Papua New Guinea - Health Spending 2020
2.30%
−0.02% from 2019
Papua New Guinea's health spending was 2.30% in 2020, decreased +0.02% from 2.33% in 2019. This was the 3rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lao PDR | 2.06% | -20.9% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | 2.18% | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Papua New Guinea | 2.30% | -1.0% |
| 4th | Djibouti | 2.34% | -3.1% |
| 5th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.45% | 10.0% |
| 6th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.47% | 2.7% |
| 7th | Angola | 2.82% | 27.8% |
| 8th | Pakistan | 2.95% | 3.7% |
| 9th | Zimbabwe | 2.95% | -8.6% |
| 10th | Mauritania | 3.00% | -2.9% |
| 11th | Sudan | 3.04% | -33.8% |
| 12th | Tanzania | 3.05% | -24.2% |
| 13th | Benin | 3.05% | 1.6% |
| 14th | India | 3.34% | 13.2% |
| 15th | Nigeria | 3.38% | 13.2% |
| 16th | Indonesia | 3.42% | 18.8% |
| 17th | Gabon | 3.44% | 24.3% |
| 18th | Mali | 3.51% | -8.4% |
| 19th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.62% | 13.6% |
| 20th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.67% | -7.5% |
| 21st | Equatorial Guinea | 3.71% | 13.0% |
| 22nd | Madagascar | 3.72% | 20.1% |
| 23rd | Haiti | 3.79% | -3.2% |
| 24th | Qatar | 3.82% | 19.9% |
| 25th | Kazakhstan | 3.83% | 33.4% |
| 26th | Guinea | 3.90% | -4.6% |
| 27th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.98% | 13.4% |
| 28th | Gambia, The | 4.01% | 27.6% |
| 29th | Congo, Republic of | 4.02% | 71.1% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 4.08% | 6.3% |
| 31st | Bhutan | 4.08% | 21.0% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | 4.12% | 17.9% |
| 33rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.15% | -9.7% |
| 34th | Cameroon | 4.25% | 16.4% |
| 35th | Sri Lanka | 4.27% | 15.5% |
| 36th | Myanmar | 4.28% | 12.2% |
| 37th | Monaco | 4.29% | 10.5% |
| 38th | Eritrea | 4.31% | -7.2% |
| 39th | Viet Nam | 4.33% | -12.9% |
| 40th | Chad | 4.35% | 28.6% |
| 41st | Thailand | 4.36% | 15.0% |
| 42nd | Ghana | 4.43% | 36.2% |
| 43rd | Kenya | 4.49% | 2.8% |
| 44th | Bahrain | 4.56% | 20.4% |
| 45th | Türkiye | 4.62% | 5.9% |
| 46th | Mongolia | 4.67% | 3.8% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.87% | 14.3% |
| 48th | Solomon Islands | 4.89% | 10.3% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.94% | 16.0% |
| 50th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.96% | -20.4% |
| 51st | Dominican Republic | 4.96% | 13.7% |
| 52nd | Oman | 5.12% | 34.5% |
| 53rd | Cambodia | 5.13% | 1.4% |
| 54th | Senegal | 5.15% | 14.6% |
| 55th | Philippines | 5.16% | 23.9% |
| 56th | Nepal | 5.21% | 17.2% |
| 57th | Uganda | 5.24% | 38.1% |
| 58th | Fiji | 5.29% | 23.5% |
| 59th | Grenada | 5.31% | 7.6% |
| 60th | Belize | 5.34% | 10.9% |
| 61st | Guyana | 5.38% | 9.6% |
| 62nd | China | 5.50% | 4.5% |
| 63rd | Tonga | 5.56% | -3.2% |
| 64th | Turkmenistan | 5.57% | 0.4% |
| 65th | Algeria | 5.64% | 4.1% |
| 66th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.66% | 9.0% |
| 67th | Sierra Leone | 5.66% | -0.7% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.68% | 32.9% |
| 69th | Singapore | 5.70% | 29.3% |
| 70th | Iraq | 5.73% | 36.1% |
| 71st | Luxembourg | 5.77% | 5.5% |
| 72nd | Morocco | 5.79% | 15.3% |
| 73rd | Rwanda | 5.80% | 18.0% |
| 74th | United Arab Emirates | 5.82% | 32.3% |
| 75th | Seychelles | 5.84% | 37.3% |
| 76th | Azerbaijan | 5.85% | 39.8% |
| 77th | Comoros | 5.90% | 13.9% |
| 78th | Suriname | 6.03% | -28.0% |
| 79th | Mexico | 6.05% | 14.2% |
| 80th | Liechtenstein | 6.06% | 4.7% |
| 81st | Dominica | 6.07% | 17.4% |
| 82nd | Uzbekistan | 6.09% | 25.9% |
| 83rd | Samoa | 6.09% | 7.9% |
| 84th | Mauritius | 6.10% | 7.0% |
| 85th | Kuwait | 6.11% | 18.0% |
| 86th | Botswana | 6.12% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Niger | 6.17% | 8.9% |
| 88th | Togo | 6.19% | 4.7% |
| 89th | Romania | 6.21% | 9.0% |
| 90th | Zambia | 6.31% | -6.6% |
| 91st | Peru | 6.35% | 23.8% |
| 92nd | Belarus | 6.41% | 9.3% |
| 93rd | Poland | 6.43% | 0.6% |
| 94th | Guatemala | 6.46% | 4.6% |
| 95th | Saudi Arabia | 6.65% | 21.6% |
| 96th | Barbados | 6.73% | 18.5% |
| 97th | Burkina Faso | 6.89% | 28.9% |
| 98th | Ireland | 6.97% | 5.4% |
| 99th | Moldova | 7.00% | 7.8% |
| 100th | St. Lucia | 7.01% | 63.4% |
| 101st | Cabo Verde | 7.03% | 45.8% |
| 102nd | Malawi | 7.04% | 10.5% |
| 103rd | Tunisia | 7.06% | 17.1% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 7.06% | 2.2% |
| 105th | Eswatini | 7.10% | -15.5% |
| 106th | Libya | 7.11% | 28.1% |
| 107th | Hungary | 7.23% | 15.7% |
| 108th | Timor-Leste | 7.26% | 45.5% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | 7.32% | 33.6% |
| 110th | Bahamas, The | 7.40% | 29.7% |
| 111th | Lithuania | 7.42% | 6.8% |
| 112th | Albania | 7.47% | 10.1% |
| 113th | Estonia | 7.47% | 12.4% |
| 114th | Jamaica | 7.48% | 7.3% |
| 115th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.48% | 8.2% |
| 116th | Lebanon | 7.48% | -13.9% |
| 117th | Latvia | 7.51% | 9.4% |
| 118th | Jordan | 7.55% | 6.7% |
| 119th | Mozambique | 7.55% | -4.4% |
| 120th | Ukraine | 7.56% | 6.6% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 7.68% | 7.2% |
| 122nd | Croatia | 7.68% | 13.2% |
| 123rd | North Macedonia | 7.73% | 9.4% |
| 124th | Israel | 7.75% | 7.5% |
| 125th | Costa Rica | 7.83% | 8.4% |
| 126th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.02% | 16.5% |
| 127th | Korea | 8.03% | 4.3% |
| 128th | Russian Federation | 8.04% | 42.4% |
| 129th | Serbia | 8.31% | 0.2% |
| 130th | Bulgaria | 8.44% | 18.6% |
| 131st | San Marino | 8.48% | 4.1% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 8.56% | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 8.61% | 10.2% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 8.65% | 23.6% |
| 135th | Colombia | 8.70% | 11.0% |
| 136th | Andorra | 8.78% | 20.0% |
| 137th | Tajikistan | 8.89% | 28.0% |
| 138th | El Salvador | 8.95% | 1.6% |
| 139th | Czechia | 8.97% | 19.8% |
| 140th | Central African Republic | 8.98% | 15.8% |
| 141st | Guinea-Bissau | 8.99% | 25.8% |
| 142nd | South Africa | 9.02% | 9.4% |
| 143rd | Uruguay | 9.09% | -1.7% |
| 144th | Honduras | 9.22% | 25.5% |
| 145th | Georgia | 9.23% | 26.2% |
| 146th | New Zealand | 9.25% | 7.3% |
| 147th | South Sudan | 9.35% | 3.1% |
| 148th | Greece | 9.38% | 15.6% |
| 149th | Slovenia | 9.49% | 10.8% |
| 150th | Namibia | 9.56% | 7.9% |
| 151st | Italy | 9.56% | 11.0% |
| 152nd | Brazil | 9.62% | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Iceland | 9.65% | 11.7% |
| 154th | Chile | 9.70% | 4.2% |
| 155th | Finland | 9.70% | 5.2% |
| 156th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.70% | 8.7% |
| 157th | Malta | 9.85% | 10.8% |
| 158th | Panama | 10.22% | 25.6% |
| 159th | West Bank and Gaza | 10.28% | 11.9% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 10.41% | -52.5% |
| 161st | Portugal | 10.52% | 10.6% |
| 162nd | Argentina | 10.67% | 5.5% |
| 163rd | Denmark | 10.69% | 5.0% |
| 164th | Australia | 10.70% | 4.4% |
| 165th | Burundi | 10.71% | 18.2% |
| 166th | Spain | 10.79% | 17.1% |
| 167th | European Union | 10.80% | 9.4% |
| 168th | Netherlands | 10.95% | 10.2% |
| 169th | Austria | 11.41% | 7.4% |
| 170th | Montenegro | 11.42% | 37.1% |
| 171st | Norway | 11.42% | 9.4% |
| 172nd | Sweden | 11.42% | 4.5% |
| 173rd | Maldives | 11.44% | 52.5% |
| 174th | Japan | 11.45% | 4.4% |
| 175th | Belgium | 11.46% | 5.6% |
| 176th | Nauru | 11.56% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 11.65% | 6.1% |
| 178th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 11.98% | 0.9% |
| 179th | Switzerland | 11.99% | 4.9% |
| 180th | United Kingdom | 12.10% | 21.3% |
| 181st | Marshall Islands | 12.12% | -19.1% |
| 182nd | France | 12.13% | 8.6% |
| 183rd | Armenia | 12.24% | 7.6% |
| 184th | Germany | 12.47% | 9.1% |
| 185th | Cuba | 12.49% | 12.6% |
| 186th | Liberia | 12.91% | 53.9% |
| 187th | Canada | 13.02% | 17.8% |
| 188th | Palau | 13.32% | 9.4% |
| 189th | Kiribati | 13.66% | 34.3% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 15.53% | 4.7% |
| 191st | Tuvalu | 17.89% | -19.5% |
| 192nd | United States | 18.52% | 11.9% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's health spending in 2020?▾
Papua New Guinea's health spending in 2020 was 2.30%. This ranked 3rd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's health spending change in 2020?▾
Papua New Guinea's health spending decreased by 1.0% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest health spending in 2020?▾
United States had the highest health spending in 2020 at 18.52%.
What is the health spending of Papua New Guinea in 2020?▾
The health spending of Papua New Guinea in 2020 was 2.30%. This ranked 3rd globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Papua New Guinea's health spending?▾
Papua New Guinea's health spending went from 2.33% in 2019 to 2.30% in 2020, a 1.0% decrease.
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