List of countries by total health expenditure (PPP) per capita

This article includes two lists of countries of the world sorted by their total expenditure on health at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and their total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).

The first table lists the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, plus Taiwan, by total expenditure on health at purchasing power parity per capita in 2011, and their total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP in 2011.

The second table lists the 193 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries, plus Taiwan, by total expenditure on health at purchasing power parity per capita in 2010, and their total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP in 2010.

OECD (2011)[1] WHO (2010)[2]
Rank Country Total
health
expenditure
per capita
PPP US$
Total
health
expenditure
% of
GDP

1  United States 8,508 17.7
2  Norway 5,669 9.3
3   Switzerland 5,643 11.0
4  Netherlands 5,099 11.9
5  Austria 4,546 10.8
6  Canada 4,522 11.2
7  Germany 4,495 11.3
8  Denmark 4,448 10.9
9  Luxembourg 4,246 6.6
10  France 4,118 11.6
11  Belgium 4,061 10.5
12  Sweden 3,925 9.5
13  Australia 3,800 (2010) 8.9 (2010)
14  Ireland 3,700 8.9
15  United Kingdom 3,405 9.4
16  Finland 3,374 9.0
17  Iceland 3,305 9.0
18  Japan 3,213 (2010) 9.6 (2010)
19  New Zealand 3,182 10.3
20  Spain 3,072 9.3
21  Italy 3,012 9.2
22  Portugal 2,619 10.2
23  Taiwan[3] 2,479 6.6
24  Slovenia 2,421 8.9
25  Greece 2,361 9.1
26  Israel 2,239 7.7
27  Korea, South 2,198 7.4
28  Czech Republic 1,966 7.5
29  Slovakia 1,915 7.9
30  Hungary 1,689 7.9
31  Chile 1,568 7.5
32  Poland 1,452 6.9
33  Estonia 1,303 5.9
34  Mexico 977 (2010) 6.2 (2010)
35  Turkey 906 (2008) 6.1 (2008)
Rank Country Total
health
expenditure
per capita
PPP Int.$
Total
health
expenditure
% of
GDP

1  United States 8,233 17.6
2  Luxembourg 6,712 7.9
3  Monaco 5,915 4.4
4  Norway 5,391 9.3
5   Switzerland 5,297 10.9
6  Netherlands 5,112 12.1
7  Denmark 4,467 11.1
8  Canada 4,443 11.4
9  Austria 4,398 11.0
10  Germany 4,342 11.5
11  France 3,997 11.7
12  Belgium 3,975 10.5
13  Sweden 3,760 9.6
14  Ireland 3,720 9.2
15  Australia 3,685 9.0
16  United Kingdom 3,433 9.6
17  Finland 3,252 9.0
18  Iceland 3,230 9.3
19  Niue 3,200 16.2
20  San Marino 3,178 7.2
21  Andorra 3,122 7.2
22  Japan 3,120 9.2
23  Greece 3,069 10.8
24  Spain 3,057 9.6
25  Italy 3,046 9.5
26  New Zealand 2,992 10.1
27  Portugal 2,729 10.7
28  Singapore 2,592 4.5
29  Slovenia 2,429 9.0
30  Bahamas, The 2,348 7.5
31  Taiwan[3] 2,307 6.5
32  Malta 2,290 8.5
33  Cyprus 2,218 7.4
34  Slovakia 2,097 9.0
35  Israel 2,041 7.7
36  Korea, South 2,035 7.1
37  Czech Republic 1,885 7.5
38  Qatar 1,621 2.1
39  Trinidad and Tobago 1,615 6.3
40  Palau 1,605 11.5
41  Hungary 1,601 7.8
42  United Arab Emirates 1,562 3.7
43  Barbados 1,520 6.7
44  Brunei 1,503 2.9
45  Croatia 1,475 7.8
46  Equatorial Guinea 1,395 4.2
47  Poland 1,377 7.0
48  Argentina 1,321 8.3
49  Estonia 1,294 6.3
50  Lithuania 1,286 7.0
51  Russia 1,277 6.5
52  Panama 1,221 8.7
53  Costa Rica 1,197 10.3
54  Chile 1,191 7.4
55  Serbia 1,176 10.4
56  Latvia 1,157 6.7
57  Montenegro 1,154 9.0
58  Kuwait 1,133 2.6
59  Uruguay 1,132 8.1
60  Bulgaria 1,057 7.6
61  Turkey 1,039 6.7
62  Brazil 1,009 9.0
63  Antigua and Barbuda 981 5.9
64  Mexico 962 6.3
65  Bahrain 937 4.3
66  South Africa 915 8.7
67  Saudi Arabia 914 4.0
68  Bosnia and Herzegovina 893 10.2
69  Romania 881 5.9
70  Lebanon 872 6.2
71  Mauritius 835 6.2
72  Seychelles 806 3.3
73  Iran 797 5.3
74  Belarus 762 5.6
75  Macedonia, Republic of 758 6.6
76  Dominica 717 5.9
77  Botswana 711 5.1
78  Saint Lucia 703 7.7
79  Saint Kitts and Nevis 696 4.7
80  Malaysia 645 4.4
81  Venezuela 642 5.3
82  Ecuador 635 7.9
83  Grenada 632 5.8
84  Colombia 614 6.5
85  Oman 591 2.7
86  Libya 573 3.0
87  Tunisia 544 5.7
88  Gabon 532 3.5
89  Kazakhstan 528 4.3
90  Ukraine 527 7.8
91  Georgia 524 10.2
92  Azerbaijan 520 5.3
93  Albania 515 6.0
94  Maldives 510 6.2
95  Dominican Republic 509 5.5
96  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 499 4.7
97  Jordan 493 8.3
97  Paraguay 493 9.6
99  Peru 463 4.9
100  El Salvador 456 6.9
101  Federated States of Micronesia 453 13.6
102  Suriname 449 5.7
103  Belize 428 5.8
104  Cuba 414 10.2
105  Swaziland 411 7.8
106  Cook Islands 404 4.6
107  Jamaica 397 5.2
108  Tuvalu 384 14.5
109  Namibia 380 5.5
110  Marshall Islands 374 17.1
111  China 373 5.0
112  Algeria 364 4.3
113  Moldova 362 11.7
114  Iraq 346 8.5
115  Honduras 340 8.7
116  Thailand 331 3.9
117  Guatemala 327 6.9
118  Egypt 293 4.7
119  Nicaragua 276 9.9
120  Samoa 275 6.3
121  Bolivia 264 5.5
122  Kiribati 262 10.7
123  Morocco 257 5.4
124  Armenia 240 4.5
125  Vanuatu 230 5.2
126  Bhutan 226 4.3
126  Tonga 226 5.0
128  Mongolia 221 5.5
129  Nauru 220 9.6
130  Turkmenistan 219 2.5
131  Vietnam 216 6.8
132  Solomon Islands 200 7.4
133  Angola 194 3.4
133  Fiji 194 4.2
133  Guyana 194 5.6
136  Djibouti 184 7.9
136  Lesotho 184 11.5
138  Uzbekistan 177 5.6
139  Sri Lanka 175 3.5
139  Syria 175 3.4
141  Sierra Leone 171 20.8
142  Philippines 164 4.1
143  Sudan 162 7.2
144  Yemen 155 5.6
145  Kyrgyzstan 152 6.7
146  São Tomé and Príncipe 151 7.5
147  Mauritania 138 6.1
148  Cambodia 132 6.0
149  Tajikistan 129 6.0
150  Nigeria 128 5.4
151  India 126 3.7
152  Indonesia 123 2.8
153  Cameroon 122 5.1
154  Rwanda 120 10.4
155  Uganda 117 9.2
156  Côte d'Ivoire 115 6.2
157  Senegal 111 5.8
158  Papua New Guinea 101 4.1
159  Tanzania 100 7.2
160  Congo, Republic of the 97 2.3
161  Burkina Faso 92 7.4
161  Zambia 92 6.0
163  Gambia, The 90 4.4
164  Liberia 88 16.4
165  Ghana 85 5.2
166  Timor-Leste 84 5.7
167  Guinea-Bissau 82 7.0
168  Cape Verde 80 2.3
169  Haiti 76 6.9
170  Malawi 74 8.4
170  Togo 74 7.5
172  Kenya 72 4.4
173  Benin 70 4.3
174  Mali 69 6.5
175  Guinea 67 6.2
175  Laos 67 2.6
177  Bangladesh 61 3.7
177    Nepal 61 5.1
179  Chad 60 4.0
180  Comoros 58 5.3
181  Mozambique 57 6.3
182  Burundi 54 9.1
183  Afghanistan 52 10.4
184  Ethiopia 50 4.8
185  Niger 36 4.8
186  Madagascar 35 3.6
187  Central African Republic 30 3.8
188  Pakistan 28 1.0
189  Burma 26 2.0
189  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26 7.5
191  Eritrea 17 2.9
192  Korea, North
192  Somalia
192  South Sudan 2.1
192  Zimbabwe

Further reading

Notes and references

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  2. WHO Department of Health Statistics and Informatics (May 15, 2013). "World Health Statistics 2013". Geneva: WHO. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Department of Statistics (December 13, 2013). "National Health Expenditure 2012". Taipei: Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan. Retrieved 2014-01-21.