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Human Development Report 2009

NHealth and education
Government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditureExcel

HDI Rank Country
1 Norway 17.9
2 Australia 17.2
3 Iceland 18.1
4 Canada 17.9
5 Ireland 17.3
6 Netherlands 16.4
7 Sweden 13.4
8 France 16.7
9 Switzerland 19.6
10 Japan 17.7
11 Luxembourg 16.8
12 Finland 12.1
13 United States 19.1
14 Austria 15.5
15 Spain 15.3
16 Denmark 15.6
17 Belgium 13.9
18 Italy 14.2
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 18.6
21 United Kingdom 16.5
22 Germany 17.6
23 Singapore 5.4
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 11.5
26 Korea (Republic of) 11.9
27 Israel 11.1
28 Andorra 22.7
29 Slovenia 13.5
30 Brunei Darussalam 5.1
31 Kuwait 4.9
32 Cyprus 6.4
33 Qatar 9.7
34 Portugal 15.5
35 United Arab Emirates 8.7
36 Czech Republic 13.6
37 Barbados 11.9
38 Malta 14.7
39 Bahrain 9.5
40 Estonia 11.3
41 Poland 9.9
42 Slovakia 13.8
43 Hungary 10.4
44 Chile 14.1
45 Croatia 13.9
46 Lithuania 13.3
47 Antigua and Barbuda 11.3
48 Latvia 10.2
49 Argentina 14.2
50 Uruguay 9.2
51 Cuba 10.8
52 Bahamas 13.9
53 Mexico 11.0
54 Costa Rica 21.5
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 6.5
56 Oman 5.4
57 Seychelles 8.8
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9.3
59 Saudi Arabia 8.7
60 Panama 11.5
61 Bulgaria 11.9
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.5
63 Romania 12.4
64 Trinidad and Tobago 6.9
65 Montenegro 20.1
66 Malaysia 7.0
67 Serbia 14.3
68 Belarus 10.2
69 Saint Lucia 10.2
70 Albania 11.3
71 Russian Federation 10.8
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 16.5
73 Dominica 9.2
74 Grenada 9.5
75 Brazil 7.2
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.0
77 Colombia 17.0
78 Peru 13.1
79 Turkey 16.5
80 Ecuador 7.3
81 Mauritius 9.2
82 Kazakhstan 10.4
83 Lebanon 11.3
84 Armenia 9.7
85 Ukraine 8.8
86 Azerbaijan 3.6
87 Thailand 11.3
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.2
89 Georgia 5.6
90 Dominican Republic 9.5
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.3
92 China 9.9
93 Belize 10.9
94 Samoa 10.5
95 Maldives 14.0
96 Jordan 9.5
97 Suriname 8.0
98 Tunisia 6.5
99 Tonga 11.1
100 Jamaica 4.2
101 Paraguay 13.2
102 Sri Lanka 8.3
103 Gabon 13.9
104 Algeria 9.5
105 Philippines 6.4
106 El Salvador 15.6
107 Syrian Arab Republic 5.9
108 Fiji 9.1
109 Turkmenistan 14.9
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 5.3
112 Honduras 15.0
113 Bolivia 11.6
114 Guyana 8.3
115 Mongolia 11.0
116 Viet Nam 6.8
117 Moldova 11.8
118 Equatorial Guinea 7.0
119 Uzbekistan 8.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 8.7
121 Cape Verde 13.2
122 Guatemala 14.7
123 Egypt 7.3
124 Nicaragua 16.0
125 Botswana 17.8
126 Vanuatu 10.9
127 Tajikistan 5.5
128 Namibia 10.1
129 South Africa 9.9
130 Morocco 5.5
131 Sao Tome and Principe 12.2
132 Bhutan 7.3
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.1
134 India 3.4
135 Solomon Islands 12.6
136 Congo 4.0
137 Cambodia 10.7
138 Myanmar 1.8
139 Comoros 8.0
140 Yemen 5.6
141 Pakistan 1.3
142 Swaziland 9.4
143 Angola 5.0
144 Nepal 9.2
145 Madagascar 9.2
146 Bangladesh 7.4
147 Kenya 6.1
148 Papua New Guinea 7.3
149 Haiti 29.8
150 Sudan 6.3
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 13.3
152 Ghana 6.8
153 Cameroon 8.6
154 Mauritania 5.3
155 Djibouti 13.4
156 Lesotho 7.8
157 Uganda 10.0
158 Nigeria 3.5
159 Togo 6.9
160 Malawi 18.0
161 Benin 13.1
162 Timor-Leste 16.4
163 Côte d'Ivoire 4.1
164 Zambia 10.8
165 Eritrea 4.2
166 Senegal 6.7
167 Rwanda 27.3
168 Gambia 8.7
169 Liberia 16.4
170 Guinea 4.7
171 Ethiopia 10.6
172 Mozambique 12.6
173 Guinea-Bissau 4.0
174 Burundi 2.3
175 Chad 9.5
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 7.2
177 Burkina Faso 15.8
178 Mali 12.2
179 Central African Republic 10.9
180 Sierra Leone 7.8
181 Afghanistan 4.4
182 Niger 10.6
Other UN member states
Iraq 3.4
Kiribati 13.0
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 6.0
Marshall Islands 15.1
Micronesia (Federated States of) 18.9
Monaco 15.6
Nauru 25.0
Palau 16.4
San Marino 13.3
Somalia 4.2
Tuvalu 16.1
Zimbabwe 8.9

Sources :
WHO (2009). "World Health Statistics." http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2009/en/index.html. Accessed May 2009.
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