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	10,643	Oceania
2	Nauru	18.2% GDP	11,680	Oceania
3	United States	16.7% GDP	340,110,988	Americas
4	Afghanistan	15.0% GDP	43,844,000	Asia
5	Marshall Islands	13.4% GDP	42,418	Oceania
6	Liberia	13.0% GDP	5,248,621	Africa
7	Micronesia	12.9% GDP	105,564	Oceania
8	Lesotho	12.6% GDP	2,116,427	Africa
9	Germany	12.3% GDP	83,491,249	Europe
10	Austria	11.8% GDP	9,200,931	Europe
11	Switzerland	11.7% GDP	9,082,848	Europe
12	South Sudan	11.6% GDP	15,786,898	Africa
13	France	11.5% GDP	66,351,959	Europe
14	Canada	11.3% GDP	41,651,653	Americas
15	Sweden	11.2% GDP	10,605,098	Europe
16	United Kingdom	11.1% GDP	69,281,437	Europe
17	Kiribati	10.9% GDP	120,740	Oceania
18	Palau	10.8% GDP	16,733	Oceania
19	Belgium	10.8% GDP	11,825,551	Europe
20	Japan	10.7% GDP	123,210,000	Asia
21	Palestine	10.7% GDP	5,483,450	Asia
22	Central African Republic	10.7% GDP	6,470,307	Africa
23	Chile	10.5% GDP	20,206,953	Americas
24	Finland	10.5% GDP	5,650,325	Europe
25	Australia	10.4% GDP	27,536,874	Oceania
26	Argentina	10.3% GDP	46,735,004	Americas
27	Portugal	10.2% GDP	10,749,635	Europe
28	New Zealand	10.1% GDP	5,324,700	Oceania
29	Netherlands	10.0% GDP	18,100,436	Europe
30	Slovenia	9.9% GDP	2,130,638	Europe
31	Brazil	9.7% GDP	213,421,037	Americas
32	Yemen	9.7% GDP	32,684,503	Asia
33	Montenegro	9.7% GDP	623,327	Europe
34	Timor-Leste	9.6% GDP	1,391,221	Asia
35	Namibia	9.5% GDP	3,022,401	Africa
36	Norway	9.4% GDP	5,606,944	Europe
37	Denmark	9.4% GDP	6,011,488	Europe
38	Cuba	9.4% GDP	9,748,007	Americas
39	Armenia	9.3% GDP	3,076,200	Asia
40	El Salvador	9.3% GDP	6,029,976	Americas
41	Maldives	9.3% GDP	515,132	Asia
42	Spain	9.2% GDP	49,315,949	Europe
43	Burundi	9.1% GDP	12,332,788	Africa
44	Uruguay	9.0% GDP	3,499,451	Americas
45	Iceland	9.0% GDP	391,810	Europe
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9% GDP	3,422,000	Europe
47	South Africa	8.9% GDP	63,100,945	Africa
48	Malta	8.8% GDP	574,250	Europe
49	Guinea-Bissau	8.8% GDP	1,781,308	Africa
50	South Korea	8.7% GDP	51,159,889	Asia
51	Czechia	8.5% GDP	10,882,341	Europe
52	Mozambique	8.5% GDP	34,090,466	Africa
53	Italy	8.4% GDP	58,927,633	Europe
54	Greece	8.4% GDP	10,400,720	Europe
55	Paraguay	8.4% GDP	6,109,644	Americas
56	Panama	8.3% GDP	4,064,780	Americas
57	Nicaragua	8.3% GDP	6,803,886	Americas
58	Ukraine	8.2% GDP	32,862,000	Europe
59	Colombia	8.1% GDP	53,057,212	Americas
60	Cyprus	8.1% GDP	1,442,614	Europe
61	Poland	8.1% GDP	37,392,000	Europe
62	Serbia	8.0% GDP	6,567,783	Europe
63	Tunisia	8.0% GDP	11,972,169	Africa
64	Bulgaria	7.9% GDP	6,437,360	Europe
65	Estonia	7.8% GDP	1,369,995	Europe
66	Libya	7.8% GDP	7,459,000	Africa
67	Burkina Faso	7.8% GDP	24,070,553	Africa
68	Honduras	7.7% GDP	9,892,632	Americas
69	Andorra	7.7% GDP	88,406	Europe
70	Jordan	7.7% GDP	11,734,000	Asia
71	Lithuania	7.6% GDP	2,894,886	Europe
72	Jamaica	7.6% GDP	2,825,544	Americas
73	Ecuador	7.6% GDP	18,103,660	Americas
74	Trinidad and Tobago	7.5% GDP	1,367,764	Americas
75	Eswatini	7.5% GDP	1,235,549	Africa
76	Tajikistan	7.4% GDP	10,499,000	Asia
77	North Macedonia	7.4% GDP	1,822,612	Europe
78	Tonga	7.4% GDP	100,179	Oceania
79	Slovakia	7.3% GDP	5,413,813	Europe
80	Latvia	7.3% GDP	1,829,000	Europe
81	Croatia	7.2% GDP	3,866,233	Europe
82	Israel	7.1% GDP	10,134,800	Asia
83	Belarus	7.1% GDP	9,109,280	Europe
84	Albania	7.0% GDP	2,363,314	Europe
85	Russia	7.0% GDP	146,028,325	Europe
86	Bolivia	6.9% GDP	11,365,333	Americas
87	Costa Rica	6.9% GDP	5,309,625	Americas
88	Georgia	6.9% GDP	4,000,921	Asia
89	Ireland	6.8% GDP	5,458,600	Europe
90	Guatemala	6.8% GDP	18,079,810	Americas
91	Samoa	6.8% GDP	205,557	Oceania
92	Uzbekistan	6.7% GDP	37,859,698	Asia
93	Moldova	6.7% GDP	2,749,076	Europe
94	San Marino	6.6% GDP	34,132	Europe
95	Comoros	6.5% GDP	919,901	Africa
96	Malawi	6.5% GDP	20,734,262	Africa
97	Hungary	6.4% GDP	9,539,502	Europe
98	Bahamas	6.3% GDP	398,165	Americas
99	Botswana	6.3% GDP	2,359,609	Africa
100	Nepal	6.2% GDP	29,911,840	Asia
101	Togo	6.1% GDP	8,095,498	Africa
102	Mongolia	6.1% GDP	3,544,835	Asia
103	Morocco	6.1% GDP	36,828,330	Africa
104	Iran	6.0% GDP	85,961,000	Asia
105	Zambia	6.0% GDP	19,693,423	Africa
106	China	5.9% GDP	1,408,280,000	Asia
107	Luxembourg	5.9% GDP	681,973	Europe
108	Cape Verde	5.8% GDP	491,233	Africa
109	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.8% GDP	209,607	Africa
110	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.7% GDP	51,320	Americas
111	Romania	5.7% GDP	19,036,031	Europe
112	Liechtenstein	5.7% GDP	40,900	Europe
113	Saudi Arabia	5.7% GDP	35,300,280	Asia
114	Peru	5.6% GDP	34,350,244	Americas
115	Lebanon	5.6% GDP	5,490,000	Asia
116	Mauritius	5.6% GDP	1,243,741	Africa
117	Iraq	5.5% GDP	46,118,793	Asia
118	Mexico	5.5% GDP	130,575,786	Americas
119	Turkmenistan	5.5% GDP	7,057,841	Asia
120	Suriname	5.4% GDP	616,500	Americas
121	Barbados	5.4% GDP	267,800	Americas
122	Solomon Islands	5.4% GDP	750,325	Oceania
123	Rwanda	5.1% GDP	14,104,969	Africa
124	Philippines	5.1% GDP	114,123,600	Asia
125	Dominica	5.0% GDP	67,408	Americas
126	Chad	5.0% GDP	19,340,757	Africa
127	United Arab Emirates	5.0% GDP	11,294,243	Asia
128	Kuwait	5.0% GDP	4,881,254	Asia
129	Egypt	4.9% GDP	107,271,260	Africa
130	Saint Lucia	4.7% GDP	184,100	Americas
131	Sierra Leone	4.7% GDP	9,077,691	Africa
132	Grenada	4.7% GDP	109,021	Americas
133	Cambodia	4.6% GDP	17,577,760	Asia
134	Dominican Republic	4.6% GDP	10,771,504	Americas
135	Vietnam	4.6% GDP	101,343,800	Asia
136	Cameroon	4.5% GDP	29,442,327	Africa
137	Thailand	4.5% GDP	65,859,640	Asia
138	Kyrgyzstan	4.5% GDP	7,281,800	Asia
139	Singapore	4.5% GDP	6,110,200	Asia
140	Seychelles	4.5% GDP	122,729	Africa
141	Myanmar	4.5% GDP	51,316,756	Asia
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.4% GDP	110,872	Americas
143	Bhutan	4.4% GDP	784,043	Asia
144	Kenya	4.3% GDP	53,330,978	Africa
145	Algeria	4.3% GDP	47,400,000	Africa
146	Mauritania	4.3% GDP	4,927,532	Africa
147	Senegal	4.3% GDP	18,593,258	Africa
148	Turkey	4.3% GDP	85,664,944	Asia
149	Azerbaijan	4.3% GDP	10,241,722	Asia
150	Uganda	4.2% GDP	45,905,417	Africa
151	Nigeria	4.2% GDP	223,800,000	Africa
152	Belize	4.2% GDP	417,634	Americas
153	Vanuatu	4.1% GDP	321,409	Oceania
154	Niger	4.0% GDP	26,312,034	Africa
155	Bahrain	4.0% GDP	1,594,654	Asia
156	Malaysia	4.0% GDP	34,231,700	Asia
157	Antigua and Barbuda	3.9% GDP	103,603	Americas
158	Mali	3.8% GDP	22,395,489	Africa
159	Venezuela	3.8% GDP	28,517,000	Americas
160	Kazakhstan	3.8% GDP	20,426,568	Asia
161	Somalia	3.7% GDP	19,655,000	Africa
162	Guinea	3.7% GDP	14,363,931	Africa
163	DR Congo	3.7% GDP	112,832,000	Africa
164	Sri Lanka	3.7% GDP	21,763,170	Asia
165	Eritrea	3.7% GDP	3,607,000	Africa
166	Fiji	3.6% GDP	900,869	Oceania
167	Equatorial Guinea	3.5% GDP	1,668,768	Africa
168	Oman	3.5% GDP	5,343,630	Asia
169	Madagascar	3.4% GDP	31,727,042	Africa
170	Ivory Coast	3.4% GDP	31,719,275	Africa
171	India	3.3% GDP	1,417,492,000	Asia
172	Benin	3.3% GDP	13,224,860	Africa
173	Republic of the Congo	3.3% GDP	6,142,180	Africa
174	Haiti	3.2% GDP	11,867,032	Americas
175	Gabon	3.1% GDP	2,469,296	Africa
176	Monaco	3.1% GDP	38,423	Europe
177	Tanzania	3.0% GDP	68,153,004	Africa
178	Ghana	3.0% GDP	33,742,380	Africa
179	Zimbabwe	2.9% GDP	17,073,087	Africa
180	Gambia	2.9% GDP	2,422,712	Africa
181	Papua New Guinea	2.9% GDP	11,781,559	Oceania
182	Sudan	2.9% GDP	51,662,000	Africa
183	Ethiopia	2.8% GDP	111,652,998	Africa
184	Syria	2.7% GDP	25,620,000	Asia
185	Indonesia	2.7% GDP	284,438,782	Asia
186	Angola	2.5% GDP	36,170,961	Africa
187	Pakistan	2.5% GDP	241,499,431	Asia
188	Qatar	2.5% GDP	3,173,024	Asia
189	Guyana	2.5% GDP	772,975	Americas
190	Djibouti	2.3% GDP	1,066,809	Africa
191	Brunei	2.2% GDP	455,500	Asia
192	Bangladesh	2.2% GDP	169,828,911	Asia
193	Laos	1.3% GDP	7,647,000	Asia