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List of countries by total health expenditure by type of financing

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Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018.[1]

This is a list of OECD nations, and a few other nations tracked by the OECD iLibrary, and their health expenditure by type of financing.[2]

Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds. Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.

List

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Table is initially in descending order by the percentage of health expenditure paid by the government. OECD36 average is for the 36 OECD nations at the time this data was compiled at the source.

Superscript numbers next to country names:

  • 1. All spending by private health insurance companies in the United States is reported under compulsory health insurance.
  • 2. Health payment schemes unable to be disaggregated into voluntary health insurance, NPISH and enterprise financing are reported under other.
  • 3. Voluntary payment schemes unable to be disaggregated are reported under voluntary health insurance.

Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.

Health expenditure by type of financing, 2017 (or nearest year). Percentages.[2]
Location Government
schemes
Out of pocket Voluntary health
insurance
Compulsory
health insurance
Other type of
financing
 Norway 85 14
 Denmark 84 14 2
 Sweden 84 15 1 1
 Iceland 82 16 2
 United Kingdom 79 16 3 2
 Italy 74 23 2 1
 Ireland 73 12 13 2
 New Zealand 69 14 5 9 3
 Australia 69 18 10 3
 Canada 68 15 13 1 2
 Spain 66 24 5 4
 Portugal 65 28 5 1 1
 Finland 62 20 2 14 3
 Latvia 57 42 1
 Brazil 43 27 28 2
 South Africa³ 43 8 49 1
OECD36 average 36 21 4 37 2
 Austria 30 19 5 44 2
 Greece 27 35 4 33
 Indonesia² 27 37 1 18 16
 United States¹ 26 11 58 4
 Mexico 24 41 6 28 2
 Turkey² 22 17 56 5
 Switzerland 22 29 7 42 1
 India² 22 65 2 3 8
 Belgium 21 18 5 56
 Russia 21 40 2 36
 China² 19 36 39 6
 Israel 16 22 11 48 3
 Czech Republic 13 15 69 3
 Poland 10 23 6 59 2
 Estonia 10 24 64 1
 South Korea 10 34 7 49 1
 Lithuania 9 32 1 58
 Japan 9 13 2 75 1
 Hungary 8 27 2 61 2
 Costa Rica 7 22 3 68
 Germany 6 13 1 78 2
 Netherlands 6 11 6 75 1
 Colombia 6 16 10 68
 France 5 9 7 78 1
 Luxembourg 5 11 3 79 2
 Slovenia 3 12 14 69 1
 Slovakia 2 19 78 1
 Chile 2 34 6 58

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Health expenditure by financing scheme | Health at a Glance 2019 : OECD Indicators.From the OECD iLibrary. Scroll down to the link below the table: StatLink: doi:10.1787/888934016911. It has the data table.