How much does India spend on health?
Current health expenditure as a share of GDP.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
3.3%
latest value, 2023
4.1%
first value, 2000
24
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
Health spending as a share of GDP is a rough measure of how much national output goes into care.
Health spending as a share of GDP is a rough measure of how much national output goes into care.
Current health expenditure as a share of GDP.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
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MeasureCurrent health expenditure
GeographyIndia
Unit% of GDP
TransformValues displayed as percent of GDP.
CaveatThis does not separate public, private, and out-of-pocket spending.