Health expenditure
% GDP11.1%up+0.14
World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Europe / GBR
UnitedKingdom
Healthcare: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.
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United Kingdom Healthcare dashboard
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Life expectancy
years81.4up+0.15
World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Infant mortality
per 1,000 births4.1flat+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 people3.3up+0.16
World Bank SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · 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
- 10.0%
- 2024
- 11.1%
increase+1.2 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 3.9
- 2024
- 4.1
increase+0.2 change
Spending share changed +1.2 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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