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List of countries by total health expenditure per capita

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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.

Yearly healthcare expenditure per person (total public and private)

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

The next data table (Table 2) 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.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

A country list from OECD Data at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.[1][2][3]

Table 1

Area links below are "Healthcare in Area" links.

More information Area ...
OECD countries and others. Total health spending per capita in PPP international dollars. Not inflation-adjusted.
Area20242023202220212020
 Argentina..3,2343,2143,0102,478
 Australia7,4697,0156,9076,5465,819
 Austria8,4017,6977,7007,4656,295
 Belgium7,7507,1786,9066,5546,097
 Brazil....1,8981,7781,578
 Bulgaria..2,8602,6022,4462,392
 Canada7,3017,0466,8766,9066,209
 Chile3,7493,3963,1132,8482,489
 China....1,2231,1101,030
 Colombia1,8771,5841,3761,3791,379
 Costa Rica1,9351,7521,6611,6471,581
 Croatia..2,8152,6152,5312,315
 Cyprus..4,1564,1083,8523,490
 Czech Republic5,0144,5954,3944,4624,098
 Denmark7,0716,5556,6616,9136,147
 Estonia3,7683,3693,1693,1762,922
 Finland6,6556,2765,7655,3954,967
 France7,3676,8486,7016,3955,874
 Germany9,3658,5038,6528,1037,364
 Greece3,6073,4423,1762,9302,654
 Hungary3,3033,0233,0132,9502,615
 Iceland6,7706,1345,9565,5565,010
 India....334297250
 Indonesia..417386476402
 Ireland7,8137,0276,7486,2215,619
 Israel4,3523,8403,7033,4773,015
 Italy5,1644,8474,7444,4094,027
 Japan5,7905,6195,9845,4384,856
 Korea4,7974,5864,6344,1063,618
 Latvia3,4112,7052,8643,0962,403
 Lithuania4,2593,3313,2423,1463,092
 Luxembourg8,0877,1736,8546,4325,859
 Malta..5,2515,0264,8314,653
 Mexico1,5881,4941,3941,2721,203
 Netherlands8,4367,6157,5177,3176,516
 New Zealand6,0976,0146,1454,8694,353
 Norway9,3938,9098,5337,8907,221
 Peru..9591,0171,020817
 Poland4,2843,5193,1332,7522,510
 Portugal5,2124,7134,5944,2083,555
 Romania..2,3122,1232,1082,218
 Slovakia4,0213,2803,1262,9222,449
 Slovenia5,5274,5564,3533,8943,756
 South Africa....1,3451,2361,193
 Spain5,3464,9274,7444,4053,996
 Sweden7,8717,3646,9776,6176,069
 Switzerland9,9639,3019,0898,3927,621
 Thailand..1,1021,2301,077862
 Turkey2,3092,1031,6541,5881,382
 Ukraine......1,5121,161
 United Kingdom6,7476,4126,1885,7855,381
 United States14,88513,81812,89812,37511,926
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OECD bar charts, and graphs

Average annual health expenditures per person in US dollars (PPP). For OECD countries, and some other countries.[4][1]

  • "Government/compulsory": government health schemes or compulsory insurance (public or private).
  • "Voluntary/Out of pocket": private voluntary health insurance or direct payments by households.
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The chart below is older (2020 data) 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]

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Timeline of a few OECD countries:

Health care cost as percent of GDP (total economy of a nation)[1]

Charts below are life expectancy versus healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018, and $14,775 in 2024.[5] See: list of countries by life expectancy.

Life expectancy[6]
US average of $10,447 in 2018.
US life expectancy and per capita healthcare spending compared to other wealthy countries (mainly Europe). From Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.[7]

World Health Organization

A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database. Processed by Our World in Data.[8]

Table 2

Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.

More information Location, PPP $ ...
Total health spending per capita in PPP international dollars $. Not inflation-adjusted.
LocationPPP $Year
 Afghanistan3832022
 Albania1,1862022
 Algeria5472022
 Andorra5,6412023
 Angola2172022
 Antigua and Barbuda1,4362022
 Argentina2,6642022
 Armenia1,8242022
 Australia7,0722022
 Austria7,8912023
 Azerbaijan6992022
 Bahamas3,0472022
 Bahrain2,2572022
 Bangladesh1792022
 Barbados1,1722022
 Belarus1,5112022
 Belgium7,3882022
 Belize4772022
 Benin1062022
 Bhutan6002022
 Bolivia8312022
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1,8272022
 Botswana1,1322022
 Brazil1,6962022
 Brunei1,2422022
 Bulgaria2,5702022
 Burkina Faso1742022
 Burundi682022
 Cambodia3332022
 Cameroon2022022
 Canada6,8132023
 Cape Verde6642022
 Central African Republic1092022
 Chad942022
 Chile3,2872023
 China1,1362022
 Colombia1,6742023
 Comoros3172022
 Congo832022
 Costa Rica1,9172022
 Ivory Coast2272022
 Croatia3,0552022
 Cuba2,8842022
 Cyprus4,8132022
 Czech Republic4,4762023
 DR Congo502022
 Denmark7,0122023
 Djibouti1542022
 Dominica9312022
 Dominican Republic1,0442022
 Timor-Leste3412022
 Ecuador9892022
 Egypt7002022
 El Salvador1,0852022
 Equatorial Guinea4662022
 Eritrea872022
 Estonia3,4092022
 Eswatini7622022
 Ethiopia792022
 Fiji5902023
 Finland6,0482022
 France6,8532022
 Gabon4612022
 Gambia892022
 Georgia1,4562022
 Germany7,7582023
 Ghana2422022
 Greece3,2982022
 Grenada9192022
 Guatemala7832022
 Guinea1162022
 Guinea-Bissau1872022
 Guyana1,2292022
 Haiti1072022
 Honduras5572022
 Hungary2,7702023
 Iceland6,4752023
 India2732022
 Indonesia3902022
 Iran9662022
 Iraq4662022
 Ireland8,2982022
 Israel4,0092022
 Italy4,9352023
 Jamaica9252022
 Japan5,3872022
 Jordan7672022
 Kazakhstan1,1292022
 Kenya2482022
 Kiribati3032022
 Kuwait2,4152022
 Kyrgyzstan3112022
 Laos1892022
 Latvia3,1392022
 Lebanon6532022
 Lesotho3652022
 Liberia2242022
 Libya9692022
 Lithuania3,5232023
 Luxembourg8,1752023
 Madagascar562022
 Malawi1052022
 Malaysia1,2812022
 Maldives2,4542022
 Mali902022
 Malta5,7602022
 Marshall Islands7472022
 Mauritania2742022
 Mauritius1,5542022
 Mexico1,3532022
 Federated States of Micronesia3782022
 Moldova1,0952022
 Monaco8,7652022
 Mongolia1,2672022
 Montenegro3,1072022
 Morocco5532022
 Mozambique1312022
 Myanmar2422022
 Namibia9302022
 Nauru2,5762022
 Nepal3232022
 Netherlands7,5762022
 New Zealand5,2142022
 Nicaragua6362022
 Niger682022
 Nigeria2452022
 North Macedonia1,8152022
 Norway9,9272022
 Oman1,1782022
 Pakistan1792022
 Palau1,9792022
 Palestine6252022
 Panama3,3322022
 Papua New Guinea1152022
 Paraguay1,2472022
 Peru9422022
 Philippines5692023
 Poland3,4022023
 Portugal4,4522023
 Qatar2,3182022
 Romania2,4722022
 Russia2,4462022
 Rwanda2222022
 Saint Kitts and Nevis1,9462022
 Saint Lucia8832022
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8202022
 Samoa3962022
 San Marino5,8802022
 São Tomé and Príncipe3042022
 Saudi Arabia3,1022022
 Senegal1682022
 Serbia2,3732022
 Seychelles1,5612022
 Sierra Leone1602022
 Singapore6,6582022
 Slovakia3,1692022
 Slovenia5,0352023
 Solomon Islands1162022
 Somalia442022
 South Africa1,3412022
 South Korea5,3502023
 South Sudan392022
 Spain4,7762022
 Sri Lanka6112022
 Sudan1222022
 Suriname1,0432022
 Sweden7,6592023
 Switzerland10,6682022
 Syria4542022
 Tajikistan3642022
 Tanzania932022
 Thailand1,1072022
 Togo1492022
 Tonga5202021
 Trinidad and Tobago1,8112022
 Tunisia8852022
 Turkey1,3872022
 Turkmenistan8732022
 Tuvalu1,1272022
 Uganda1272022
 Ukraine1,0952021
 United Arab Emirates3,8142022
 United Kingdom6,3722023
 United States12,4342022
 Uruguay2,5682022
 Uzbekistan7162022
 Vanuatu1382022
 Venezuela1312022
 Vietnam6112022
 Yemen1092022
 Zambia2082022
 Zimbabwe962022
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