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Rank	Country	Health expenditures (% of GDP)
1	Malta	16.5
2	United States	16.2
3	Mexico	13.8
4	Niue	13.5
5	Lesotho	13.2
6	Burundi	13.1
7	Sierra Leone	13.1
8	East Timor	12.3
9	Kenya	12.2
10	Nauru	12.1
11	Moldova	11.9
12	Belgium	11.8
13	Cuba	11.8
14	Finland	11.7
15	Georgia	11.3
16	Portugal	11.3
17	Switzerland	11.3
18	Palau	11.2
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	11.2
20	Austria	11
21	Canada	10.9
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.9
23	Netherlands	10.8
24	Ghana	10.6
25	Costa Rica	10.5
26	Botswana	10.3
27	Gambia, The	10.1
28	Serbia	9.9
29	Sweden	9.9
30	Tuvalu	9.9
31	Spain	9.7
32	New Zealand	9.7
33	Norway	9.7
34	Iraq	9.7
35	Fiji	9.7
36	Argentina	9.5
37	Israel	9.5
38	Nicaragua	9.5
39	Japan	9.3
40	Mongolia	9.3
41	United Kingdom	9.3
42	Slovenia	9.1
43	Rwanda	9
44	Brazil	9
45	Australia	8.5
46	Slovakia	8.5
47	South Africa	8.5
48	Jamaica	8.3
49	Panama	8.3
50	Hungary	8.2
51	Lebanon	8.2
52	Chile	8.2
53	Uganda	8.2
54	Saint Lucia	8.1
55	Germany	8.1
56	Latvia	8.1
57	Guinea-Bissau	8.1
58	Malaysia	8
59	Lithuania	7.8
60	Croatia	7.8
61	Andorra	7.7
62	Czech Republic	7.6
63	Ireland	7.6
64	Suriname	7.6
65	Mali	7.5
66	Greece	7.4
67	Afghanistan	7.4
68	Bulgaria	7.4
69	Uruguay	7.4
70	Sudan	7.3
71	Honduras	7.3
72	Bahamas, The	7.2
73	Vietnam	7.2
74	San Marino	7.1
75	Sao Tome and Principe	7.1
76	Grenada	7.1
77	Poland	7.1
78	Paraguay	7.1
79	Eritrea	7
80	Denmark	7
81	Chad	7
82	Ukraine	7
83	Samoa	7
84	Albania	6.9
85	Macedonia	6.9
86	Kuwait	6.8
87	Barbados	6.8
88	Turkey	6.7
89	Libya	6.6
90	Laos	6.5
91	Korea, South	6.5
92	Mauritius	6.5
93	Djibouti	6.4
94	Egypt	6.4
95	Colombia	6.4
96	Burkina Faso	6.4
97	Swaziland	6.3
98	Tunisia	6.2
99	Tonga	6.2
100	Madagascar	6.2
101	Niger	6.1
102	Dominican Republic	6.1
103	Guinea	6.1
104	Guyana	6.1
105	Haiti	6
106	Gabon	6
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6
108	Togo	5.9
109	Namibia	5.9
110	Dominica	5.9
111	Algeria	5.8
112	Azerbaijan	5.8
113	Cambodia	5.8
114	Belarus	5.8
115	Nigeria	5.8
116	Nepal	5.8
117	Mauritania	5.7
118	Mozambique	5.7
119	Guatemala	5.7
120	Senegal	5.7
121	Trinidad and Tobago	5.6
122	Yemen	5.6
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.6
124	Cameroon	5.6
125	Maldives	5.6
126	Morocco	5.5
127	Indonesia	5.5
128	Bhutan	5.5
129	Solomon Islands	5.4
130	Russia	5.4
131	Romania	5.4
132	Tajikistan	5.3
133	Uzbekistan	5.2
134	Tanzania	5.1
135	Italy	5.1
136	Cote d'Ivoire	5.1
137	Antigua and Barbuda	5.1
138	Ecuador	5
139	Saudi Arabia	5
140	Zambia	4.8
141	Bolivia	4.8
142	Malawi	4.8
143	Monaco	4.7
144	Armenia	4.7
145	Angola	4.6
146	China	4.6
147	Peru	4.6
148	Jordan	4.5
149	Bahrain	4.5
150	Cook Islands	4.4
151	Central African Republic	4.3
152	Estonia	4.3
153	Kazakhstan	4.3
154	Thailand	4.3
155	Iceland	4.2
156	Benin	4.2
157	Kyrgyzstan	4.1
158	Luxembourg	4.1
159	Vanuatu	4
160	Sri Lanka	4
161	Seychelles	4
162	Singapore	3.9
163	Cape Verde	3.9
164	El Salvador	3.9
165	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.9
166	Liberia	3.9
167	Iran	3.9
168	Philippines	3.8
169	Ethiopia	3.6
170	France	3.5
171	Comoros	3.4
172	Bangladesh	3.4
173	Belize	3.3
174	Kiribati	3.3
175	Papua New Guinea	3.1
176	Oman	3
177	Congo, Republic of the	3
178	Brunei	3
179	Syria	2.9
180	United Arab Emirates	2.8
181	Pakistan	2.6
182	Qatar	2.5
183	Marshall Islands	2.5
184	India	2.4
185	Turkmenistan	2.3
186	Equatorial Guinea	2.2
187	Burma	2
188	Korea, North	2

Definition: This entry provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Health expenditures map

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