Total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP rose 0.451% to 17.2% in the USA in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in the USA reached an all time high of 17.2% in 2017 and an all time low of 5.13% in 1960.
USA has been ranked 1st within the group of 36 countries we follow in terms of total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Health Expenditure (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Australia | % | 8.56% | 8.69% | 8.77% | 9.06% | 9.33% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | % | 5.61% | 5.45% | 5.79% | 5.79% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.1% | 9.97% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 5.03% | 5.26% | 5.39% | 5.55% | 5.40% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 6.28% | 6.33% | 6.30% | 6.20% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 8.57% | 9.78% | 9.15% | 8.72% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| India | % | 3.25% | 3.33% | 3.75% | 3.62% | 3.86% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 10.6% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 10.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 5.70% | 5.84% | 5.94% | 5.61% | 5.76% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 4.78% | 4.93% | 5.07% | 5.17% | 5.29% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 6.30% | 6.44% | 6.58% | 6.82% | 7.05% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 16.4% | 16.4% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 16.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 8.42% | 8.34% | 9.77% | 9.72% | 9.79% |
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