Based on a comparison of 43 countries in 2017, Norway ranked the highest in public health expenditure as a share of total with 85.0% followed by Germany and Denmark. On the other end of the scale was India with 24.8%, Indonesia with 32.3% and South Africa with 42.7%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Health Expenditure (As % of Total) indicator page.
| Public Health Expenditure (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Belgium | % | 77.9% | 78.3% | 78.0% | 78.2% | 78.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 83.9% | 83.7% | 83.6% | 82.7% | 83.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 83.6% | 84.0% | 84.3% | 84.2% | 84.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 76.0% | 76.1% | 76.2% | 76.5% | 76.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 83.3% | 83.1% | 83.9% | 84.4% | 84.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 80.1% | 79.9% | 80.2% | 80.5% | 80.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 83.7% | 83.9% | 84.3% | 84.1% | 84.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 83.2% | 82.9% | 82.5% | 82.3% | 81.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 82.2% | 82.0% | 81.1% | 80.7% | 81.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 80.9% | 80.5% | 80.1% | 79.6% | 79.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 84.4% | 84.8% | 85.0% | 85.3% | 85.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 73.8% | 72.2% | 74.2% | 80.2% | 79.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 84.0% | 83.6% | 83.4% | 83.4% | 83.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 48.4% | 48.3% | 48.8% | 81.4% | 81.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 82.6% | 82.8% | 79.6% | 79.6% | 79.6% |
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