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Hungary — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Hungary, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.37%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -5.9% since 2000
Health spending for Hungary was 6.37% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.13% in 2003. The lowest was 6.25% in 2019 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.27% per year.
Hungary ranks 96 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Hungary sits below it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.37%
First (2000)
6.77%
Change
-5.9%
Highest
8.13%
in 2003
Lowest
6.25%
in 2019
Average
7.15%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.27%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.37% |
| 2022 | 6.65% |
| 2021 | 7.34% |
| 2020 | 7.23% |
| 2019 | 6.25% |
| 2018 | 6.55% |
| 2017 | 6.73% |
| 2016 | 6.97% |
| 2015 | 6.85% |
| 2014 | 7.04% |
| 2013 | 7.24% |
| 2012 | 7.43% |
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.