List of countries by total health expenditure per capita
This article includes 3 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). With each country's total expenditure on health per capita in PPP U.S. dollars.
The next 2 tables use data from the World Health Organization (WHO). One table uses U.S. dollars per capita. The other table uses 2011 PPP international US dollars (inflation-adjusted to 2011 dollars).
The 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.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Table
- Note: Click header for any year to sort by total health expenditure per capita for that year. The table can be sorted in ascending or descending order. The row number column on the left stays static, and does not sort. Click the country header to return to alphabetical order.
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Bar chart
Total health expenditure per capita in US dollars (PPP). This chart breaks it down further by public and private expenditures.[2]
World Health Organization
2 country lists from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database.[5]
U.S. dollars. Not inflation adjusted
- Note: Click header for any year to sort by total health expenditure per capita for that year. The table can be sorted in ascending or descending order. The row number column on the left stays static, and does not sort. Click the country header to return to alphabetical order.
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Inflation-adjusted to 2011 PPP U.S. dollars
- Note: Click header for any year to sort by total health expenditure per capita for that year. The table can be sorted in ascending or descending order. The row number column on the left stays static, and does not sort. Click the country header to return to alphabetical order.
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See also
- 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 countries by health expenditure covered by government
Notes and references
- Health expenditure and financing. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Choose options from dropdown menus.
- 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 a year. 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 chart.
- What is the difference between current and constant data? From: World Bank Data Help Desk.
- What is an “international dollar”? From: World Bank Data Help Desk.
- 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.