Based on a comparison of 42 countries in 2017, USA ranked the highest in public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP with 14.0% followed by Germany and France. On the other end of the scale was India with 0.957%, Indonesia with 1.11% and Mexico with 2.79%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Health Expenditure (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Public 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 |
| Austria | % | 8.32% | 8.42% | 8.36% | 7.68% | 7.67% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 8.03% | 8.19% | 8.48% | 8.09% | 7.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 9.27% | 9.42% | 9.07% | 8.56% | 8.65% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 6.67% | 6.82% | 7.08% | 7.10% | 7.30% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 8.91% | 8.98% | 9.04% | 8.87% | 8.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 8.60% | 8.64% | 8.68% | 9.25% | 9.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 7.27% | 7.28% | 7.29% | 6.84% | 6.75% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 8.32% | 8.44% | 8.45% | 9.11% | 9.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 9.62% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 8.76% | 8.42% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 8.28% | 8.46% | 8.08% | 7.49% | 7.35% | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 7.87% | 7.90% | 8.18% | 7.96% | 8.64% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 7.75% | 7.78% | 7.91% | 9.29% | 9.17% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 7.22% | 7.52% | 7.57% | 7.27% | 7.54% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 8.08% | 8.01% | 8.05% | 13.4% | 13.8% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 7.70% | 7.79% | 7.62% | 7.74% | 7.79% |
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