List of countries by total health expenditure per capita

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Health care cost as percent of GDP (total economy of a nation).
Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018. Life expectancy vs healthcare spending.jpg
Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018.

This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health per capita. Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures. See also: Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country.

Contents

The first table and bar chart lists member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health per capita in PPP international dollars.

The next table lists nearly all countries. It uses data from the World Health Organization (WHO). It also shows each country's total spending (public and private) on health per capita in PPP international dollars.

The top chart to the right measures the total cost of health care (public and private expenditures) as a percent of GDP (gross domestic product) for a few nations. GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation. The chart below it shows that high life expectancy can be had across the range of health expenditures by country. See: List of countries by life expectancy.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Table

Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.

OECD countries only. Total health spending per capita in PPP international dollars. Not inflation-adjusted. [1] [2] [4] [5]
Location20182019202020212022
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 5,1915,1275,6926,2266,596
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 5,5195,6255,8646,6907,275
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 5,3515,4245,5096,0226,600
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5,3375,2235,8796,2786,319
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 2,2812,2972,4172,6652,699
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1,1921,2401,2931,5321,640
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1,5301,5561,6181,6711,658
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3,1293,2723,8044,3034,499
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 5,3075,3605,6976,3726,280
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2,3642,4532,7313,0833,091
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 4,3304,3844,6155,2525,676
Flag of France.svg France 5,0975,1635,4536,1066,517
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 6,2906,4186,9467,5188,011
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 2,3152,3502,4862,7363,015
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2,1072,0952,4222,7492,840
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 4,2364,3184,6325,1075,314
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 4,8774,9765,3785,8616,047
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 2,7492,7102,8753,2583,444
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3,4963,5653,7534,0434,291
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4,5544,6114,6204,8995,251
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 1,8612,0262,2283,1223,445
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 2,3972,6822,8783,3363,587
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 5,2925,3805,6286,2746,436
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1,1221,1171,2271,2621,181
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5,4825,6446,1986,7857,358
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3,9134,2504,4694,9216,061
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 6,4956,4766,5827,0437,898
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 2,1072,2322,2862,5222,973
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 3,1343,2243,3553,8304,162
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2,0092,1152,1262,5222,691
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 3,0453,2223,4743,8854,114
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3,0673,2913,5904,1894,570
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3,4273,5283,7164,0874,462
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5,4195,3885,7346,2286,438
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 6,6026,7087,0227,5828,049
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1,2051,2321,3051,5601,827
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4,1884,3894,9985,4675,493
Flag of the United States.svg United States 10,44710,85311,91612,19712,555

OECD bar charts

Health spending by country. US dollars per capita (using economy-wide PPPs). From OECD Data. "Government/compulsory": Government spending and compulsory health insurance. "Voluntary": Voluntary health insurance and private funds such as households’ out-of-pocket payments, NGOs and private corporations. In the first chart below they are represented by columns starting at zero. They are not stacked. The 2 are combined to get the total. OECD countries only in the first chart. [1] [2]

Click to enlarge. Health spending. OECD countries. US dollars per capita (using economy-wide PPPs).png
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The chart below is older and breaks down the voluntary spending further by separating out-of-pocket payments. In this chart the items are stacked by color. There are a few other countries than just OECD countries. [1] [2]

Click to enlarge. OECD health expenditure per capita by country.svg
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World Health Organization

A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database. [6]

Table 2

Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

* (Asterisk) indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.

Total health spending per capita in PPP international dollars. Not inflation-adjusted. [6] [4] [5]
Location2018201920202021
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan * 71748081
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria * 258251215
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra * 3,1883,0623,337
Flag of Angola.svg Angola * 846951
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 850802830
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina * 1,122959864
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia * 439549552
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia * 5,8645,5555,901
Flag of Austria.svg Austria * 5,3375,2625,5856,491
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan * 165192191
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 1,9201,9211,851
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain * 1,0491,0241,110
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh * 454851
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados * 1,1931,1711,200
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus * 342390408
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium * 5,1424,9845,009
Flag of Belize.svg Belize * 287304278
Flag of Benin.svg Benin * 302732
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan * 102115134
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia * 229239241
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina * 528544591
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana * 420409363
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil * 863850701
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei * 754675650
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria * 690698857
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso * 394154
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi * 201716
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde * 179174176
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia * 94115116
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon * 585658
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada * 5,0535,0845,6196,086
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic * 493442
Flag of Chad.svg Chad * 323135
Flag of Chile.svg Chile * 1,4571,3691,2781,479
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China * 505540583
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia * 517523477
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros * 747881
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo * 485981
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 567650531
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica * 902915953
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast * 717485
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia * 1,0251,0401,095
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba * 9731,0131,186
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus * 2,0212,0442,245
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic * 1,7531,8032,120
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo * 182021
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark * 6,2336,0596,4387,375
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti * 646263
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica * 485443427
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic * 328347354
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador * 497487479
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt * 120145151
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador * 345364386
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea * 271223237
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea * 242524
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia * 1,5531,5991,7882,036
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini * 291259219
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia * 242629
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji * 216228186
Flag of Finland.svg Finland * 4,5224,4604,726
Flag of France.svg France * 4,6694,5084,769
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon * 211208229
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 232319
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia * 332309320
Flag of Germany.svg Germany * 5,5045,4785,9306,503
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana * 747485
Flag of Greece.svg Greece * 1,6031,5691,675
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada * 439488491
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala * 266279289
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea * 354347
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau * 606161
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana * 299319378
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti * 624944
Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras * 178184213254
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary * 1,0801,0541,163
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland * 6,2345,8655,6376,636
Flag of India.svg India * 586157
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia * 112121133
Flag of Iran.svg Iran * 463451573
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq * 227240202
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland * 5,4845,4316,0926,700
Flag of Israel.svg Israel * 3,2203,4543,867
Flag of Italy.svg Italy * 3,0032,9113,0573,351
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica * 334343326
Flag of Japan.svg Japan * 4,2884,3794,388
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan * 322315299
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan * 273270342
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya * 768683
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati * 192163167
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait * 1,6611,6441,533
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg Kyrgyzstan * 676364
Flag of Laos.svg Laos * 576868
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia * 1,1011,1831,313
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon * 745732994
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho * 122121107
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia * 665257
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania * 1,2491,3701,5221,840
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg * 6,2276,2226,7577,314
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar * 221918
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi * 373033
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia * 416427419
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives * 805852826
Flag of Mali.svg Mali * 323335
Flag of Malta.svg Malta * 2,7542,9443,135
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands * 737782731
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania * 596059
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius * 642672560
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico * 531553539
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia * 422421425
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco * 3,1013,0553,085
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia * 158183200
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro * 727732866
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco * 175177187
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique * 414034
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar * 606172
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia * 473432380
Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru * 1,1761,1591,144
Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal * 505358
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands * 5,3315,3415,8466,531
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand * 3,9584,0824,202
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua * 168162161
Flag of Niger.svg Niger * 303135
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria * 667070
Flag of Niue.svg Niue 1,3251,1571,319
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia * 387421453
Flag of Norway.svg Norway * 8,2728,0077,7049,021
Flag of Oman.svg Oman * 639728845
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan * 413738
Flag of Palau.svg Palau 1,7902,4032,640
Flag of Panama.svg Panama * 1,2281,3181,215
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea * 596064
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay * 421416406
Flag of Peru.svg Peru * 363367389
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines * 126142165194
Flag of Poland.svg Poland * 9791,0141,0261,183
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal * 2,2162,2222,3422,720
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar * 2,1562,2082,188
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea * 2,5192,5952,6423,031
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova * 276284307
Flag of Romania.svg Romania * 687739810
Flag of Russia.svg Russia * 609654774
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda * 525157
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis * 1,1031,2041,105
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia * 513514608
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * 348375402
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa * 198239202
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino * 4,1153,9513,938
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe * 115105107
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia * 1,291
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal * 666677
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia * 617641672
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles * 792787727
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone * 434543
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore * 2,6422,8263,537
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia * 1,3001,3421,394
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia * 2,1702,2192,4172,671
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands * 9210499
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa * 569550490
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan * 282433
Flag of Spain.svg Spain * 2,7412,7132,901
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka * 159142151
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan * 363623
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname * 450593460
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden * 6,0055,6536,0286,915
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland * 9,8719,66710,310
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan * 606270
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand * 276294305
Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor * 7979121
Flag of Togo.svg Togo * 534953
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga * 219230248
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago * 1,0561,0721,031
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia * 212190222
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey * 388397395
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan * 457489484
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu * 8011,0341,071
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda * 333334
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine * 221247270
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates * 1,9151,9472,192
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom * 4,2284,2654,9275,634
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania * 414039
Flag of the United States.svg United States * 10,28510,66111,702
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay * 1,6971,6771,430
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan * 8299121
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu * 102102114
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela * 165113142
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam * 164174166
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia * 756754
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe * 1155551

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 Health expenditure and financing. OECD data. Also includes some non-OECD countries at the end of the list. OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Choose options from dropdown menus. See the "Financing scheme" menu. For the multi-year table pick "All financing schemes". Set "Function" menu to "Current expenditure on health (all functions)". Set "Provider" menu to "All providers". Set "Measure" menu to "Per capita, current prices, current PPPs". Pick years. Pick countries. Then export to Excel, and open in a spreadsheet such as freeware LibreOffice Calc. Clean up table and copy to visual editor in a sandbox. See Help:Table.
  2. 1 2 3 4 OECD Data. Health resources - Health spending. doi : 10.1787/8643de7e-en. 2 charts: For both: From bottom menus: Countries menu > choose OECD. Check box for "latest data available". Perspectives menu > Check box to "compare variables". Then check the boxes for government/compulsory, voluntary, and total. Some charts will also need "out-of-pocket" checked (part of voluntary spending). Click top tab for chart (bar chart). For GDP chart choose "% of GDP" from bottom menu. For per capita chart choose "US dollars/per capita". Click fullscreen button above chart. Click "print screen" key. Click top tab for table, to see data list. Scroll down for multiple lists. Click download > "selected data only" to get the .csv file to create an article table. Uncheck the "compare variables" box first to get just the totals. Concerning per capita data click "more" in the intro paragraph to see that PPP U.S. dollars are used.
  3. Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier. May 26, 2017. By Max Roser at Our World in Data. Click the sources tab under the chart for info on the countries, healthcare expenditures, and data sources. See the later version of the chart here.
  4. 1 2 What is the difference between current and constant data? From: World Bank Data Help Desk.
  5. 1 2 What is an “international dollar”? From: World Bank Data Help Desk.
  6. 1 2 Global Health Expenditure Database. Data Explorer. World Health Organization. Set up a table by selecting options in the left sidebar. Then click "view data and build report" to get a table with year columns, and country rows. Print it out, or download in various formats.

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