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France — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for France, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
11.54%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +19.9% since 2000
Health spending for France was 11.54% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 12.25% in 2021. The lowest was 9.62% in 2000 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.76% per year.
France ranks 12 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 6%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so France sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
11.54%
First (2000)
9.62%
Change
+19.9%
Highest
12.25%
in 2021
Lowest
9.62%
in 2000
Average
11.02%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.76%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.54% |
| 2023 | 11.52% |
| 2022 | 11.83% |
| 2021 | 12.25% |
| 2020 | 12.13% |
| 2019 | 11.17% |
| 2018 | 11.31% |
| 2017 | 11.45% |
| 2016 | 11.57% |
| 2015 | 11.5% |
| 2014 | 11.58% |
| 2013 | 11.38% |
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.