Total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP rose 0.366% to 8.23% in Bulgaria in 2016, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 8.51% in 2014 and an all time low of 4.57% in 1996.
Bulgaria has been ranked 23rd within the group of 42 countries we follow in terms of total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 40 places 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 |
| Albania | % | 5.71% | 5.59% | 5.66% | 5.88% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 9.71% | 9.94% | 9.42% | 9.46% | 9.34% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 7.14% | 7.59% | 7.85% | 8.51% | 8.20% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 7.80% | 7.80% | 6.82% | 7.05% | 7.15% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 9.10% | 8.88% | 8.41% | 7.95% | 8.19% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 7.54% | 7.47% | 7.26% | 7.09% | 7.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 7.12% | 6.98% | 6.49% | 6.89% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 3.32% | 5.26% | 5.92% | 5.54% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 6.61% | 6.76% | 6.07% | 6.48% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Moldova | % | 10.6% | 11.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 4.68% | 4.71% | 5.18% | 5.03% | 4.94% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 9.72% | 9.89% | 10.1% | 10.4% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 4.69% | 4.48% | 4.40% | 4.35% | 4.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 6.98% | 7.47% | 7.67% | 7.10% | ... | ... | ... |
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