Based on a comparison of 169 countries in 2014, Maldives ranked the highest in public health expenditure as a percentage of government expenditures with 26.6% followed by Nicaragua and New Zealand. On the other end of the scale was East Timor with 2.44%, Laos with 3.44% and Myanmar with 3.59%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Health Expenditure (As % of Government Expenditures) indicator page.
| Public Health Expenditure (As % of Government Expenditures) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Canada | % | ... | 18.0% | 18.1% | 18.2% | 18.4% | 18.5% | |||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | ... | 18.0% | 18.3% | 18.1% | 20.2% | 18.5% | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | 26.1% | 30.6% | 29.0% | 28.1% | 27.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | 18.6% | 18.7% | 18.5% | 19.1% | 19.3% | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | 18.6% | 18.6% | 19.4% | 19.7% | 20.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | 13.2% | 12.7% | 9.15% | 8.93% | 16.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | ... | 15.8% | 18.5% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 18.8% | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | ... | 18.8% | 18.4% | 18.8% | 19.3% | 20.0% | |||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | ... | 18.4% | 19.4% | 17.4% | 19.0% | 20.5% | |||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | 18.1% | 20.0% | 19.8% | 19.1% | 19.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | ... | 18.1% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 17.9% | 18.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | ... | 14.5% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 15.1% | 15.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | 20.9% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 21.5% | 22.1% | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | ... | 19.0% | 18.7% | 19.0% | 19.5% | 20.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | % | ... | 19.7% | 19.3% | 19.0% | 18.6% | 19.3% |
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