List of countries by total health expenditure per capita

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.
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[edit]
Table[edit]
- Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.
* indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.
Location | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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5,194 | 5,130 | 5,627 | |
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5,519 | 5,624 | 5,883 | 6,693 |
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5,315 | 5,353 | 5,407 | |
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5,308 | 5,190 | 5,828 | 5,905 |
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2,281 | 2,297 | 2,413 | 2,608 |
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1,192 | 1,293 | 1,336 | |
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1,530 | 1,556 | 1,618 | |
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3,129 | 3,272 | 3,805 | |
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5,307 | 5,360 | 5,694 | 6,384 |
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2,364 | 2,452 | 2,729 | 2,989 |
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4,330 | 4,384 | 4,605 | |
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5,099 | 5,168 | 5,468 | 6,115 |
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6,282 | 6,408 | 6,939 | 7,383 |
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2,315 | 2,350 | 2,486 | |
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2,106 | 2,094 | 2,402 | |
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4,236 | 4,318 | 4,620 | 5,096 |
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4,871 | 4,947 | 5,373 | 5,836 |
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2,749 | 2,791 | 3,057 | |
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3,496 | 3,565 | 3,747 | 4,038 |
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4,554 | 4,611 | 4,666 | |
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3,079 | 3,277 | 3,582 | 3,914 |
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1,861 | 2,026 | 2,228 | |
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2,397 | 2,682 | 2,882 | 3,309 |
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5,292 | 5,380 | 5,629 | |
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1,122 | 1,117 | 1,227 | |
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5,482 | 5,644 | 6,180 | 6,753 |
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3,913 | 4,250 | 4,469 | |
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6,495 | 6,476 | 6,582 | 7,065 |
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2,107 | 2,232 | 2,286 | 2,568 |
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3,134 | 3,224 | 3,348 | 3,816 |
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2,009 | 2,116 | 2,126 | |
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3,045 | 3,222 | 3,474 | 3,737 |
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3,427 | 3,523 | 3,718 | |
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5,419 | 5,388 | 5,757 | 6,262 |
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6,931 | 6,942 | 7,179 | |
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1,205 | 1,232 | 1,305 | |
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4,190 | 4,386 | 5,019 | 5,387 |
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10,451 | 10,856 | 11,859 | 12,318 |
Bar charts[edit]
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]
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 other than just OECD countries.
World Health Organization[edit]
A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database.[6]
Table 2[edit]
- Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.
* indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.
Location | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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300 | 322 | 323 | |
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896 | |||
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741 | 754 | 736 | |
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4,075 | 4,146 | 4,720 | |
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181 | 172 | 184 | |
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1,097 | 1,051 | 1,082 | |
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2,217 | 2,188 | 2,090 | |
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1,356 | 1,698 | 1,721 | |
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5,338 | 5,390 | 5,930 | |
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5,905 | 6,098 | 6,401 | |
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507 | 601 | 656 | |
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2,158 | 2,158 | 2,391 | |
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2,038 | 1,998 | 2,098 | |
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122 | 128 | 133 | |
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1,080 | 1,052 | 1,042 | |
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1,045 | 1,147 | 1,286 | |
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5,682 | 5,805 | 5,883 | |
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426 | 452 | 436 | |
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77 | 76 | 87 | |
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364 | 429 | 496 | |
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573 | 612 | 637 | |
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1,297 | 1,396 | 1,517 | |
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929 | 967 | 875 | |
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1,417 | 1,471 | 1,529 | |
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1,474 | 1,405 | 1,555 | |
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1,681 | 1,731 | 2,088 | |
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105 | 117 | 144 | |
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56 | 50 | 46 | |
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265 | 321 | 332 | |
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138 | 143 | 146 | |
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5,427 | 5,410 | 6,050 | 5,931 |
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347 | 361 | 366 | |
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99 | 72 | 84 | |
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72 | 71 | 85 | |
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2,359 | 2,359 | 2,426 | 2,579 |
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790 | 886 | 962 | |
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1,156 | 1,276 | 1,336 | |
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164 | 177 | 179 | |
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74 | 99 | 159 | |
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715 | 838 | 651 | |
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1,541 | 1,622 | 1,737 | |
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1,923 | 2,075 | 2,229 | |
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2,484 | 2,552 | 2,595 | |
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2,795 | 2,963 | 3,219 | |
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3,079 | 3,265 | 3,846 | |
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35 | 39 | 45 | |
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5,817 | 5,950 | 6,351 | 7,140 |
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110 | 105 | 105 | |
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744 | 670 | 661 | |
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739 | 803 | 874 | |
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935 | 928 | 931 | |
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551 | 564 | 524 | |
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751 | 799 | 855 | |
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565 | 510 | 594 | |
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73 | 82 | 74 | |
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2,442 | 2,586 | 2,919 | |
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618 | 597 | 567 | |
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70 | 74 | 83 | |
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484 | 527 | 445 | |
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4,485 | 4,615 | 4,897 | |
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5,228 | 5,452 | 5,740 | |
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401 | 418 | 503 | |
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69 | 69 | 55 | |
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1,026 | 1,026 | 1,108 | |
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6,337 | 6,515 | 7,032 | |
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178 | 189 | 221 | |
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2,403 | 2,489 | 2,653 | |
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723 | 792 | 810 | |
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514 | 542 | 556 | |
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95 | 108 | 111 | |
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145 | 165 | 165 | |
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622 | 659 | 1,071 | |
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137 | 139 | 103 | |
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412 | 427 | 479 | 557 |
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2,098 | 2,110 | 2,408 | |
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4,789 | 4,959 | 5,100 | 5,615 |
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189 | 201 | 191 | |
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335 | 359 | 415 | |
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1,115 | 830 | 769 | |
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414 | 457 | 464 | |
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5,862 | 5,867 | 6,658 | 7,305 |
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3,055 | 3,144 | 3,457 | |
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3,733 | 3,836 | 4,032 | |
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158 | 176 | 179 | |
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621 | 651 | 645 | |
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4,546 | 4,588 | 4,628 | |
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767 | 750 | 722 | |
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727 | 756 | 1,002 | |
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187 | 209 | 203 | |
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260 | 248 | 240 | |
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2,570 | 2,638 | 2,922 | |
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268 | 251 | 269 | |
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174 | 212 | 214 | |
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1,904 | 2,104 | 2,331 | |
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1,485 | 1,422 | 1,060 | |
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274 | 292 | 299 | |
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146 | 119 | 132 | |
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2,369 | 2,697 | 2,932 | |
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6,212 | 6,448 | 6,844 | 7,367 |
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68 | 62 | 59 | |
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104 | 81 | 82 | |
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1,033 | 1,108 | 1,123 | |
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1,507 | 1,640 | 1,603 | |
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84 | 90 | 97 | |
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3,976 | 4,475 | 4,695 | |
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655 | 711 | 635 | |
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188 | 192 | 187 | |
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1,303 | 1,443 | 1,334 | |
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1,101 | 1,103 | 1,193 | |
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370 | 366 | 371 | |
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827 | 859 | 877 | |
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3,116 | 3,238 | 3,164 | |
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469 | 540 | 609 | |
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1,769 | 1,897 | 2,255 | |
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414 | 431 | 452 | |
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107 | 107 | 99 | |
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229 | 236 | 195 | |
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874 | 882 | 844 | |
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1,466 | 1,524 | 1,510 | |
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172 | 182 | 206 | |
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5,811 | 6,005 | 6,613 | |
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3,891 | 4,317 | 4,511 | |
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491 | 478 | 471 | |
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65 | 72 | 79 | |
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161 | 158 | 173 | |
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1,196 | 1,097 | 1,251 | |
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1,065 | 1,218 | 1,295 | |
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7,019 | 7,064 | 7,168 | 6,922 |
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1,126 | 1,342 | 1,815 | |
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150 | 155 | 149 | |
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2,035 | 2,833 | 3,025 | |
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2,511 | 2,738 | 2,600 | |
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91 | 96 | 99 | |
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957 | 1,016 | 1,060 | |
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684 | 699 | 753 | |
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339 | 379 | 419 | |
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2,022 | 2,178 | 2,235 | |
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3,285 | 3,445 | 3,606 | |
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3,047 | 3,324 | 3,928 | |
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1,627 | 1,825 | 2,012 | |
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1,556 | 1,705 | 2,278 | |
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141 | 145 | 160 | |
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1,510 | 1,629 | 1,537 | |
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707 | 703 | 877 | |
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603 | 654 | 701 | |
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311 | 387 | 333 | |
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5,119 | 5,239 | 5,167 | |
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237 | 217 | 208 | |
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2,696 | |||
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153 | 161 | 183 | |
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1,508 | 1,627 | 1,655 | |
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1,395 | 1,396 | 1,742 | |
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137 | 153 | 147 | |
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3,985 | 4,416 | 5,828 | |
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2,093 | 2,222 | 2,268 | |
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3,237 | 3,479 | 3,767 | |
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106 | 123 | 115 | |
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1,155 | 1,187 | 1,157 | |
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3,241 | 3,498 | 3,782 | 4,289 |
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68 | 51 | 54 | |
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3,674 | 3,827 | 4,048 | |
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517 | 502 | 543 | |
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206 | 207 | 157 | |
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1,263 | 1,620 | 1,095 | |
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5,888 | 5,942 | 6,347 | |
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8,188 | 8,160 | 8,493 | |
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245 | 259 | 313 | |
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700 | 725 | 774 | |
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200 | 189 | 347 | |
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124 | 122 | 130 | |
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310 | 314 | 357 | |
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1,666 | 1,734 | 1,672 | |
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673 | 632 | 681 | |
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1,146 | 1,171 | 1,261 | |
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997 | 937 | 907 | |
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874 | 1,136 | 1,203 | |
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95 | 94 | 95 | |
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904 | 900 | 945 | |
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2,995 | 3,244 | 3,904 | |
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4,608 | 4,856 | 5,577 | |
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104 | 101 | 102 | |
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10,285 | 10,661 | 11,702 | |
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2,140 | 2,276 | 2,111 | |
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374 | 424 | 533 | |
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103 | 107 | 120 | |
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639 | 469 | 590 | |
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497 | 536 | 516 | |
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177 | 187 | 189 | |
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180 | 132 | 118 |
See also[edit]

- Health system
- Health systems by country
- List of countries by hospital beds
- List of countries by life expectancy
- List of countries by infant mortality rate
- List of countries by quality of health care
- List of OECD health expenditure by country by type of financing
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b c 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. "Financing scheme" menu breaks down the expenditures into several parts. Can set "Function" menu to "Current expenditure on health (all functions)". Can set "Provider" menu to "All providers". Can set "Measure" menu to "Per capita, current prices, current PPPs".
- ^ a b c OECD Data. Health resources - Health spending. doi:10.1787/8643de7e-en. Click "more" in the intro paragraph to see that PPP U.S. dollars are used. Click tabs for chart or table. Choose options from menus at the bottom of the chart/table. Choose year(s) or "latest data available". Under the "countries" menu choose OECD. Then under the "perspectives" menu check the box to "compare variables". That will allow you to check the boxes for government/compulsory, voluntary, and total. This will produce the data for the bar chart. You can run your cursor over the columns to get the year and the total for that country. Click the table tab to get 3 lists (one after another) of spending by country: "Total", "Government/compulsory", and "Voluntary".
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b What is the difference between current and constant data? From: World Bank Data Help Desk.
- ^ a b What is an “international dollar”? From: World Bank Data Help Desk.
- ^ a b 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.