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Health Expenditure

Table 1. Total expenditure on health as percentage of GDP

Table 2. Public share of expenditure on health

Table 3. Private share of expenditure on health

Table 1. Total expenditure on health (TEH) as % of GDP

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Australia
7.8
8.0
8.1
8.4
8.3
8.5
8.4
8.5
8.5
8.7
 
The mainland of China
4.5
4.6
4.6
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.7
4.6
4.4
4.6
5.1
Hong Kong SAR (1)
5.2
5.1
5.1
5.3
5.3
5.6
5.2
5.0
5.0
4.8
5.1
Japan
7.5
7.7
7.9
8.0
8.1
8.1
8.2
8.2
8.2
8.5
 
New Zealand
7.5
7.6
7.7
8.0
7.9
8.3
8.7
9.1
8.8
9.6
10.3
Singapore
2.9
2.4
2.7
2.9
3.8
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.6
4.1
South Korea
4.3
4.5
5.1
4.9
5.2
5.3
5.7
6.0
6.3
6.5
6.9
Taiwan
5.6
5.5
5.9
6.0
6.1
6.2
6.2
6.3
6.2
6.5
6.9
Denmark
9.0
8.7
9.1
9.3
9.5
9.7
9.8
9.9
10.0
10.3
11.5
Finland
7.4
7.2
7.4
7.8
8.2
8.2
8.4
8.4
8.1
8.4
9.2
France
10.1
10.1
10.2
10.5
10.9
11.0
11.1
11.0
11.0
11.1
11.8
Germany
10.3
10.3
10.4
10.6
10.8
10.6
10.7
10.6
10.5
10.7
11.6
Italy
7.8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.3
8.7
8.9
9.0
8.7
9.0
9.5
Norway
9.3
8.4
8.8
9.8
10.0
9.7
9.1
8.6
8.9
8.6
9.6
Spain
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.3
8.2
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
9.0
9.5
Sweden
8.2
8.2
8.9
9.2
9.3
9.1
9.1
8.9
8.9
9.2
10.0
Switzerland
10.2
10.2
10.6
10.9
11.3
11.3
11.2
10.8
10.6
10.7
11.4
United Kingdom
6.9
7.0
7.2
7.6
7.8
8.0
8.2
8.5
8.4
8.8
9.8
Canada
8.9
8.8
9.3
9.6
9.8
9.8
9.8
10.0
10.0
10.3
11.4
United States
13.6
13.7
14.3
15.2
15.7
15.7
15.7
15.8
16.0
16.4
17.4

Table 2. Public share expenditure on health as % of TEH

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Australia
68.4
66.8
66.3
66.9
66.1
66.7
66.9
66.6
67.5
68.0
 
The mainland of China
40.9
38.3
35.6
35.8
36.2
38.0
38.8
40.7
46.9
49.9
52.5
Hong Kong SAR(1)
53.9
54.5
54.9
56.8
57.4
57.7
54.4
52.3
50.3
48.9
48.9
Japan
80.7
80.8
81.4
81.3
80.4
80.8
81.6
79.4
80.4
80.8
 
New Zealand
77.5
78.0
76.4
77.9
78.3
76.9
77.1
77.5
79.8
80.3
80.5
Singapore
52.5
51.4
45.1
37.2
35.7
30.7
30.4
30.1
29.8
31.9
36.1
South Korea
50.2
48.6
54.9
53.7
52.4
52.6
52.9
55.3
55.8
55.9
58.2
Taiwan
61.5
60.0
61.3
60.4
60.2
58.9
56.9
57.3
57.7
57.2
57.5
Denmark
84.0
83.9
84.2
84.5
84.5
84.3
84.5
84.6
84.4
84.7
85.0
Finland
71.5
71.3
72.0
72.5
74.6
75.0
75.4
74.8
74.4
74.4
74.7
France
79.4
79.4
79.4
79.7
78.9
78.8
78.8
78.7
78.3
77.7
77.9
Germany
80.1
79.8
79.6
79.3
78.4
76.7
76.6
76.4
76.4
76.6
76.9
Italy
70.7
72.5
74.6
74.5
74.5
76.0
76.2
76.6
76.6
77.5
77.9
Norway
82.6
82.5
83.6
83.5
83.7
83.6
83.5
83.8
84.1
84.3
84.1
Spain
72.0
71.6
71.2
71.3
70.3
70.4
70.6
71.3
71.5
72.6
73.6
Sweden
85.7
84.9
81.1
81.4
82.0
81.4
81.2
81.1
81.4
81.5
81.5
Switzerland
55.1
55.4
56.9
57.7
58.3
58.4
59.5
59.1
59.1
59.5
59.7
United Kingdom
80.6
79.2
79.9
79.8
80.0
81.3
81.9
81.3
81.3
82.4
84.1
Canada
70.0
70.4
70.0
69.5
70.2
70.2
70.2
69.8
70.2
70.5
70.6
United States
43.0
43.0
44.0
43.8
43.6
44.0
44.1
44.9
45.1
46.0
47.7

Table 3. Private share expenditure on health as % of TEH

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Australia
31.6
33.2
33.7
33.1
33.9
33.3
33.1
33.4
32.5
32.0
 
The mainland of China
59.1
61.7
64.4
64.2
63.8
62.0
61.2
59.3
53.1
50.1
47.5
Hong Kong SAR(1)
46.1
45.5
45.1
43.2
42.6
42.3
45.6
47.7
49.7
51.1
51.1
Japan
19.3
19.2
18.6
18.7
19.6
19.2
18.4
20.6
19.6
19.2
 
New Zealand
22.5
22.0
23.6
22.1
21.7
23.1
22.9
22.5
20.2
19.7
19.5
Singapore
47.5
48.6
54.9
62.8
64.3
69.3
69.6
69.9
70.2
68.1
63.9
South Korea
49.8
51.4
45.1
46.3
47.6
47.4
47.1
44.7
44.2
44.1
41.8
Taiwan
38.5
40.0
38.7
39.6
39.8
41.1
43.1
42.7
42.3
42.8
42.5
Denmark
16.0
16.1
15.8
15.5
15.5
15.7
15.5
15.4
15.6
15.3
15.0
Finland
28.5
28.7
28.0
27.5
25.4
25.0
24.6
25.2
25.6
25.6
25.3
France
20.6
20.6
20.6
20.3
21.1
21.2
21.2
21.3
21.7
22.3
22.1
Germany
19.9
20.2
20.4
20.7
21.6
23.3
23.4
23.6
23.6
23.4
23.1
Italy
29.3
27.5
25.4
25.5
25.5
24.0
23.8
23.4
23.4
22.5
22.1
Norway
17.4
17.5
16.4
16.5
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.2
15.9
15.7
15.9
Spain
28.0
28.4
28.8
28.7
29.7
29.6
29.4
28.7
28.5
27.4
26.4
Sweden
14.3
15.1
18.9
18.6
18.0
18.6
18.8
18.9
18.6
18.5
18.5
Switzerland
44.9
44.6
43.1
42.3
41.7
41.6
40.5
40.9
40.9
40.5
40.3
United Kingdom
19.4
20.8
20.1
20.2
20.0
18.7
18.1
18.7
18.7
17.6
15.9
Canada
30.0
29.6
30.0
30.5
29.8
29.8
29.8
30.2
29.8
29.5
29.4
United States
57.0
57.0
56.0
56.2
56.4
56.0
55.9
55.1
54.9
54.0
52.3

Note
(1) Figures for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) are in financial year, which refer to the 12 months preceding 31 March of the year (i.e. 2008 figure refers to April 2007 to March 2008 or 2007/08).

Source
Unless otherwise specified, all figures are from OECD.Stat website; accessed on 2.3.2012.
Hong Kong SAR figures from Hong Kong's Domestic Health Accounts, 1989/90-2008/09.
Taiwan figures from Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan; accessed on 28.2.2012.
Figures for the Mainland of China and Singapore are from National Health Accounts, World Health Organization; accessed on 28.2.2012.

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