Based on a comparison of 48 countries in 2017, USA ranked the highest in health expenditure with USD 3,341,746 mil followed by China and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Cyprus with USD 1,387 mil, Bosnia and Herzegovina with USD 1,514 mil and Estonia with USD 1,745 mil.
Data for more countries are available at Health Expenditure, Total (USD) indicator page.
| Health Expenditure, Total (USD) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Australia | USD mil | 129,326 | 136,111 | 133,001 | 131,749 | 115,031 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | USD mil | 211,477 | 203,581 | 209,666 | 204,423 | 160,544 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | USD mil | 182,979 | 186,807 | 186,713 | 179,387 | 161,842 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD mil | 378,276 | 451,187 | 518,914 | 584,479 | 606,439 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | USD mil | 320,600 | 304,004 | 321,744 | 331,234 | 280,559 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD mil | 403,006 | 381,792 | 409,715 | 427,862 | 374,813 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | USD mil | 59,176 | 60,842 | 69,608 | 73,816 | 81,215 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD mil | 201,295 | 185,745 | 190,781 | 194,201 | 164,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD mil | 653,737 | 669,389 | 556,405 | 525,397 | 477,822 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | USD mil | 95,206 | 91,532 | 95,588 | 96,905 | 79,589 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD mil | 75,779 | 78,712 | 85,883 | 96,253 | 97,471 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | USD mil | 135,404 | 121,324 | 122,946 | 124,450 | 109,293 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD mil | 75,347 | 73,856 | 77,925 | 81,551 | 80,846 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 2,543,857 | 2,650,809 | 2,741,130 | 2,891,965 | 3,063,757 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD mil | 221,987 | 223,242 | 269,253 | 295,251 | 283,709 |
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