The data represents health expenditure as a percent of gross domestic product worldwide in 2000 and 2015, by region. In 2000, some 11.5% of the GDP of countries in the Americas were spent on health.
Americas | 11 | 6.9 |
Europe | 7.9 | 7.9 |
Western Pacific | 5.8 | 7 |
Africa | 4.2 | 6.2 |
Eastern Mediterranean | 4 | 5.3 |
Southeast Asia | 3.6 | 4.6 |
Worldwide | 7.7 | 6.3 |