OECD members - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in OECD members was 12.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 12.53 in 2019, while its lowest value was 9.35 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 9.35
2001 9.84
2002 10.27
2003 10.47
2004 10.45
2005 10.49
2006 10.56
2007 10.55
2008 10.75
2009 11.67
2010 11.57
2011 11.61
2012 11.74
2013 11.75
2014 11.88
2015 12.24
2016 12.41
2017 12.37
2018 12.34
2019 12.53

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in OECD members was 4,948 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,948 in 2019 and 2,151 in 2000.

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 2,151
2001 2,228
2002 2,411
2003 2,734
2004 3,012
2005 3,175
2006 3,346
2007 3,635
2008 3,889
2009 3,929
2010 4,058
2011 4,354
2012 4,364
2013 4,393
2014 4,507
2015 4,349
2016 4,485
2017 4,634
2018 4,858
2019 4,948

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in OECD members was 5,520 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,520 in 2019 and 2,257 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 2,257
2001 2,423
2002 2,604
2003 2,770
2004 2,934
2005 3,092
2006 3,303
2007 3,481
2008 3,651
2009 3,813
2010 3,932
2011 4,101
2012 4,229
2013 4,373
2014 4,531
2015 4,710
2016 4,909
2017 5,081
2018 5,313
2019 5,520

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems