The public and private per capita health expenditure differs significantly by country. As of 2024, the United States had by far the highest public per capita spending worldwide. Moreover, the U.S. had the second-highest private expenditure on health globally, just after Switzerland. Health expenditures globally Health expenditures include the consumption of health goods, services and public health programs as well as insurance and government spending. Globally, health expenditures are on the rise. Among all countries, the average per capita health expenditure is projected to see an increase of over 30 percent from the 2019 totals by the year 2050. Despite the growing expenditures, there are still countries with relatively low health expenditures. The countries with the lowest governmental health expenditure include South Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh. Health expenditures spotlight: the U.S. In 2023 the U.S. national health expenditure was at an all-time high. However, the projections indicate that total health expenditures will increase even more. The per capita health expenditures for the U.S. looked equally grim, with 2023 being the most expensive year for health care on record.

Government health expenditure as a share of GDP, 1880 to 2021.

This metric captures spending on government funded health care systems and social health insurance, as well ascompulsory health insurance.As the data show, in 1880 government health spending was below 1% of GDP in all countries; but this started changing quickly in the first half of the 20th century, and by 1970 government spending on healthcare was above 2% of GDP in all these countries.

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This statistic describes the countries with the highest share of domestic governmental health expenditure in 2022. In this year, San Marino had the highest percentage, spending about 29.51 percent of its total governmental expenditures on health-related issues.

The database contains information on government health allocations and spending for the years 2017-2022. It also contains data on total government allocations and spending, subnational spending (health and total), obligatory social health insurance contributions, and on-budget special funds (emergency/disaster funds, COVID-19 funds, and contingency funds) over the same period.

Global Health Spending

Country Global Health Spending Over Time

By Eva Murray [source]

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To get started with this data, begin by exploring the location and time columns as these will provide a breakdown of which countries are represented in the dataset as well as when each observation was collected. To drill down further into the analysis, use indicators, subjects and measures fields for comparison between healthcare spending for different topics like drug access or acute care across countries over time. The values field contains actual values related to healthcare spending while flag codes tell you if there are any discrepancies in data quality so it is important look into those too if necessary.

This dataset is useful for research relatedto how global health expenditures have varied across different countries over time and difference sources of funding among a few other applications. Understanding what's included in this dataset will help you determine how best to use it when doing comparative country-level analyses or international studies on healthcare funding sources over time

Research Ideas

• Identify countries with high public health spending as a percentage of GDP and determine if their population has better health outcomes than those with lower spending.
• Compare public health investments across various countries during the same period to ascertain areas that need more attention, such as medical research, vaccinations, medication and healthcare staffing.
• Determine the trends in health expenditures over time for key indicators such as life expectancy to gain insights into how well a country is managing its healthcare sector

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Columns

File: DP_LIVE_18102020154144776.csv | Column name | Description | |:---------------|:-----------------------------------------| | LOCATION | Country or region of the data. (String) | | INDICATOR | Health spending indicator. (String) | | SUBJECT | Health spending subject. (String) | | MEASURE | Measurement of health spending. (String) | | FREQUENCY | Frequency of data collection. (String) | | TIME | Year of data collection. (Integer) | | Value | Value of health spending. (Float) | | Flag Codes | Codes related to data quality. (String) |

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Eva Murray.

The United States has the highest expenditure on health care per capita globally. However, the U.S. has an unique way of paying for their health care where a majority of the expenditure falls upon private insurances. In FY 2024, around one ***** of all health expenditure is paid by private insurance. Public insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid accounted for ** and ** percent, respectively, of health expenditure during that same year. U.S. health care system Globally health spending has been increasing among most countries. However, the U.S. has the highest public and private per capita health expenditure among all countries globally, followed by Switzerland. As of 2020, annual health care costs per capita in the United States totaled to over ** thousand U.S. dollars, a significant amount considering the average U.S. personal income is around ** thousand dollars. Out of pocket costs in the U.S. Aside from overall high health care costs for U.S. residents, the total out-of-pocket costs for health care have been on the rise. In recent years, the average per capita out-of-pocket health care payments have exceeded *** thousand dollars. Physician services, dental services and prescription drugs account for the largest proportion of out-of-pocket expenditures for U.S. residents.

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Subcategories may not sum to aggregates due to rounding.

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In 2024, the Brazilian government spent more than 155 billion reals on health, out of which almost 56 percent, or over 86 billion Brazilian reals, were allocated to hospital and outpatient care. Meanwhile, epidemiological monitoring concentrated around 0.7 percent of the public health expenditure in the South American country, amounting to around 11.2 billion reals. Public health spending by state During the 2024 fiscal year, the Brazilian state with the highest public health expenditure was São Paulo, reaching nearly 20.99 billion Brazilian reals. Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro followed as the districts with the second and third-largest government expenditure on healthcare. In comparison, the states with the lowest health expenditure in the South American country were Acre, Amapá, and Roraima, with under 800 million Brazilian reals each. Health spending is expected to increase in the coming years Current health expenditure in Brazil is forecast to increase in the following years. By 2029, the figure, which includes government and consumer expenditure on health, is estimated to reach more than 312 billion U.S. dollars. In relation to its gross domestic product, Brazil allocated over 10 percent of its GDP to healthcare in 2021, being the Latin American country with the third-highest health spending relative to its gross domestic product, after Cuba and Argentina, and along with a group of countries. In addition, Brazilian households spent over 48 billion U.S. dollars on health out of their pockets in 2022, an increase of around four billion U.S. dollars in comparison to 2019.

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The dataset contains a summary of government spending on healthcare, presented as a share of a country's GDP in selected years. Data are presented for the years 1880–2020, in 10-year intervals (i.e. in 1880, 1890, 1900, …, 2010, 2020). The aim of the summary was to present changes in the approach of governments of selected countries in Europe (including Poland), the USA, China andIndia over the 140 years studied.

The Indian government spent *** percent of the country's GDP on healthcare in the financial year 2025. The government healthcare spending is forecasted to be *** percent of the GDP in the financial year 2026.

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