Health expenditure
% GDP12.3%up+0.52
World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Europe / DEU
Germany
Healthcare: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.
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Germany Healthcare dashboard
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Life expectancy
years80.8down-0.25
World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Infant mortality
per 1,000 births3.1flat+0.00
World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Physicians
per 1,000 people4.5up+0.03
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)
- 2014
- 10.8%
- 2024
- 12.3%
increase+1.5 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 3.3
- 2024
- 3.1
decrease-0.2 change
Spending share changed +1.5 pts; infant mortality changed -0.2 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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