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Health expenditure

Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. In Poland it rose from 5% to 8%, while in the United States it stands at roughly 17% of GDP.

8.1%Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 27d3a3375a3eWarehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 2000–2024; observations: 25; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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25 rows for Poland

Time range:
5.05.56.06.57.07.58.08.52000200520102015202020248.1
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Poland

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Poland

5.3→8.1

Total change
+2.8 pp
Period
2000–2024

Poland: 5.3 (2000) → 8.1 (2024). Difference: +2.8 pp. Peak value of 8.1 in 2024; lowest value of 5.3 in 2000.

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Health expenditure — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland8.1%
2023Poland7.1%
2022Poland6.5%
2021Poland6.4%
2020Poland6.4%
2019Poland6.4%
2018Poland6.3%
2017Poland6.5%
2016Poland6.5%
2015Poland6.4%
2014Poland6.4%
2013Poland6.4%
2012Poland6.2%
2011Poland6.2%
2010Poland6.4%
2009Poland6.6%
2008Poland6.4%
2007Poland5.9%
2006Poland5.8%
2005Poland5.8%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

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Longseries, “Health expenditure”. World Bank Open Data (SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS), 2000–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 27d3a3375a3edaba205b0c08aaadd6a1d20639ef7a776a6c184f7868bb489e1d. https://longseries.com/en/d/health-expenditure/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Germany; lowest — Poland

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
United States202316.7%16.7%
Highest value in the comparable yearGermany202412.3%12.3%
France202411.5%11.5%
Sweden202411.2%11.2%
United Kingdom202411.1%11.1%
Japan202310.7%10.7%
World202310.1%10.1%
Netherlands202410%10%
Remaining locations (7)

About this series

Current health spending as % of GDP, from 2000. Shorter time range than the mortality series.

Indicator definition

Current health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, covering both public and private spending. See also: GDP per capita.

How to read the data

Health spending in Poland increased from 5.3% to 8.1% of GDP, compared to roughly 12% in Germany and 17% in the US. Higher spending does not automatically guarantee longer lives — compare Life expectancy at birth and Infant mortality.

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