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Sweden — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Sweden, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
11.22%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +53.1% since 2000
Health spending for Sweden was 11.22% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 11.42% in 2020. The lowest was 7.32% in 2000 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.79% per year.
Sweden ranks 14 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 7%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Sweden sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
11.22%
First (2000)
7.32%
Change
+53.1%
Highest
11.42%
in 2020
Lowest
7.32%
in 2000
Average
9.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.79%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.22% |
| 2023 | 11.15% |
| 2022 | 10.86% |
| 2021 | 11.23% |
| 2020 | 11.42% |
| 2019 | 10.93% |
| 2018 | 11.09% |
| 2017 | 10.95% |
| 2016 | 10.96% |
| 2015 | 10.93% |
| 2014 | 11.07% |
| 2013 | 10.99% |
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.