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Germany — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Germany, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
12.27%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +25.7% since 2000
Health spending for Germany was 12.27% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 12.72% in 2021. The lowest was 9.76% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.96% per year.
Germany ranks 9 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 5%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Germany sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
12.27%
First (2000)
9.76%
Change
+25.7%
Highest
12.72%
in 2021
Lowest
9.76%
in 2000
Average
10.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.96%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.27% |
| 2023 | 11.74% |
| 2022 | 12.45% |
| 2021 | 12.72% |
| 2020 | 12.47% |
| 2019 | 11.43% |
| 2018 | 11.18% |
| 2017 | 11.05% |
| 2016 | 10.97% |
| 2015 | 10.92% |
| 2014 | 10.77% |
| 2013 | 10.74% |
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.