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Netherlands — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Netherlands, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
10.01%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +29.9% since 2000
Health spending for Netherlands was 10.01% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 11.13% in 2021. The lowest was 7.70% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.10% per year.
Netherlands ranks 28 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Netherlands sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
10.01%
First (2000)
7.70%
Change
+29.9%
Highest
11.13%
in 2021
Lowest
7.70%
in 2000
Average
9.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.10%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.01% |
| 2023 | 9.83% |
| 2022 | 10.03% |
| 2021 | 11.13% |
| 2020 | 10.95% |
| 2019 | 9.94% |
| 2018 | 9.85% |
| 2017 | 9.94% |
| 2016 | 9.89% |
| 2015 | 10.19% |
| 2014 | 10.46% |
| 2013 | 10.5% |
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.