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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — G7

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in the G7 in 2024 — 14.42%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2024 14.42% +0.56 pp vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 15.91%2000
Period minimum 12.85%2020

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — G7, 2000–202412131415162000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 15.91%2001: 15.4%2002: 15.27%2003: 15.11%2004: 14.87%2005: 14.42%2006: 14.7%2007: 14.85%2008: 14.63%2009: 14.21%2010: 14.43%2011: 14.39%2012: 14.55%2013: 14.42%2014: 14.53%2015: 14.63%2016: 14.62%2017: 14.64%2018: 14.66%2019: 14.61%2020: 12.85%2021: 13.16%2022: 13.49%2023: 13.85%2024: 14.42%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 14.42 +0.56 pp
2023 13.85 +0.36 pp
2022 13.49 +0.33 pp
2021 13.16 +0.32 pp
2020 12.85 −1.76 pp
2019 14.61 −0.06 pp
2018 14.66 +0.03 pp
2017 14.64 +0.01 pp
2016 14.62 −0 pp
2015 14.63 +0.1 pp
2014 14.53 +0.11 pp
2013 14.42 −0.13 pp
2012 14.55 +0.15 pp
2011 14.39 −0.04 pp
2010 14.43 +0.22 pp
2009 14.21 −0.42 pp
2008 14.63 −0.22 pp
2007 14.85 +0.15 pp
2006 14.7 +0.28 pp
2005 14.42 −0.46 pp
2004 14.87 −0.24 pp
2003 15.11 −0.16 pp
2002 15.27 −0.12 pp
2001 15.4 −0.52 pp
2000 15.91 —

About the indicator

Payments people make for medical care directly at the point of use — as a percent of all current health expenditure in the country. Insurance contributions and taxes are excluded: only what a person takes out of their pocket at the counter. The indicator is considered a key measure of financial protection: the higher it is, the more often illness means ruin, and WHO tracks it as an indicator of the risk of catastrophic household spending.

Important: A high value means weak protection, not an active private sector: voluntary insurance is not part of this indicator, so a country with developed private insurance can have a low share of out-of-pocket payments.

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

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