United States - Health Spending 2012
16.12%
−0.02% from 2011
United States's health spending was 16.12% in 2012, decreased +0.02% from 16.14% in 2011. This was the 189th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Equatorial Guinea | 1.62% | 5.2% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 1.75% | 9.3% |
| 3rd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.85% | -0.7% |
| 4th | Congo, Republic of | 1.91% | 9.0% |
| 5th | Lao PDR | 2.08% | 6.8% |
| 6th | Angola | 2.14% | -9.3% |
| 7th | Pakistan | 2.22% | -0.4% |
| 8th | Oman | 2.28% | 1.8% |
| 9th | Kuwait | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Bangladesh | 2.35% | -0.4% |
| 11th | Gabon | 2.42% | -5.3% |
| 12th | Myanmar | 2.44% | 24.9% |
| 13th | Mauritania | 2.65% | 7.1% |
| 14th | Papua New Guinea | 2.67% | 16.3% |
| 15th | Chad | 2.67% | -6.4% |
| 16th | Iraq | 2.69% | -3.9% |
| 17th | Indonesia | 2.91% | -2.5% |
| 18th | Kazakhstan | 3.04% | 16.7% |
| 19th | Benin | 3.08% | 2.6% |
| 20th | Azerbaijan | 3.16% | 21.6% |
| 21st | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.22% | 21.0% |
| 22nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.22% | 0.8% |
| 23rd | Bhutan | 3.26% | 7.9% |
| 24th | Fiji | 3.27% | 3.9% |
| 25th | Djibouti | 3.30% | -2.3% |
| 26th | Sri Lanka | 3.31% | -7.7% |
| 27th | Singapore | 3.32% | 5.4% |
| 28th | India | 3.33% | 2.6% |
| 29th | United Arab Emirates | 3.34% | -6.5% |
| 30th | Turkmenistan | 3.34% | 3.7% |
| 31st | Nigeria | 3.36% | 1.2% |
| 32nd | Malaysia | 3.46% | 4.3% |
| 33rd | Guinea | 3.50% | -7.5% |
| 34th | Thailand | 3.52% | -1.3% |
| 35th | Guyana | 3.71% | -11.1% |
| 36th | Eritrea | 3.74% | -27.5% |
| 37th | Mali | 3.75% | -6.5% |
| 38th | Mongolia | 3.86% | 7.6% |
| 39th | Madagascar | 3.91% | -13.5% |
| 40th | Central African Republic | 3.92% | 6.6% |
| 41st | Ghana | 3.93% | -12.0% |
| 42nd | Cameroon | 3.93% | 2.0% |
| 43rd | Vanuatu | 3.94% | 9.4% |
| 44th | Bahrain | 3.95% | 6.3% |
| 45th | Libya | 3.96% | -1.6% |
| 46th | Saudi Arabia | 3.99% | 8.3% |
| 47th | Zambia | 4.05% | 2.2% |
| 48th | Philippines | 4.18% | 3.8% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 4.22% | -0.7% |
| 50th | Senegal | 4.27% | 1.3% |
| 51st | Gambia, The | 4.27% | -2.3% |
| 52nd | Suriname | 4.28% | -2.8% |
| 53rd | Niger | 4.31% | -11.6% |
| 54th | Belize | 4.34% | -4.1% |
| 55th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.43% | 0.7% |
| 56th | Türkiye | 4.44% | -4.5% |
| 57th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.46% | 2.3% |
| 58th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.47% | 5.6% |
| 59th | China | 4.49% | 5.2% |
| 60th | Nepal | 4.49% | 0.9% |
| 61st | Romania | 4.51% | 0.8% |
| 62nd | Burkina Faso | 4.60% | -1.0% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.63% | -2.0% |
| 64th | Togo | 4.64% | 5.8% |
| 65th | Cabo Verde | 4.67% | 19.1% |
| 66th | Peru | 4.73% | 4.6% |
| 67th | Monaco | 4.76% | 2.6% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.82% | 0.2% |
| 69th | Solomon Islands | 4.88% | -3.0% |
| 70th | St. Lucia | 4.93% | -2.7% |
| 71st | Russian Federation | 4.94% | 3.0% |
| 72nd | Samoa | 4.99% | -7.3% |
| 73rd | Viet Nam | 5.00% | 0.5% |
| 74th | Tanzania | 5.02% | -0.8% |
| 75th | Kenya | 5.02% | -3.5% |
| 76th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.02% | -3.0% |
| 77th | Dominican Republic | 5.06% | 0.3% |
| 78th | Mozambique | 5.14% | 4.4% |
| 79th | Comoros | 5.17% | -2.4% |
| 80th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.20% | 8.9% |
| 81st | Belarus | 5.25% | 7.6% |
| 82nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.25% | 1.6% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 5.29% | 21.5% |
| 84th | Luxembourg | 5.29% | -11.1% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 5.32% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Morocco | 5.40% | 0.5% |
| 87th | Mexico | 5.42% | 2.3% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 5.55% | 5.4% |
| 89th | Haiti | 5.56% | -5.9% |
| 90th | Latvia | 5.62% | -5.0% |
| 91st | Algeria | 5.64% | 16.8% |
| 92nd | Sudan | 5.69% | 1.3% |
| 93rd | Cambodia | 5.78% | -3.8% |
| 94th | Dominica | 5.80% | 8.6% |
| 95th | Grenada | 5.82% | 0.3% |
| 96th | Sierra Leone | 5.93% | -10.3% |
| 97th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.94% | -4.4% |
| 98th | Korea | 5.96% | 0.9% |
| 99th | Tajikistan | 5.98% | 2.1% |
| 100th | Malawi | 6.02% | 13.1% |
| 101st | Estonia | 6.04% | -0.3% |
| 102nd | Guatemala | 6.07% | 1.8% |
| 103rd | Albania | 6.09% | -0.4% |
| 104th | Uganda | 6.11% | -8.8% |
| 105th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.12% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Jamaica | 6.19% | -5.2% |
| 107th | Poland | 6.23% | -0.3% |
| 108th | Tunisia | 6.29% | 2.7% |
| 109th | Lithuania | 6.31% | -3.6% |
| 110th | Botswana | 6.35% | 8.2% |
| 111th | Panama | 6.50% | -4.8% |
| 112th | Paraguay | 6.53% | 12.2% |
| 113th | Cyprus | 6.54% | 1.6% |
| 114th | North Macedonia | 6.61% | 1.5% |
| 115th | Andorra | 6.72% | -11.8% |
| 116th | Colombia | 6.75% | -0.5% |
| 117th | Barbados | 6.85% | 13.1% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 6.88% | 4.1% |
| 119th | Zimbabwe | 6.92% | -14.4% |
| 120th | Israel | 6.94% | 2.0% |
| 121st | Timor-Leste | 6.99% | 1.8% |
| 122nd | Lebanon | 7.00% | -14.3% |
| 123rd | Chile | 7.02% | 3.2% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 7.07% | 25.2% |
| 125th | Ukraine | 7.12% | 4.4% |
| 126th | Hungary | 7.43% | -0.8% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 7.49% | 0.5% |
| 128th | Slovak Republic | 7.53% | 2.9% |
| 129th | Bulgaria | 7.54% | 6.1% |
| 130th | Czechia | 7.54% | 0.9% |
| 131st | Liberia | 7.63% | -11.1% |
| 132nd | Croatia | 7.63% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Brazil | 7.74% | -0.7% |
| 134th | Costa Rica | 7.79% | -4.1% |
| 135th | Jordan | 7.82% | -4.1% |
| 136th | Eswatini | 7.82% | -7.7% |
| 137th | Afghanistan | 7.90% | -7.8% |
| 138th | Kiribati | 7.95% | -0.5% |
| 139th | Georgia | 7.95% | 0.9% |
| 140th | South Africa | 8.00% | 0.8% |
| 141st | Uruguay | 8.03% | 1.5% |
| 142nd | Rwanda | 8.10% | 2.1% |
| 143rd | Tonga | 8.14% | 71.7% |
| 144th | Iceland | 8.23% | -0.3% |
| 145th | Malta | 8.25% | -0.8% |
| 146th | Montenegro | 8.30% | 4.1% |
| 147th | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.51% | 19.7% |
| 148th | El Salvador | 8.61% | -3.0% |
| 149th | Burundi | 8.64% | -14.2% |
| 150th | Honduras | 8.66% | -1.5% |
| 151st | Australia | 8.67% | 1.6% |
| 152nd | Maldives | 8.67% | 9.5% |
| 153rd | Norway | 8.72% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Slovenia | 8.79% | 2.2% |
| 155th | Italy | 8.80% | 0.8% |
| 156th | Nauru | 8.84% | -11.3% |
| 157th | Serbia | 8.96% | 2.3% |
| 158th | San Marino | 8.99% | 11.4% |
| 159th | Greece | 9.04% | -1.6% |
| 160th | Armenia | 9.13% | -2.6% |
| 161st | Moldova | 9.14% | 0.5% |
| 162nd | New Zealand | 9.20% | 1.0% |
| 163rd | Spain | 9.22% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Cuba | 9.30% | -17.8% |
| 165th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.48% | 3.4% |
| 166th | Finland | 9.62% | 4.1% |
| 167th | Portugal | 9.64% | -0.8% |
| 168th | European Union | 9.88% | 1.2% |
| 169th | Argentina | 9.89% | 3.9% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 9.89% | 1.0% |
| 171st | Lesotho | 9.99% | 11.0% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 10.20% | -6.1% |
| 173rd | Palau | 10.25% | 3.0% |
| 174th | West Bank and Gaza | 10.30% | -9.2% |
| 175th | Austria | 10.30% | 1.6% |
| 176th | Switzerland | 10.34% | 2.3% |
| 177th | Netherlands | 10.45% | 3.0% |
| 178th | Ireland | 10.47% | -0.1% |
| 179th | Denmark | 10.53% | 1.3% |
| 180th | Canada | 10.54% | 1.3% |
| 181st | Belgium | 10.59% | 1.7% |
| 182nd | Germany | 10.59% | 0.7% |
| 183rd | Japan | 10.67% | 1.8% |
| 184th | Sweden | 10.83% | 3.2% |
| 185th | France | 11.34% | 1.4% |
| 186th | Marshall Islands | 11.66% | 2.7% |
| 187th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 12.39% | -6.3% |
| 188th | Tuvalu | 13.87% | -5.9% |
| 189th | United States | 16.12% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was United States's health spending in 2012?▾
United States's health spending in 2012 was 16.12%. This ranked 189th globally.
How did United States's health spending change in 2012?▾
United States's health spending decreased by 0.1% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest health spending in 2012?▾
United States had the highest health spending in 2012 at 16.12%.
What is the health spending of United States in 2012?▾
The health spending of United States in 2012 was 16.12%. This ranked 189th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for United States's health spending?▾
United States's health spending went from 16.14% in 2011 to 16.12% in 2012, a 0.1% decrease.
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