Countries With the Fastest Growth in Health expenditure share of GDP (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in Health expenditure share of GDP (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Change in Health expenditure share of GDP over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Tuvalu rose the most: by 8.67 pts, from 18.4% of GDP to 27.1% of GDP in the five years to 2023. Naoero is second (+7.12 pts), followed by Timor-Leste (+3.2 pts). 132 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +0.687 pts.

#1: Tuvalu · +8.67 pts
Median: +0.687 pts
Coverage: 132 countries
Data year: 2023
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (points). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Tuvalu 8.67; 2. Naoero 7.12; 3. Timor-Leste 3.2; 4. Libya 2.94; 5. Burkina Faso 2.86; 6. Liberia 2.57; 7. Uzbekistan 2.19; 8. Tunisia 2.05; 9. Samoa 2.01; 10. Maldives 1.96.

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Countries With the Fastest Growth in Health expenditure share of GDP (5-Year Change), 2023
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (points)
1	Tuvalu	18.4	27.1	+8.67 pts
2	Naoero	11.1	18.2	+7.12 pts
3	Timor-Leste	6.4	9.6	+3.2 pts
4	Libya	4.87	7.81	+2.94 pts
5	Burkina Faso	4.94	7.8	+2.86 pts
6	Liberia	10.4	13	+2.57 pts
7	Uzbekistan	4.55	6.74	+2.19 pts
8	Tunisia	5.94	7.99	+2.05 pts
9	Samoa	4.78	6.78	+2.01 pts
10	Maldives	7.29	9.25	+1.96 pts
11	Burundi	7.29	9.09	+1.8 pts
12	Chad	3.29	5	+1.71 pts
13	Russian Federation	5.36	7.04	+1.69 pts
14	Poland	6.39	8.06	+1.67 pts
15	Comoros	4.9	6.55	+1.65 pts
16	Nepal	4.53	6.16	+1.63 pts
17	Paraguay	6.75	8.36	+1.61 pts
18	Belarus	5.53	7.08	+1.55 pts
19	Congo, Rep.	1.76	3.3	+1.54 pts
20	Guinea-Bissau	7.28	8.82	+1.54 pts
21	Mongolia	4.53	6.07	+1.54 pts
22	Solomon Islands	3.86	5.36	+1.5 pts
23	Lesotho	11.1	12.6	+1.49 pts
24	Mauritania	2.88	4.34	+1.46 pts
25	Iraq	4.08	5.53	+1.46 pts
26	New Zealand	8.62	10.1	+1.44 pts
27	Finland	9.11	10.5	+1.37 pts
28	Venezuela, RB	2.42	3.78	+1.36 pts
29	Bhutan	3.07	4.42	+1.35 pts
30	Cyprus	6.78	8.12	+1.33 pts
31	Montenegro	8.34	9.66	+1.31 pts
32	Slovenia	8.57	9.88	+1.31 pts
33	Tonga	6.12	7.36	+1.24 pts
34	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.51	3.74	+1.24 pts
35	Chile	9.31	10.5	+1.22 pts
36	Zambia	4.77	5.98	+1.21 pts
37	Austria	10.6	11.8	+1.21 pts
38	Estonia	6.65	7.84	+1.19 pts
39	United Kingdom	9.98	11.1	+1.15 pts
40	Philippines	3.95	5.1	+1.15 pts
41	Morocco	4.95	6.06	+1.12 pts
42	Nigeria	3.09	4.19	+1.1 pts
43	West Bank and Gaza	9.66	10.7	+1.08 pts
44	Cabo Verde	4.79	5.85	+1.06 pts
45	Czechia	7.49	8.51	+1.02 pts
46	Korea, Rep.	7.69	8.68	+0.983 pts
47	North Macedonia	6.46	7.43	+0.97 pts
48	El Salvador	8.32	9.29	+0.965 pts
49	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	11.9	12.9	+0.941 pts
50	Cameroon	3.62	4.55	+0.935 pts
51	Trinidad and Tobago	6.65	7.53	+0.875 pts
52	China	5.07	5.94	+0.875 pts
53	United Arab Emirates	4.1	4.97	+0.873 pts
54	Latvia	6.41	7.28	+0.869 pts
55	Kazakhstan	2.9	3.77	+0.866 pts
56	Namibia	8.62	9.48	+0.861 pts
57	St. Kitts and Nevis	4.9	5.74	+0.839 pts
58	Germany	11.4	12.3	+0.839 pts
59	South Africa	8.08	8.91	+0.828 pts
60	Afghanistan	14.2	15	+0.778 pts
61	Jamaica	6.84	7.6	+0.766 pts
62	Portugal	9.51	10.2	+0.732 pts
63	Malta	8.11	8.84	+0.73 pts
64	Panama	7.6	8.33	+0.729 pts
65	Slovak Republic	6.64	7.35	+0.716 pts
66	Guatemala	6.11	6.8	+0.696 pts
67	Vanuatu	3.44	4.12	+0.678 pts
68	Jordan	6.98	7.66	+0.677 pts
69	Thailand	3.87	4.54	+0.667 pts
70	Ukraine	7.55	8.2	+0.651 pts
71	Lithuania	6.94	7.6	+0.651 pts
72	Yemen, Rep.	9.09	9.7	+0.606 pts
73	Bulgaria	7.34	7.92	+0.578 pts
74	Equatorial Guinea	2.92	3.5	+0.577 pts
75	Papua New Guinea	2.3	2.87	+0.57 pts
76	Peru	5.08	5.64	+0.554 pts
77	Mozambique	7.98	8.5	+0.522 pts
78	Ghana	2.43	2.95	+0.517 pts
79	Switzerland	11.2	11.7	+0.492 pts
80	Honduras	7.23	7.71	+0.482 pts
81	India	2.86	3.34	+0.481 pts
82	Bahamas, The	5.84	6.3	+0.464 pts
83	Albania	6.59	7.05	+0.462 pts
84	St. Lucia	4.27	4.73	+0.457 pts
85	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3.24	3.69	+0.444 pts
86	Azerbaijan	3.84	4.27	+0.434 pts
87	Croatia	6.71	7.15	+0.433 pts
88	Luxembourg	5.47	5.89	+0.425 pts
89	Tajikistan	7.01	7.44	+0.424 pts
90	Singapore	4.07	4.49	+0.419 pts
91	Gabon	2.75	3.13	+0.382 pts
92	Dominican Republic	4.22	4.6	+0.381 pts
93	France	11.2	11.5	+0.364 pts
94	Saudi Arabia	5.34	5.69	+0.347 pts
95	Iceland	8.64	8.98	+0.344 pts
96	Côte d'Ivoire	3.09	3.43	+0.341 pts
97	Andorra	7.38	7.7	+0.322 pts
98	Greece	8.07	8.39	+0.321 pts
99	Bolivia	6.6	6.92	+0.315 pts
100	Australia	10.1	10.4	+0.31 pts

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#1 Tuvalu

Tuvalu ranks #1 on this list with +8.67 pts.

Capital: Funafuti
Continent: Oceania
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 9,492 people (2025)
GDP: US$57.35 million (2025)
GDP per person: US$6,041 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 65.4% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in agricultural land share · #1 in health expenditure share of gdp · #1 in literacy rate.

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#2 Naoero

Naoero ranks #2 on this list with +7.12 pts.

Capital: Yaren District
Continent: Oceania
Income group: High income
Population: 12,025 people (2025)
GDP: US$176.04 million (2025)
GDP per person: US$14,640 (2025)
Life expectancy: 62.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 100% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in government revenue share of gdp · #2 in health expenditure share of gdp · #8 in atms per 100,000 adults.

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#3 Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste ranks #3 on this list with +3.2 pts.

Capital: Dili
Continent: Asia
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 1.42 million people (2025)
GDP: US$1.9 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,341 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67.9 years (2024)
Urban population: 28.8% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in smoking prevalence · #3 in government revenue share of gdp · #4 in prevalence of stunting (under-5).

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#4 Libya

Libya ranks #4 on this list with +2.94 pts.

Capital: Tripoli
Continent: Africa
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 7.46 million people (2025)
GDP: US$48.1 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$6,449 (2025)
Life expectancy: 71.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 87.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Tripoli.

Also ranks #1 in natural resource rents share of gdp · #1 in oil rents share of gdp · #2 in industry value added share of gdp.

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#5 Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso ranks #5 on this list with +2.86 pts.

Capital: Ouagadougou
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 24.08 million people (2025)
GDP: US$27.63 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,148 (2025)
Life expectancy: 61.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 28.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Ouagadougou.

Also ranks #7 in mineral rents share of gdp · #9 in children out of school (primary) · #11 in under-5 mortality rate.

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#6 Liberia

Liberia ranks #6 on this list with +2.57 pts.

Capital: Monrovia
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 5.73 million people (2025)
GDP: US$5.25 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$915.3 (2025)
Life expectancy: 62.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 56.1% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Monrovia.

Also ranks #2 in forest rents share of gdp · #3 in renewable energy share · #5 in infant mortality rate.

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#7 Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan ranks #7 on this list with +2.19 pts.

Capital: Tashkent
Continent: Asia
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 37.05 million people (2025)
GDP: US$147.04 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,968 (2025)
Life expectancy: 72.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 51% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Tashkent.

Also ranks #2 in literacy rate · #4 in deposit interest rate · #5 in bank branches per 100,000 adults.

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#8 Tunisia

Tunisia ranks #8 on this list with +2.05 pts.

Capital: Tunis
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 12.35 million people (2025)
GDP: US$57.5 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$4,657 (2025)
Life expectancy: 76.7 years (2024)
Urban population: 70.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #9 in youth unemployment rate · #9 in gender parity index (school enrolment) · #16 in unemployment rate.

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#9 Samoa

Samoa ranks #9 on this list with +2.01 pts.

Capital: Apia
Continent: Oceania
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 219,310 people (2025)
GDP: US$1.29 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$5,873 (2025)
Life expectancy: 71.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 17.5% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in rural population share · #4 in diabetes prevalence · #16 in age dependency ratio.

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#10 Maldives

Maldives ranks #10 on this list with +1.96 pts.

Capital: Malé
Continent: Asia
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 529,680 people (2025)
GDP: US$7.74 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$14,615 (2025)
Life expectancy: 81.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 42.5% of population (2025)

Also ranks #5 in male population share · #5 in population ages 15-64 share · #8 in population density.

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Source and method

Change in Health expenditure share of GDP over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Current health expenditure (% of GDP): Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

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About the top 10

#1 Tuvalu

#2 Naoero

#3 Timor-Leste

#4 Libya

#5 Burkina Faso

#6 Liberia

#7 Uzbekistan

#8 Tunisia

#9 Samoa

#10 Maldives

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