Health expenditure
% GDP5.9%up+0.06
World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · updated 2026-10-08
East Asia / CHN
China
Healthcare: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.
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China Healthcare dashboard
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Life expectancy
years78.0up+0.06
World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Infant mortality
per 1,000 births4.1down-0.30
World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Physicians
per 1,000 people3.1up+0.60
World Bank SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2022 (vs 2021) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 4.6%
- 2023
- 5.9%
increase+1.3 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 8.9
- 2024
- 4.1
decrease-4.8 change
Spending share changed +1.3 pts; infant mortality changed -4.8 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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