Health financing
Our health financing work examines health spending from governments, individuals, and other channels to inform policymakers about where resources for health are coming from and where they are going.
21%
decline in development assistance for health (DAH) globally between 2024 and 2025, from $49.6 billion to $39.1 billion. Forecasts indicate that DAH is likely to decline even more over the next five years.
25%
decline in DAH for sub-Saharan Africa between 2024 and 2025, the largest cuts according to IHME’s preliminary estimates.
67%
Estimated reduction in funding from the US government, more than $9 billion, in 2025, followed by cuts from the UK (39% decline), France (33% decline), and Germany (12% decline).
299
times greater health spending in high-income countries than in low-income countries in 2025. IHME forecasts that these disparities will increase over the next five years.
Policy report
Financing Global Health 2025: Cuts in Aid and Future Outlook
Publications
Datasets in our catalog
Development Assistance for Health Database 1990-2025
Estimate
Development Assistance for Health Database 1990-2025
Gross Domestic Product Per Capita 1960-2050 - FGH 2025
Estimate
