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Saudi Arabia - Health Spending 2015

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Current health expenditure as % of GDP · World Bank

5.86% +0.70% from 2014 Global rank: 92nd

Saudi Arabia's health spending was 5.86% in 2015, increased +0.70% from 5.16% in 2014. This was the 92nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Health Spending by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Papua New Guinea	1.82%	-44.4%
2nd	Bangladesh	2.27%	-0.3%
3rd	Angola	2.30%	6.6%
4th	Brunei Darussalam	2.39%	24.7%
5th	Lao PDR	2.45%	6.8%
6th	Congo, Republic of	2.46%	24.5%
7th	Equatorial Guinea	2.46%	31.5%
8th	Pakistan	2.49%	0.2%
9th	Gabon	2.66%	4.9%
10th	Benin	2.73%	1.4%
11th	Indonesia	2.92%	-1.4%
12th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.94%	-2.6%
13th	Kazakhstan	3.04%	2.2%
14th	Iraq	3.16%	13.2%
15th	Gambia, The	3.18%	4.1%
16th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.22%	-13.7%
17th	Fiji	3.32%	-1.3%
18th	Djibouti	3.35%	13.1%
19th	Chad	3.40%	3.2%
20th	Bhutan	3.44%	6.3%
21st	United Arab Emirates	3.47%	-1.9%
22nd	Nigeria	3.58%	7.0%
23rd	India	3.60%	-0.7%
24th	Qatar	3.64%	50.1%
25th	Tanzania	3.65%	-9.1%
26th	Mauritania	3.67%	6.0%
27th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.67%	-13.2%
28th	Sri Lanka	3.68%	6.2%
29th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.75%	0.6%
30th	Malaysia	3.82%	3.0%
31st	Thailand	3.85%	4.6%
32nd	Philippines	3.90%	5.3%
33rd	Guyana	4.02%	1.9%
34th	Oman	4.08%	30.0%
35th	Mali	4.11%	-8.3%
36th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.12%	-1.4%
37th	Türkiye	4.12%	-4.8%
38th	Cameroon	4.13%	-5.0%
39th	Vanuatu	4.16%	14.2%
40th	Singapore	4.18%	8.0%
41st	Kuwait	4.21%	44.5%
42nd	Mongolia	4.23%	0.5%
43rd	Seychelles	4.24%	-4.3%
44th	Monaco	4.31%	-2.9%
45th	Azerbaijan	4.34%	21.0%
46th	Senegal	4.38%	-0.3%
47th	Cabo Verde	4.40%	-9.3%
48th	Zambia	4.43%	15.7%
49th	Solomon Islands	4.45%	-8.9%
50th	Eritrea	4.51%	15.2%
51st	Cambodia	4.54%	3.0%
52nd	Ghana	4.54%	13.1%
53rd	St. Lucia	4.58%	-2.2%
54th	Comoros	4.60%	-12.2%
55th	Grenada	4.65%	-2.7%
56th	Belize	4.66%	-4.3%
57th	Viet Nam	4.71%	0.4%
58th	Dominican Republic	4.74%	-1.5%
59th	Uzbekistan	4.74%	6.9%
60th	Bahrain	4.75%	12.1%
61st	Kenya	4.76%	-3.0%
62nd	Tonga	4.78%	-8.0%
63rd	China	4.85%	3.3%
64th	Peru	4.90%	-0.1%
65th	Antigua and Barbuda	4.91%	-7.8%
66th	Romania	4.94%	-1.7%
67th	Uganda	5.00%	-6.4%
68th	Madagascar	5.01%	12.2%
69th	Turkmenistan	5.02%	17.8%
70th	Central African Republic	5.03%	10.3%
71st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	5.06%	6.0%
72nd	Haiti	5.08%	12.3%
73rd	Luxembourg	5.08%	-2.9%
74th	Morocco	5.10%	-5.8%
75th	St. Kitts and Nevis	5.13%	7.9%
76th	Burkina Faso	5.13%	2.6%
77th	Dominica	5.16%	-1.9%
78th	Myanmar	5.20%	25.2%
79th	Bahamas, The	5.24%	-7.0%
80th	Russian Federation	5.30%	2.2%
81st	Niger	5.35%	20.1%
82nd	Nepal	5.47%	7.7%
83rd	Mexico	5.53%	3.3%
84th	Mauritius	5.55%	3.2%
85th	Trinidad and Tobago	5.65%	16.0%
86th	Liechtenstein	5.75%	2.0%
87th	Libya	5.81%	12.1%
88th	Suriname	5.81%	28.5%
89th	Guinea	5.81%	21.3%
90th	Sudan	5.81%	2.4%
91st	Latvia	5.85%	3.3%
92nd	Saudi Arabia	5.86%	13.6%
93rd	Guatemala	6.01%	2.0%
94th	Samoa	6.01%	-5.5%
95th	Belarus	6.07%	12.6%
96th	Barbados	6.09%	-0.1%
97th	Botswana	6.10%	3.8%
98th	Tunisia	6.21%	-3.7%
99th	Togo	6.25%	27.4%
100th	Burundi	6.29%	-12.8%
101st	Algeria	6.33%	5.3%
102nd	North Macedonia	6.34%	0.8%
103rd	Poland	6.36%	-0.4%
104th	Albania	6.39%	0.5%
105th	Korea	6.46%	3.5%
106th	Lithuania	6.47%	4.0%
107th	Yemen, Republic of	6.49%	11.2%
108th	Estonia	6.52%	4.1%
109th	São Tomé and Principe	6.53%	-17.5%
110th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.55%	11.1%
111th	Mozambique	6.61%	5.9%
112th	Jamaica	6.61%	5.2%
113th	Malawi	6.63%	-3.9%
114th	Rwanda	6.65%	-4.8%
115th	Croatia	6.66%	1.4%
116th	Paraguay	6.69%	1.0%
117th	Slovak Republic	6.74%	-1.8%
118th	Cyprus	6.79%	-2.0%
119th	Hungary	6.85%	-2.7%
120th	Tajikistan	6.91%	3.6%
121st	Andorra	6.91%	2.1%
122nd	Panama	6.94%	0.3%
123rd	Israel	7.02%	-0.1%
124th	Eswatini	7.06%	-2.7%
125th	Ireland	7.08%	-23.3%
126th	Kyrgyz Republic	7.15%	-2.8%
127th	Kiribati	7.22%	-19.4%
128th	Czechia	7.29%	-3.3%
129th	Bulgaria	7.39%	-3.8%
130th	Lebanon	7.42%	-1.4%
131st	Zimbabwe	7.45%	-8.4%
132nd	Jordan	7.46%	3.5%
133rd	Honduras	7.48%	-5.4%
134th	Colombia	7.52%	4.7%
135th	Costa Rica	7.59%	-0.9%
136th	Timor-Leste	7.69%	1.2%
137th	Ecuador	7.77%	14.8%
138th	Ukraine	7.78%	8.2%
139th	Nicaragua	7.96%	-0.2%
140th	South Africa	8.05%	2.3%
141st	Iceland	8.13%	-1.9%
142nd	Guinea-Bissau	8.13%	-18.4%
143rd	Uruguay	8.26%	2.7%
144th	Greece	8.27%	4.1%
145th	Chile	8.35%	6.5%
146th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	8.38%	23.0%
147th	San Marino	8.43%	1.6%
148th	Serbia	8.46%	-4.5%
149th	Moldova	8.50%	-2.7%
150th	Slovenia	8.58%	-0.1%
151st	Georgia	8.66%	4.4%
152nd	Maldives	8.68%	9.7%
153rd	Malta	8.70%	-2.1%
154th	El Salvador	8.76%	1.9%
155th	Italy	8.85%	-0.1%
156th	New Zealand	8.89%	-0.9%
157th	Brazil	8.91%	6.1%
158th	Montenegro	9.02%	12.8%
159th	Spain	9.18%	0.3%
160th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.24%	-2.4%
161st	Lesotho	9.25%	-7.4%
162nd	West Bank and Gaza	9.28%	-6.4%
163rd	Portugal	9.33%	0.0%
164th	Finland	9.70%	-1.3%
165th	Palau	9.76%	-8.8%
166th	European Union	9.90%	-0.5%
167th	United Kingdom	9.94%	-0.4%
168th	Namibia	9.98%	18.7%
169th	Norway	10.07%	8.5%
170th	Afghanistan	10.11%	6.0%
171st	Armenia	10.12%	-0.6%
172nd	Australia	10.14%	3.1%
173rd	Netherlands	10.19%	-2.6%
174th	Argentina	10.27%	4.9%
175th	Denmark	10.38%	0.6%
176th	Liberia	10.38%	28.2%
177th	Austria	10.52%	0.1%
178th	Japan	10.75%	0.2%
179th	Canada	10.76%	4.7%
180th	Belgium	10.88%	2.5%
181st	Germany	10.92%	1.4%
182nd	Sweden	10.93%	-1.3%
183rd	Switzerland	10.98%	2.9%
184th	France	11.50%	-0.7%
185th	Sierra Leone	12.38%	-18.1%
186th	Micronesia, Federated States of	12.62%	6.7%
187th	Cuba	12.81%	5.5%
188th	Tuvalu	13.44%	-7.5%
189th	Nauru	13.91%	71.3%
190th	Marshall Islands	14.78%	22.7%
191st	United States	16.40%	1.6%

FAQ

What was Saudi Arabia's health spending in 2015?▾

Saudi Arabia's health spending in 2015 was 5.86%. This ranked 92nd globally.

How did Saudi Arabia's health spending change in 2015?▾

Saudi Arabia's health spending increased by 13.6% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest health spending in 2015?▾

United States had the highest health spending in 2015 at 16.40%.

What is the health spending of Saudi Arabia in 2015?▾

The health spending of Saudi Arabia in 2015 was 5.86%. This ranked 92nd globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Saudi Arabia's health spending?▾

Saudi Arabia's health spending went from 5.16% in 2014 to 5.86% in 2015, a 13.6% increase.

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