WorldDataRank / Health
Compare Health Expenditure across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2023. Values are measured in % of GDP.
Data year: 2023 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2023. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- United States has the highest observed value at 16.7%.
- Dominican Republic has the lowest observed value at 4.6%.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 8.3%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 12.1 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of GDP. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 16.7% |
| 2 | Canada | 11.2% |
| 3 | Argentina | 10.3% |
| 4 | Chile | 10.2% |
| 5 | Brazil | 9.7% |
| 6 | Cuba | 9.4% |
| 7 | El Salvador | 9.3% |
| 8 | Uruguay | 9% |
| 9 | Paraguay | 8.4% |
| 10 | Panama | 8.3% |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 8.3% |
| 12 | Colombia | 8.2% |
| 13 | Honduras | 7.7% |
| 14 | Ecuador | 7.6% |
| 15 | Bolivia | 6.9% |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 6.9% |
| 17 | Guatemala | 6.8% |
| 18 | Peru | 5.6% |
| 19 | Mexico | 5.5% |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 4.6% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 8.5%, compared with a median of 8.3%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 5.5 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
- Indicator ID
- SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS
- Data year
- 2023
- Units
- % of GDP
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (2023)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- United States, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, Dominican Republic
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2024: 3 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.