Public finance
branch Private expenditure on health
As a percentage of GDP
  2007
United States 8.7   8.70 
Switzerland 4.4   4.40 
Greece 3.8   3.80 
Mexico 3.2   3.20 
Canada 3.0   3.00 
Australia 2.9   2.90 
Korea 2.8   2.80 
Portugal 2.8   2.80 
Slovak Republic 2.6   2.60 
Austria 2.4   2.40 
Belgium 2.4   2.40 
Germany 2.4   2.40 
Spain 2.4   2.40 
OECD average 2.4   2.40 
France 2.3   2.30 
Hungary 2.2   2.20 
Slovenia 2.2   2.20 
Finland 2.1   2.10 
Italy 2.0   2.00 
New Zealand 1.9   1.90 
Poland 1.9   1.90 
Netherlands 1.7   1.70 
Sweden 1.7   1.70 
Iceland 1.6   1.60 
Turkey 1.6   1.60 
Denmark 1.5   1.50 
Ireland 1.5   1.50 
Japan 1.5   1.50 
United Kingdom 1.5   1.50 
Norway 1.4   1.40 
Estonia 1.3   1.30 
Czech Republic 1.0   1.00 
Luxembourg 0.7   0.70 
Chile ..    
Israel ..    

Definition

Total expenditure on health care measures the final consumption of health goods and services plus capital investment in health care infrastructure. It includes spending by both public and private sources (including households) on medical goods and services, on public health and prevention programmes and on administration.

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