudan	2.9% GDP	50,448,963	Africa
183	Ethiopia	2.8% GDP	132,059,767	Africa
184	Syria	2.7% GDP	24,672,760	Asia
185	Indonesia	2.7% GDP	283,487,931	Asia
186	Angola	2.5% GDP	37,885,849	Africa
187	Pakistan	2.5% GDP	251,269,164	Asia
188	Qatar	2.5% GDP	2,857,822	Asia
189	Guyana	2.5% GDP	831,087	Americas
190	Djibouti	2.3% GDP	1,168,722	Africa
191	Brunei	2.2% GDP	462,721	Asia
192	Bangladesh	2.2% GDP	173,562,364	Asia
193	Laos	1.3% GDP	7,769,819	Asia