HEALTH EXPENDITURES IN WORLD (2010)

The World Factbook

This entry provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. 

Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.

Country Comparison to the World (2010)

Health expenditures (% of GDP)

India                                      4,1 % of GDP   

China                                     5,1 % of GDP

Australia                               8,7 % of GDP 

Argentina                              8,1% of GDP        

Brazil                                    9,0 % of GDP

Finland                                  9,0% of GDP

Japan                                     9,5% of GDP

Norway                                 9,5% of GDP

United Kingdom                    9,6% of GDP

Costa Rica                             10,9% of GDP

Lesotho                                  11,1 % of GDP 

Liberia                                   11,9 % of GDP 

Sierra Leone                          13,1 % of GDP

United States                         17,9 % of GDP

Marshall Islands                     18,1 % of GDP

Page last updated on August 13, 2013 

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