Saudi Arabia vs GCC & OECD
Live data from World Bank & WHO · 19 indicators · updated 2026-05-29
Life expectancy
Health spend (% of GDP)
Out-of-pocket (% of health)
Physicians per 1,000
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Saudi Arabia spends 5.7% of GDP on health - OECD spends 12.7%
Health spend as % of GDP vs life expectancy. Controlling for wealth - so a richer country spending more dollars isn't automatically 'more efficient'.
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Data sources: MOH · GASTAT · World Bank · WHO · Last aggregated: May 2026