18.0%
2024 (latest)
HEALTH SPENDING
percent of GDP · 1960–2024 · lower is better · CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, via CDC/NCHS Data Query System
5.0%
1960
19.7%
high · 2020
5.0%
low · 1960
+13 pts
since 1960
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Total US national health expenditures as a share of gross domestic product — public and private spending combined.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://data.cdc.gov/d/s57w-7gbe
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Health Spending | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.0% | +0.3 pts |
| 2023 | 17.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 2022 | 17.6% | −0.8 pts |
| 2021 | 18.4% | −1.3 pts |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +2.0 pts |
| 2019 | 17.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 2018 | 17.6% | −0.1 pts |
| 2017 | 17.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 2016 | 17.7% | +0.3 pts |
| 2015 | 17.4% | +0.3 pts |
| 2014 | 17.1% | +0.2 pts |
| 2013 | 16.9% | −0.2 pts |
| 2012 | 17.1% | −0.1 pts |
| 2011 | 17.2% | +0.0 pts |
| 2010 | 17.2% | +0.0 pts |
| 2009 | 17.2% | +0.9 pts |
| 2008 | 16.3% | +0.4 pts |
| 2007 | 15.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 2006 | 15.7% | +0.2 pts |
| 2005 | 15.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +0.5 pts |
| 2002 | 14.9% | +0.9 pts |
| 2001 | 14.0% | +0.7 pts |
| 2000 | 13.3% | +1.2 pts |
| 1990 | 12.1% | +3.2 pts |
| 1980 | 8.9% | +2.0 pts |
| 1970 | 6.9% | +1.9 pts |
| 1960 | 5.0% | — |
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