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United States — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for United States, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
16.69%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +33.7% since 2000
Health spending for United States was 16.69% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 18.52% in 2020. The lowest was 12.49% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.27% per year.
United States ranks 3 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for North America is 16.69%, so United States sits level with it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
16.69%
First (2000)
12.49%
Change
+33.7%
Highest
18.52%
in 2020
Lowest
12.49%
in 2000
Average
15.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.27%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.69% |
| 2022 | 16.53% |
| 2021 | 17.35% |
| 2020 | 18.52% |
| 2019 | 16.54% |
| 2018 | 16.51% |
| 2017 | 16.64% |
| 2016 | 16.69% |
| 2015 | 16.4% |
| 2014 | 16.14% |
| 2013 | 15.95% |
| 2012 | 16.12% |
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.