Iceland - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Iceland was 8.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 9.73 in 2003, while its lowest value was 8.07 in 2015.

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 8.93
2001 8.79
2002 9.47
2003 9.73
2004 9.33
2005 8.95
2006 8.56
2007 8.35
2008 8.34
2009 8.78
2010 8.36
2011 8.20
2012 8.18
2013 8.18
2014 8.23
2015 8.07
2016 8.10
2017 8.31
2018 8.44
2019 8.64

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Iceland was 6,275 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,566 in 2018 and 2,557 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 2,874
2001 2,557
2002 3,091
2003 3,862
2004 4,430
2005 5,112
2006 4,986
2007 5,927
2008 4,851
2009 3,652
2010 3,590
2011 3,860
2012 3,706
2013 4,029
2014 4,475
2015 4,280
2016 5,068
2017 6,145
2018 6,566
2019 6,275

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Iceland was 5,636 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,636 in 2019 and 2,668 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 2,668
2001 2,822
2002 3,110
2003 3,195
2004 3,331
2005 3,359
2006 3,439
2007 3,532
2008 3,726
2009 3,705
2010 3,305
2011 3,312
2012 3,384
2013 3,593
2014 3,771
2015 3,977
2016 4,373
2017 4,763
2018 5,304
2019 5,636

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems