Highest Healthcare Spending Per Capita 2026
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United States spends the most on healthcare per person at $13,473 per year. Current health expenditure per capita includes all spending on healthcare by governments, insurers, and individuals. Wealthier nations spend far more per person in absolute terms, though spending efficiency varies widely.
| Rank | Country | USD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 | United States | $13,473 |
| 2 | 🇨🇭 | Switzerland | $11,784 |
| 3 | 🇱🇮 | Liechtenstein | $11,495 |
| 4 | 🇳🇴 | Norway | $8,296 |
| 5 | 🇱🇺 | Luxembourg | $8,170 |
| 6 | 🇲🇨 | Monaco | $8,004 |
| 7 | 🇮🇸 | Iceland | $7,642 |
| 8 | 🇮🇪 | Ireland | $7,395 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺 | Australia | $6,980 |
| 10 | 🇩🇪 | Germany | $6,849 |
| 11 | 🇳🇱 | Netherlands | $6,845 |
| 12 | 🇩🇰 | Denmark | $6,745 |
| 13 | 🇦🇹 | Austria | $6,739 |
| 14 | 🇸🇪 | Sweden | $6,485 |
| 15 | 🇨🇦 | Canada | $6,378 |
| 16 | 🌐 | Belgium | $5,931 |
| 17 | 🇬🇧 | United Kingdom | $5,860 |
| 18 | 🇫🇮 | Finland | $5,515 |
| 19 | 🇫🇷 | France | $5,327 |
| 20 | 🇳🇿 | New Zealand | $5,022 |
| 21 | 🇮🇱 | Israel | $3,928 |
| 22 | 🇸🇲 | San Marino | $3,924 |
| 23 | 🇸🇬 | Singapore | $3,922 |
| 24 | 🇯🇵 | Japan | $3,638 |
| 25 | 🇲🇹 | Malta | $3,623 |
| 26 | 🇦🇩 | Andorra | $3,605 |
| 27 | 🇮🇹 | Italy | $3,398 |
| 28 | 🇸🇮 | Slovenia | $3,371 |
| 29 | 🇰🇷 | South Korea | $3,137 |
| 30 | 🇪🇸 | Spain | $3,107 |
| 31 | 🇵🇹 | Portugal | $2,971 |
| 32 | 🇨🇾 | Cyprus | $2,899 |
| 33 | 🇨🇿 | Czechia | $2,693 |
| 34 | 🇪🇪 | Estonia | $2,438 |
| 35 | 🇦🇪 | United Arab Emirates | $2,402 |
| 36 | 🇳🇷 | Nauru | $2,292 |
| 37 | 🇧🇸 | Bahamas | $2,262 |
| 38 | 🇱🇹 | Lithuania | $2,232 |
| 39 | 🇺🇾 | Uruguay | $2,076 |
| 40 | 🇵🇱 | Poland | $2,014 |
| 41 | 🇬🇷 | Greece | $1,963 |
| 42 | 🇸🇦 | Saudi Arabia | $1,825 |
| 43 | 🇸🇰 | Slovakia | $1,813 |
| 44 | 🇶🇦 | Qatar | $1,804 |
| 45 | 🇨🇱 | Chile | $1,760 |
| 46 | 🇹🇻 | Tuvalu | $1,724 |
| 47 | 🇵🇼 | Palau | $1,684 |
| 48 | 🇰🇼 | Kuwait | $1,679 |
| 49 | 🇱🇻 | Latvia | $1,645 |
| 50 | 🇵🇦 | Panama | $1,558 |
| 51 | 🇭🇷 | Croatia | $1,548 |
| 52 | 🇦🇷 | Argentina | $1,457 |
| 53 | 🇭🇺 | Hungary | $1,420 |
| 54 | 🇰🇳 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $1,295 |
| 55 | 🇧🇧 | Barbados | $1,286 |
| 56 | 🇹🇹 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,276 |
| 57 | 🇧🇬 | Bulgaria | $1,258 |
| 58 | 🇨🇺 | Cuba | $1,199 |
| 59 | 🇧🇭 | Bahrain | $1,176 |
| 60 | 🇨🇷 | Costa Rica | $1,163 |
| 61 | 🇲🇻 | Maldives | $1,159 |
| 62 | 🇲🇪 | Montenegro | $1,148 |
| 63 | 🇷🇴 | Romania | $1,051 |
| 64 | 🇧🇷 | Brazil | $1,010 |
| 65 | 🇷🇺 | Russia | $1,003 |
| 66 | 🇷🇸 | Serbia | $984 |
| 67 | 🇲🇭 | Marshall Islands | $894 |
| 68 | 🇦🇬 | Antigua and Barbuda | $841 |
| 69 | 🇧🇦 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $773 |
| 70 | 🇦🇲 | Armenia | $767 |
| 71 | 🇸🇨 | Seychelles | $766 |
| 72 | 🇨🇳 | China | $763 |
| 73 | 🇲🇽 | Mexico | $761 |
| 74 | 🇧🇳 | Brunei | $733 |
| 75 | 🇴🇲 | Oman | $732 |
| 76 | 🇨🇴 | Colombia | $644 |
| 77 | 🇱🇨 | Saint Lucia | $641 |
| 78 | 🇲🇰 | North Macedonia | $639 |
| 79 | 🇲🇺 | Mauritius | $616 |
| 80 | 🇦🇱 | Albania | $591 |
| 81 | 🇹🇲 | Turkmenistan | $581 |
| 82 | 🇧🇾 | Belarus | $558 |
| 83 | 🇬🇪 | Georgia | $554 |
| 84 | 🇹🇷 | Türkiye | $548 |
| 85 | 🇿🇦 | South Africa | $537 |
| 86 | 🇵🇾 | Paraguay | $527 |
| 87 | 🇬🇩 | Grenada | $526 |
| 88 | 🇯🇲 | Jamaica | $520 |
| 89 | 🇪🇨 | Ecuador | $509 |
| 90 | 🇫🇲 | Micronesia | $508 |
| 91 | 🇬🇾 | Guyana | $505 |
| 92 | 🇸🇻 | El Salvador | $501 |
| 93 | 🇩🇲 | Dominica | $492 |
| 94 | 🇰🇿 | Kazakhstan | $490 |
| 95 | 🇧🇼 | Botswana | $490 |
| 96 | 🇩🇴 | Dominican Republic | $489 |
| 97 | 🇱🇾 | Libya | $470 |
| 98 | 🇻🇨 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $469 |
| 99 | 🇲🇩 | Moldova | $452 |
| 100 | 🇲🇾 | Malaysia | $450 |
| 101 | 🇵🇪 | Peru | $446 |
| 102 | 🇳🇦 | Namibia | $397 |
| 103 | 🇬🇹 | Guatemala | $392 |
| 104 | 🇺🇦 | Ukraine | $370 |
| 105 | 🇲🇳 | Mongolia | $360 |
| 106 | 🇹🇴 | Tonga | $358 |
| 107 | 🇵🇸 | Palestine | $346 |
| 108 | 🇯🇴 | Jordan | $342 |
| 109 | 🇮🇶 | Iraq | $333 |
| 110 | 🇹🇭 | Thailand | $327 |
| 111 | 🇹🇳 | Tunisia | $318 |
| 112 | 🇧🇿 | Belize | $309 |
| 113 | 🇦🇿 | Azerbaijan | $300 |
| 114 | 🇸🇷 | Suriname | $297 |
| 115 | 🇸🇿 | Eswatini | $296 |
| 116 | 🇼🇸 | Samoa | $293 |
| 117 | 🇨🇻 | Cape Verde | $290 |
| 118 | 🇮🇷 | Iran | $267 |
| 119 | 🇱🇧 | Lebanon | $261 |
| 120 | 🇧🇴 | Bolivia | $255 |
| 121 | 🇬🇦 | Gabon | $253 |
| 122 | 🇭🇳 | Honduras | $249 |
| 123 | 🇰🇮 | Kiribati | $238 |
| 124 | 🇬🇶 | Equatorial Guinea | $234 |
| 125 | 🇩🇿 | Algeria | $233 |
| 126 | 🇲🇦 | Morocco | $232 |
| 127 | 🇳🇮 | Nicaragua | $217 |
| 128 | 🇫🇯 | Fiji | $213 |
| 129 | 🇻🇳 | Vietnam | $197 |
| 130 | 🇵🇭 | Philippines | $194 |
| 131 | 🇺🇿 | Uzbekistan | $192 |
| 132 | 🇻🇪 | Venezuela | $186 |
| 133 | 🇸🇹 | São Tomé and Príncipe | $171 |
| 134 | 🇧🇹 | Bhutan | $162 |
| 135 | 🇹🇱 | Timor-Leste | $144 |
| 136 | 🇻🇺 | Vanuatu | $143 |
| 137 | 🇪🇬 | Egypt | $141 |
| 138 | 🇱🇰 | Sri Lanka | $134 |
| 139 | 🇮🇩 | Indonesia | $132 |
| 140 | 🇱🇸 | Lesotho | $123 |
| 141 | 🇰🇭 | Cambodia | $115 |
| 142 | 🇸🇧 | Solomon Islands | $111 |
| 143 | 🇱🇷 | Liberia | $104 |
| 144 | 🇰🇲 | Comoros | $102 |
| 145 | 🇰🇬 | Kyrgyzstan | $97 |
| 146 | 🇲🇷 | Mauritania | $92 |
| 147 | 🇨🇮 | Ivory Coast | $88 |
| 148 | 🇵🇬 | Papua New Guinea | $85 |
| 149 | 🇹🇯 | Tajikistan | $85 |
| 150 | 🇰🇪 | Kenya | $85 |
| 151 | 🇮🇳 | India | $85 |
| 152 | 🇳🇵 | Nepal | $84 |
| 153 | 🇬🇼 | Guinea-Bissau | $82 |
| 154 | 🇿🇲 | Zambia | $80 |
| 155 | 🇨🇲 | Cameroon | $79 |
| 156 | 🇩🇯 | Djibouti | $78 |
| 157 | 🇦🇴 | Angola | $76 |
| 158 | 🇨🇬 | Republic of the Congo | $76 |
| 159 | 🇸🇳 | Senegal | $73 |
| 160 | 🇸🇸 | South Sudan | $73 |
| 161 | 🇧🇫 | Burkina Faso | $72 |
| 162 | 🇬🇭 | Ghana | $70 |
| 163 | 🇳🇬 | Nigeria | $67 |
| 164 | 🇿🇼 | Zimbabwe | $63 |
| 165 | 🇹🇬 | Togo | $60 |
| 166 | 🇬🇳 | Guinea | $59 |
| 167 | 🇦🇫 | Afghanistan | $59 |
| 168 | 🇲🇲 | Myanmar | $56 |
| 169 | 🇭🇹 | Haiti | $54 |
| 170 | 🇨🇫 | Central African Republic | $54 |
| 171 | 🇧🇩 | Bangladesh | $53 |
| 172 | 🇲🇿 | Mozambique | $53 |
| 173 | 🇷🇼 | Rwanda | $53 |
| 174 | 🇾🇪 | Yemen | $48 |
| 175 | 🇹🇩 | Chad | $47 |
| 176 | 🇧🇯 | Benin | $47 |
| 177 | 🇺🇬 | Uganda | $45 |
| 178 | 🇲🇼 | Malawi | $41 |
| 179 | 🇹🇿 | Tanzania | $36 |
| 180 | 🇸🇱 | Sierra Leone | $36 |
| 181 | 🇪🇹 | Ethiopia | $35 |
| 182 | 🇲🇱 | Mali | $34 |
| 183 | 🇸🇾 | Syria | $33 |
| 184 | 🇵🇰 | Pakistan | $30 |
| 185 | 🇪🇷 | Eritrea | $28 |
| 186 | 🇧🇮 | Burundi | $28 |
| 187 | 🇱🇦 | Laos | $27 |
| 188 | 🇳🇪 | Niger | $26 |
| 189 | 🇬🇲 | Gambia | $26 |
| 190 | 🇨🇩 | DR Congo | $23 |
| 191 | 🇸🇴 | Somalia | $22 |
| 192 | 🇸🇩 | Sudan | $21 |
| 193 | 🇲🇬 | Madagascar | $17 |
| — | 🌐 | Abkhazia | No data |
| — | 🌐 | American Samoa | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Aruba | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Bermuda | No data |
| — | 🌐 | British Virgin Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Cayman Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Channel Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Curacao | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Faroe Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | French Polynesia | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Gibraltar | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Greenland | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Guam | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Hong Kong | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Isle of Man | No data |
| — | 🇰🇵 | North Korea | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Kosovo | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Macau | No data |
| — | 🌐 | New Caledonia | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Northern Cyprus | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Puerto Rico | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Sint Maarten | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Somaliland | No data |
| — | 🌐 | South Ossetia | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Saint Martin | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Taiwan | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Turks and Caicos Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | U.S. Virgin Islands | No data |
| — | 🌐 | Western Sahara | No data |
Key Insights
The top three countries in highest healthcare spending per capita 2026 are: United States ($13,473), Switzerland ($11,784), Liechtenstein ($11,495). At the other end of the scale, Madagascar ($17), Sudan ($21), Somalia ($22) record the lowest values among countries with data. The median value across 193 countries with data is $470.