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Health spending per capita, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 38 countries was 4488.91 U.S. dollars. The highest value was in the USA: 11999.09 U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Turkey: 431.34 U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Health spending per capita, 2021 Global rank Available data
USA 11999.09 1 2000 - 2022
Switzerland 11262.23 2 2000 - 2022
Norway 9163.14 3 2000 - 2022
Luxembourg 7632.57 4 2000 - 2023
Denmark 7465.77 5 2000 - 2023
Australia 7039.58 6 2000 - 2022
Sweden 6842.46 7 2000 - 2023
Ireland 6764.26 8 2000 - 2022
Iceland 6722.42 9 2000 - 2023
Germany 6638.21 10 2000 - 2023
Netherlands 6554.97 11 2000 - 2022
Austria 6520.49 12 2000 - 2023
Canada 6483.38 13 2000 - 2023
Belgium 5743.62 14 2000 - 2022
UK 5612.05 15 2000 - 2023
France 5376.75 16 2000 - 2022
Finland 5261.91 17 2000 - 2022
New Zealand 4967.38 18 2000 - 2022
Japan 4482.62 19 2000 - 2022
Israel 4190.61 20 2000 - 2022
Italy 3399.86 21 2000 - 2023
Spain 3144.11 22 2000 - 2022
South Korea 3141.52 23 2000 - 2023
Slovenia 2779.57 24 2000 - 2023
Portugal 2760.17 25 2000 - 2023
Czechia 2538.03 26 2000 - 2023
Estonia 2091.16 27 2000 - 2022
Latvia 1897.95 28 2000 - 2022
Lithuania 1854.28 29 2000 - 2023
Greece 1846.37 30 2000 - 2022
Slovakia 1684.52 31 2000 - 2022
Chile 1576.69 32 2000 - 2023
Hungary 1381.62 33 2000 - 2023
Poland 1183.3 34 2000 - 2023
Costa Rica 977.15 35 2000 - 2022
Mexico 606.13 36 2000 - 2022
Colombia 561.12 37 2000 - 2023
Turkey 431.34 38 2000 - 2022


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Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

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