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Switzerland — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Switzerland, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
11.69%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +28.0% since 2000
Health spending for Switzerland was 11.69% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.99% in 2020. The lowest was 9.13% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.08% per year.
Switzerland ranks 11 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 6%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Switzerland sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
11.69%
First (2000)
9.13%
Change
+28.0%
Highest
11.99%
in 2020
Lowest
9.13%
in 2000
Average
10.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.08%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.69% |
| 2022 | 11.6% |
| 2021 | 11.96% |
| 2020 | 11.99% |
| 2019 | 11.43% |
| 2018 | 11.2% |
| 2017 | 11.37% |
| 2016 | 11.2% |
| 2015 | 10.98% |
| 2014 | 10.68% |
| 2013 | 10.59% |
| 2012 | 10.34% |
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.