Health spending spans from minimal outlays to double‑digit shares of GDP. Across 193 countries with 2024 data, Tuvalu tops the table for healthcare expenditure at 27.1%, while Lao PDR sits at the bottom on 1.3%.

The top 10

1. Tuvalu — 27.1%
2. Nauru — 18.2%
3. United States — 16.7%
4. Afghanistan — 15%
5. Marshall Islands — 13.4%
6. Liberia — 13%
7. Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 12.9%
8. Lesotho — 12.6%
9. Germany — 12.3%
10. Austria — 11.8%

At the other end of the table

• Lao PDR — 1.3%
• Bangladesh — 2.2%
• Brunei Darussalam — 2.2%

What the numbers show

The global average sits at about 6.8%, with 89 of 193 countries above it and a median of 6.4%. Tuvalu reports roughly 20.4× the figure of Lao PDR — a reminder of how unevenly health spending is spread.

Explore the complete, sortable ranking on the Healthcare Expenditure by country map, or test your instincts in the daily map-guessing game. Data: World Bank Open Data, 2024.