Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — OECD

Government health expenditure per capita in the OECD in 2023 — 3,707 US$. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 191.1%.

2023 3,707 US$ +2.24% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3,745 US$2021
Period minimum 1,273 US$2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — OECD, 2000–202301,0002,0003,0004,0002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1,273 US$2001: 1,315 US$2002: 1,418 US$2003: 1,623 US$2004: 1,807 US$2005: 1,905 US$2006: 2,008 US$2007: 2,195 US$2008: 2,393 US$2009: 2,442 US$2010: 2,528 US$2011: 2,747 US$2012: 2,727 US$2013: 2,733 US$2014: 2,822 US$2015: 2,690 US$2016: 2,769 US$2017: 2,856 US$2018: 2,998 US$2019: 3,050 US$2020: 3,490 US$2021: 3,745 US$2022: 3,626 US$2023: 3,707 US$
Change over the period: +2,434 (+191.12%) Average annual rate: 4.76 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD

OECD 3,707 US$
World 804 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 3,707 +81 +2.24%
2022 3,626 −120 −3.19%
2021 3,745 +255 +7.31%
2020 3,490 +441 +14.45%
2019 3,050 +52 +1.74%
2018 2,998 +142 +4.97%
2017 2,856 +86 +3.12%
2016 2,769 +79 +2.95%
2015 2,690 −132 −4.69%
2014 2,822 +89 +3.26%
2013 2,733 +7 +0.25%
2012 2,727 −20 −0.72%
2011 2,747 +219 +8.66%
2010 2,528 +85 +3.49%
2009 2,442 +49 +2.05%
2008 2,393 +198 +9.01%
2007 2,195 +187 +9.33%
2006 2,008 +103 +5.41%
2005 1,905 +99 +5.45%
2004 1,807 +184 +11.33%
2003 1,623 +204 +14.4%
2002 1,418 +104 +7.87%
2001 1,315 +42 +3.27%
2000 1,273

About the indicator

Government spending on health in current US dollars per person. Of all the spending indicators this one separates countries the most: the gap between the top and the bottom of the table exceeds a factor of a thousand, whereas by share of GDP it is rarely more than fivefold. The reason is simple — the share is taken from economies of very different size.

Important: Converted at the market exchange rate rather than by purchasing power: the real volume of medical care one dollar buys in low-income countries is markedly larger, so the gap in the table overstates the gap in services.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.