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Greece — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Greece, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
8.39%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +11.7% since 2000
Health spending for Greece was 8.39% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.62% in 2010. The lowest was 7.51% in 2000 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.48% per year.
Greece ranks 53 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Greece sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
8.39%
First (2000)
7.51%
Change
+11.7%
Highest
9.62%
in 2010
Lowest
7.51%
in 2000
Average
8.58%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.48%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.39% |
| 2022 | 8.45% |
| 2021 | 9.03% |
| 2020 | 9.38% |
| 2019 | 8.12% |
| 2018 | 8.07% |
| 2017 | 8.11% |
| 2016 | 8.45% |
| 2015 | 8.27% |
| 2014 | 7.94% |
| 2013 | 8.52% |
| 2012 | 9.04% |
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.