List of countries by health expenditure covered by government

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 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.

2017 OECD member health expenditure by type of financing

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.

Notes for 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.
OECD health expenditure by type of financing, 2017 (or nearest year). Percentages.[2]
OECD country Other Out-of-pocket Voluntary
health
insurance		 Compulsory
health
insurance		 Government
schemes

 Norway 14 85
 Denmark 14 2 84
 Sweden 1 15 1 84
 Iceland 2 16 82
 United Kingdom 2 16 3 79
 Italy 1 23 2 74
 Ireland 2 12 13 73
 New Zealand 3 14 5 9 69
 Australia 3 18 10 69
 Canada 2 15 13 1 68
 Spain 24 5 4 66
 Portugal 1 28 5 1 65
 Finland 3 20 2 14 62
 Latvia 42 1 57
 Brazil 2 27 28 43
 South Africa³ 1 8 49 43
OECD36 average 2 21 4 37 36
 Austria 2 19 5 44 30
 Greece 35 4 33 27
 Indonesia² 16 37 1 18 27
 United States¹ 4 11 58 26
 Mexico 2 41 6 28 24
 Turkey² 5 17 56 22
 Switzerland 1 29 7 42 22
 India² 8 65 2 3 22
 Belgium 18 5 56 21
 Russian Federation 40 2 36 21
 China² 6 36 39 19
 Israel 3 22 11 48 16
 Czech Republic 3 15 69 13
 Poland 2 23 6 59 10
 Estonia 1 24 64 10
 Korea 1 34 7 49 10
 Lithuania 32 1 58 9
 Japan 1 13 2 75 9
 Hungary 2 27 2 61 8
 Costa Rica 22 3 68 7
 Germany 2 13 1 78 6
 Netherlands 1 11 6 75 6
 Colombia 16 10 68 6
 France 1 9 7 78 5
 Luxembourg 2 11 3 79 5
 Slovenia 1 12 14 69 3
 Slovak Republic 1 19 78 2
 Chile 34 6 58 2

See also

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References

  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.