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China — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for China, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.94%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +33.5% since 2000
Health spending for China was 5.94% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 3.62% in 2007 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.26% per year.
China ranks 105 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so China sits level with it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 28%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.94%
First (2000)
4.45%
Change
+33.5%
Highest
5.94%
in 2023
Lowest
3.62%
in 2007
Average
4.63%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.26%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.94% |
| 2022 | 5.88% |
| 2021 | 5.26% |
| 2020 | 5.5% |
| 2019 | 5.27% |
| 2018 | 5.07% |
| 2017 | 4.97% |
| 2016 | 4.88% |
| 2015 | 4.85% |
| 2014 | 4.7% |
| 2013 | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 4.49% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.