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United Kingdom — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for United Kingdom, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
11.13%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +55.8% since 2000
Health spending for United Kingdom was 11.13% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 12.10% in 2020. The lowest was 7.15% in 2000 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.86% per year.
United Kingdom ranks 15 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so United Kingdom sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
11.13%
First (2000)
7.15%
Change
+55.8%
Highest
12.10%
in 2020
Lowest
7.15%
in 2000
Average
9.58%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.86%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.13% |
| 2023 | 10.99% |
| 2022 | 11.1% |
| 2021 | 12.08% |
| 2020 | 12.1% |
| 2019 | 9.98% |
| 2018 | 9.79% |
| 2017 | 9.7% |
| 2016 | 9.87% |
| 2015 | 9.94% |
| 2014 | 9.98% |
| 2013 | 9.99% |
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.