Definition of Health Spending (% of GDP)

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Related Indicators

• Government Spending (% of GDP)
• Military Spending (% of GDP)
• Household Consumption (% of GDP)
• Military Spending (% of Public Spending)
• Percent Of World GDP