Australia - Health Spending 2018
10.09%
−0.02% from 2017
Australia's health spending was 10.09% in 2018, decreased +0.02% from 10.11% in 2017. This was the 169th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Republic of | 1.76% | -25.7% |
| 2nd | Lao PDR | 2.25% | -11.1% |
| 3rd | Angola | 2.30% | -5.7% |
| 4th | Papua New Guinea | 2.30% | 3.2% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | 2.32% | -2.2% |
| 6th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.42% | 6.4% |
| 7th | Ghana | 2.43% | -9.6% |
| 8th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.51% | 2.7% |
| 9th | Djibouti | 2.53% | 2.1% |
| 10th | Gabon | 2.75% | -1.0% |
| 11th | Pakistan | 2.83% | 1.5% |
| 12th | India | 2.86% | -2.6% |
| 13th | Indonesia | 2.87% | -1.3% |
| 14th | Mauritania | 2.88% | -15.7% |
| 15th | Kazakhstan | 2.90% | -5.0% |
| 16th | Equatorial Guinea | 2.92% | 2.1% |
| 17th | Qatar | 2.96% | -7.8% |
| 18th | Bhutan | 3.07% | -1.4% |
| 19th | Nigeria | 3.09% | -17.5% |
| 20th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.09% | -4.8% |
| 21st | Gambia, The | 3.19% | -5.1% |
| 22nd | Oman | 3.21% | -18.7% |
| 23rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.24% | -19.0% |
| 24th | Chad | 3.29% | -6.3% |
| 25th | Benin | 3.44% | -6.5% |
| 26th | Vanuatu | 3.44% | 19.4% |
| 27th | Cameroon | 3.62% | -4.6% |
| 28th | Sri Lanka | 3.64% | 9.3% |
| 29th | Mali | 3.73% | 1.6% |
| 30th | Guinea | 3.74% | -4.5% |
| 31st | Malaysia | 3.76% | 1.2% |
| 32nd | Azerbaijan | 3.84% | -5.8% |
| 33rd | Solomon Islands | 3.86% | -7.2% |
| 34th | Thailand | 3.87% | 0.5% |
| 35th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.94% | 0.7% |
| 36th | Bahrain | 3.94% | -8.3% |
| 37th | Philippines | 3.95% | -0.2% |
| 38th | Uganda | 4.02% | 0.6% |
| 39th | Monaco | 4.05% | -2.7% |
| 40th | Singapore | 4.07% | -6.6% |
| 41st | Iraq | 4.08% | -0.3% |
| 42nd | United Arab Emirates | 4.10% | 2.2% |
| 43rd | Kenya | 4.10% | 2.8% |
| 44th | Fiji | 4.11% | 28.8% |
| 45th | Türkiye | 4.12% | -1.4% |
| 46th | Dominican Republic | 4.22% | -5.1% |
| 47th | Madagascar | 4.22% | -12.1% |
| 48th | Eritrea | 4.25% | 2.3% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.25% | 0.5% |
| 50th | St. Lucia | 4.27% | -4.1% |
| 51st | Haiti | 4.32% | 13.0% |
| 52nd | Tanzania | 4.33% | 7.6% |
| 53rd | Seychelles | 4.42% | -1.3% |
| 54th | Senegal | 4.43% | 6.4% |
| 55th | Sudan | 4.46% | -24.6% |
| 56th | Cambodia | 4.50% | 5.3% |
| 57th | Nepal | 4.53% | -4.1% |
| 58th | Mongolia | 4.53% | 4.5% |
| 59th | Myanmar | 4.54% | -3.3% |
| 60th | Uzbekistan | 4.55% | 5.7% |
| 61st | Grenada | 4.58% | -1.6% |
| 62nd | Zimbabwe | 4.67% | -24.3% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.69% | 0.5% |
| 64th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.75% | -11.2% |
| 65th | Belize | 4.76% | 2.9% |
| 66th | Zambia | 4.77% | -0.2% |
| 67th | Samoa | 4.78% | -7.5% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | 4.79% | 6.8% |
| 69th | Libya | 4.87% | 4.1% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.90% | -7.1% |
| 71st | Comoros | 4.90% | -6.9% |
| 72nd | Guyana | 4.90% | 13.6% |
| 73rd | Burkina Faso | 4.94% | -19.2% |
| 74th | Morocco | 4.95% | -0.9% |
| 75th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.01% | -19.0% |
| 76th | Viet Nam | 5.03% | 0.7% |
| 77th | China | 5.07% | 2.0% |
| 78th | Peru | 5.08% | 5.7% |
| 79th | Kuwait | 5.17% | 11.1% |
| 80th | Mexico | 5.24% | -1.4% |
| 81st | Luxembourg | 5.27% | 2.7% |
| 82nd | Sierra Leone | 5.30% | -11.8% |
| 83rd | Niger | 5.30% | -4.9% |
| 84th | Saudi Arabia | 5.34% | -11.5% |
| 85th | Russian Federation | 5.36% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Rwanda | 5.46% | 1.5% |
| 87th | Romania | 5.51% | 6.3% |
| 88th | Belarus | 5.53% | -4.0% |
| 89th | Liechtenstein | 5.55% | -2.3% |
| 90th | Turkmenistan | 5.55% | -4.6% |
| 91st | Mauritius | 5.60% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Barbados | 5.83% | -2.9% |
| 93rd | Bahamas, The | 5.84% | -11.6% |
| 94th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.92% | -20.7% |
| 95th | Algeria | 5.93% | -0.3% |
| 96th | Tunisia | 5.94% | -4.0% |
| 97th | Botswana | 6.04% | -8.9% |
| 98th | Guatemala | 6.11% | -0.5% |
| 99th | Tonga | 6.12% | 8.8% |
| 100th | Togo | 6.16% | -5.3% |
| 101st | Dominica | 6.18% | 13.2% |
| 102nd | Poland | 6.25% | -4.4% |
| 103rd | Timor-Leste | 6.40% | -5.9% |
| 104th | Latvia | 6.41% | 3.6% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | 6.46% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Lithuania | 6.47% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Hungary | 6.55% | -2.7% |
| 108th | Estonia | 6.56% | 1.5% |
| 109th | Albania | 6.59% | 1.4% |
| 110th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.60% | 1.8% |
| 111th | Suriname | 6.61% | 24.1% |
| 112th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.64% | -14.0% |
| 113th | Slovak Republic | 6.64% | -1.4% |
| 114th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.65% | 1.3% |
| 115th | Moldova | 6.71% | -5.9% |
| 116th | Croatia | 6.71% | 1.3% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 6.74% | 2.1% |
| 118th | Ireland | 6.75% | -2.5% |
| 119th | Cyprus | 6.78% | 2.5% |
| 120th | Jamaica | 6.84% | -2.1% |
| 121st | Malawi | 6.88% | -9.3% |
| 122nd | Jordan | 6.98% | -1.8% |
| 123rd | Tajikistan | 7.01% | 2.3% |
| 124th | Korea | 7.14% | 5.1% |
| 125th | Honduras | 7.23% | 3.2% |
| 126th | Israel | 7.24% | 0.9% |
| 127th | Guinea-Bissau | 7.28% | 4.0% |
| 128th | Costa Rica | 7.29% | 3.4% |
| 129th | Burundi | 7.29% | 4.9% |
| 130th | Maldives | 7.29% | -20.3% |
| 131st | Eswatini | 7.32% | 4.8% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 7.34% | -2.1% |
| 133rd | Czechia | 7.37% | 1.8% |
| 134th | Andorra | 7.38% | 4.3% |
| 135th | Ukraine | 7.52% | 1.0% |
| 136th | Panama | 7.60% | 6.1% |
| 137th | Colombia | 7.72% | 0.5% |
| 138th | Georgia | 7.76% | -10.9% |
| 139th | Ecuador | 7.83% | 4.1% |
| 140th | Mozambique | 7.98% | 2.2% |
| 141st | Lebanon | 8.07% | 3.4% |
| 142nd | Greece | 8.07% | -0.5% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 8.08% | 1.3% |
| 144th | Malta | 8.11% | -2.4% |
| 145th | Serbia | 8.18% | 3.6% |
| 146th | San Marino | 8.28% | 0.2% |
| 147th | El Salvador | 8.32% | -1.2% |
| 148th | Montenegro | 8.34% | 4.5% |
| 149th | Slovenia | 8.35% | 1.1% |
| 150th | Iceland | 8.44% | 1.4% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | 8.50% | 2.1% |
| 152nd | New Zealand | 8.57% | -0.6% |
| 153rd | Namibia | 8.62% | -1.1% |
| 154th | Italy | 8.65% | -0.4% |
| 155th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.76% | -0.6% |
| 156th | Uruguay | 8.90% | 2.1% |
| 157th | Spain | 9.07% | 0.5% |
| 158th | Yemen, Republic of | 9.09% | 11.6% |
| 159th | Finland | 9.11% | -0.9% |
| 160th | Chile | 9.15% | 0.7% |
| 161st | Portugal | 9.42% | 1.0% |
| 162nd | Brazil | 9.46% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | West Bank and Gaza | 9.66% | 5.9% |
| 164th | United Kingdom | 9.79% | 0.9% |
| 165th | European Union | 9.83% | -0.2% |
| 166th | Netherlands | 9.85% | -0.9% |
| 167th | Norway | 9.96% | -2.6% |
| 168th | Armenia | 10.01% | -3.4% |
| 169th | Australia | 10.09% | -0.2% |
| 170th | Denmark | 10.14% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Argentina | 10.17% | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Liberia | 10.44% | 5.3% |
| 173rd | Austria | 10.52% | -0.5% |
| 174th | Japan | 10.74% | 0.8% |
| 175th | Kiribati | 10.90% | 12.5% |
| 176th | Canada | 10.92% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Belgium | 10.99% | 0.5% |
| 178th | Central African Republic | 10.99% | 65.0% |
| 179th | Cuba | 11.02% | -4.0% |
| 180th | Nauru | 11.09% | -3.5% |
| 181st | Sweden | 11.09% | 1.3% |
| 182nd | Lesotho | 11.13% | 5.7% |
| 183rd | Germany | 11.18% | 1.2% |
| 184th | Palau | 11.19% | 2.6% |
| 185th | Switzerland | 11.20% | -1.5% |
| 186th | France | 11.31% | -1.2% |
| 187th | South Sudan | 11.70% | -47.1% |
| 188th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 11.94% | -3.8% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 14.21% | 12.6% |
| 190th | Marshall Islands | 14.47% | 20.3% |
| 191st | United States | 16.51% | -0.8% |
| 192nd | Tuvalu | 18.42% | -24.7% |
FAQ
What was Australia's health spending in 2018?▾
Australia's health spending in 2018 was 10.09%. This ranked 169th globally.
How did Australia's health spending change in 2018?▾
Australia's health spending decreased by 0.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest health spending in 2018?▾
Tuvalu had the highest health spending in 2018 at 18.42%.
What is the health spending of Australia in 2018?▾
The health spending of Australia in 2018 was 10.09%. This ranked 169th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Australia's health spending?▾
Australia's health spending went from 10.11% in 2017 to 10.09% in 2018, a 0.2% decrease.
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