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Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country

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Health care cost as percent of GDP (total economy of a nation).[1][2]
Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018.[3]

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

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 as a percent of GDP. GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation.

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 as a percent of GDP.

The top chart to the right measures the total cost of health care (public and private expenditures) as a percent of GDP for a few nations. 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

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

Table 1

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

Location links below are "Healthcare in <location>" links.

Bar chart

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Health spending by country. Percent of GDP (Gross domestic product). There are more countries than just OECD countries.[1][2]

Click to enlarge.

World Health Organization

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A country list from World Health Organization's Global Health Expenditure Database.[4] Years were selected to get the latest year for these 5 countries included in the table: Albania, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen.

Table 2

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

Asterisk (*) indicates "Healthcare in <location>" or "Health in <location>" links.

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ 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. See the "Financing scheme" menu. For the 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 "Share of gross domestic product". 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. ^ a b c 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.
  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. ^ a b Global Health Expenditure Database. Data Explorer. World Health Organization. Set up a table by selecting options in the left sidebar. Then click "Download all data in XLSX format". It will have GDP to one decimal place. Then click "view data and build report" to get a table with year columns, and country rows. See if it still only has integer GDP numbers. Print it out, or download in various formats.