Australia - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Australia was 9.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 9.91 in 2019, while its lowest value was 7.61 in 2000.

Definition: Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 7.61
2001 7.70
2002 7.89
2003 7.90
2004 8.11
2005 7.99
2006 7.99
2007 8.07
2008 8.26
2009 8.56
2010 8.43
2011 8.54
2012 8.68
2013 8.76
2014 9.04
2015 9.33
2016 9.25
2017 9.27
2018 9.16
2019 9.91

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Australia was 5,427 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,025 in 2012 and 1,564 in 2001.

Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 1,639
2001 1,564
2002 1,770
2003 2,249
2004 2,767
2005 3,013
2006 3,185
2007 3,800
2008 4,091
2009 3,995
2010 4,945
2011 5,862
2012 6,025
2013 5,814
2014 5,608
2015 4,863
2016 4,994
2017 5,340
2018 5,365
2019 5,427

Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Australia was 5,294 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,294 in 2019 and 2,155 in 2000.

Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity (PPP).

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 2,155
2001 2,279
2002 2,438
2003 2,562
2004 2,754
2005 2,842
2006 3,012
2007 3,181
2008 3,297
2009 3,554
2010 3,587
2011 3,761
2012 3,778
2013 4,162
2014 4,283
2015 4,392
2016 4,632
2017 4,716
2018 4,876
2019 5,294

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems