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DEFINITION:
Total expenditure on health measures the final consumption of health goods and services (i.e. current health expenditure) plus capital investment in health care infrastructure. This includes spending by both public and private sources (including households) on medical services and goods, public health and prevention programmes and administration. Excluded are health-related expenditures such as training, research and environmental health.
CONTENTS
# |
COUNTRY |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FranceFrance | 8.8% | 2009 | |
| 2 | GermanyGermany | 8.1% | 2009 | |
| 3 | DenmarkDenmark | 8% | 2009 | |
| 4 | AustriaAustria | 7.7% | 2009 | |
| 5 | NetherlandsNetherlands | 7.6% | 2009 | |
| =6 | SwedenSweden | 7.5% | 2009 | |
| =6 | IcelandIceland | 7.5% | 2009 | |
| =8 | United KingdomUnited Kingdom | 7.3% | 2009 | |
| =8 | New ZealandNew Zealand | 7.3% | 2009 | |
| =8 | NorwayNorway | 7.3% | 2009 | |
| =11 | PortugalPortugal | 7.2% | 2009 | |
| =11 | BelgiumBelgium | 7.2% | 2009 | |
| =13 | United StatesUnited States | 7% | 2009 | |
| =13 | CanadaCanada | 7% | 2009 | |
| 15 | ItalyItaly | 6.9% | 2009 | |
| 16 | SwitzerlandSwitzerland | 6.8% | 2009 | |
| 17 | LuxembourgLuxembourg | 6.6% | 2009 | |
| 18 | JapanJapan | 6.5% | 2009 | |
| 19 | FinlandFinland | 6.2% | 2009 | |
| =20 | Czech RepublicCzech Republic | 6% | 2009 | |
| =20 | SpainSpain | 6% | 2009 | |
| =22 | IrelandIreland | 5.9% | 2009 | |
| =22 | AustraliaAustralia | 5.9% | 2009 | |
| 24 | GreeceGreece | 5.6% | 2009 | |
| 25 | SlovakiaSlovakia | 5.1% | 2009 | |
| 26 | PolandPoland | 4.3% | 2009 | |
| 27 | South KoreaSouth Korea | 3.5% | 2009 |
