How much does each country spend on health care per person?

In 2023, the United States spent $13,473 per person on health care, about 10 times the world figure of $1,317. Germany spent $6,395, Japan $3,638, China $763 and India $85; Madagascar spent the least, $17. Search 191 countries and territories. Spending counts what governments, insurers and households paid for health care, but not new hospitals or equipment, in US dollars at each year's exchange rates, not adjusted for differences in prices.

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Key facts

Measure: Health spending per person, US dollars. Written from the data below.

  • United States has the highest figure, $13,473, followed by Switzerland ($11,784) and Liechtenstein ($11,495).
  • Madagascar has the lowest figure, $17.00, followed by Sudan ($21.00) and Somalia ($22.00).
  • The highest is 793 times the lowest.
  • World: $1,317. Of the 191 compared, 53 are above it and 138 below.

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Chartly. “How much does each country spend on health care per person?” Chart. Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$), https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD (data as of December 31, 2023). https://chart.ly/charts/health-spending-per-person-by-country (accessed October 28, 2026).

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Country Health spending per person, US dollars
United States 13,473
Switzerland 11,784
Liechtenstein 11,495
Norway 8,296
Monaco 8,004
Luxembourg 7,511
Iceland 7,065
Australia 6,980
Ireland 6,878
Denmark 6,511
Germany 6,395
Netherlands 6,372
Austria 6,268
Sweden 6,206
Canada 6,187
Belgium 5,931
Finland 5,515
United Kingdom 5,407
France 5,149
New Zealand 4,997
Israel 3,928
San Marino 3,924
Singapore 3,922
Japan 3,638
Malta 3,623
Andorra 3,605
Italy 3,283
Spain 3,107
South Korea 3,044
Slovenia 3,038
Cyprus 2,899
Portugal 2,762
Czechia 2,671
United Arab Emirates 2,402
Nauru 2,292
The Bahamas 2,262
Estonia 2,258
Uruguay 2,076
Lithuania 2,044
Greece 1,963
Saudi Arabia 1,825
Slovakia 1,813
Qatar 1,804
Chile 1,737
Tuvalu 1,724
Palau 1,684
Kuwait 1,679
Latvia 1,645
Poland 1,578
Panama 1,558
Croatia 1,548
Argentina 1,457
Hungary 1,420
St. Kitts and Nevis 1,295
Barbados 1,286
Trinidad and Tobago 1,276
Bulgaria 1,258
Bahrain 1,176
Costa Rica 1,163
Maldives 1,159
Montenegro 1,148
Romania 1,051
Brazil 1,010
Russia 1,003
Serbia 984
Marshall Islands 894
Antigua and Barbuda 841
Bosnia and Herzegovina 773
Armenia 767
Seychelles 766
China 763
Mexico 761
Brunei 733
Oman 732
St. Lucia 641
North Macedonia 639
Mauritius 616
Albania 591
Turkmenistan 581
Colombia 571
Belarus 558
Georgia 554
Türkiye 548
South Africa 537
Paraguay 527
Grenada 526
Jamaica 520
Ecuador 509
Micronesia 508
Guyana 505
El Salvador 501
Dominica 492
Botswana 490
Kazakhstan 490
Dominican Republic 489
Libya 470
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 469
Moldova 452
Malaysia 450
Peru 446
Namibia 397
Guatemala 392
Mongolia 360
Tonga 358
West Bank and Gaza 346
Jordan 342
Iraq 333
Thailand 327
Tunisia 318
Belize 309
Azerbaijan 300
Suriname 297
Eswatini 296
Samoa 293
Cabo Verde 290
Iran 267
Lebanon 261
Bolivia 255
Gabon 253
Honduras 249
Kiribati 238
Equatorial Guinea 234
Algeria 233
Morocco 232
Nicaragua 217
Fiji 213
Vietnam 197
Philippines 194
Uzbekistan 192
Venezuela 186
Sao Tome and Principe 171
Bhutan 162
Timor-Leste 144
Vanuatu 143
Egypt 141
Sri Lanka 134
Indonesia 132
Lesotho 123
Cambodia 115
Solomon Islands 111
Liberia 104
Comoros 102
Kyrgyzstan 97
Mauritania 92
Côte d'Ivoire 88
India 85
Kenya 85
Papua New Guinea 85
Tajikistan 85
Nepal 84
Guinea-Bissau 82
Zambia 80
Cameroon 79
Djibouti 78
Angola 76
Congo (Republic) 76
Senegal 73
South Sudan 73
Burkina Faso 72
Ghana 70
Nigeria 67
Zimbabwe 63
Togo 60
Afghanistan 59
Guinea 59
Myanmar 56
Central African Republic 54
Haiti 54
Bangladesh 53
Mozambique 53
Rwanda 53
Yemen 48
Benin 47
Chad 47
Uganda 45
Malawi 41
Sierra Leone 36
Tanzania 36
Ethiopia 35
Mali 34
Syria 33
Pakistan 30
Burundi 28
Eritrea 28
Laos 27
Niger 26
The Gambia 26
Congo (Democratic Republic) 23
Somalia 22
Sudan 21
Madagascar 17
World 1,317

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