Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita (current US$) by country
Health expenditure through out-of-pocket payments per capita in USD. Out of pocket payments are spending on health directly out of pocket by households in each country.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
2,596 current US$
Switzerland
Lowest
0.7685 current US$
Tuvalu
Median
120.54 current US$
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,689
What the numbers show
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita (current US$) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 2,596 current US$ in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.7685 current US$ in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 120.54 current US$, and the mean is 273.86 current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,378.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 716.7%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 96.9%).
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 2,596 current US$ | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 2 | Liechtenstein | 2,266 current US$ | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 1,472 current US$ | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 1,276 current US$ | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 5 | Iceland | 1,137 current US$ | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 6 | Norway | 1,136 current US$ | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 1,121 current US$ | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 8 | Austria | 1,110 current US$ | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 1,106 current US$ | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | South Korea | 1,058 current US$ | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 996.81 current US$ | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 974.38 current US$ | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 935.45 current US$ | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 14 | Sweden | 867.75 current US$ | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 852.98 current US$ | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 837.64 current US$ | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands | 806.89 current US$ | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 804.62 current US$ | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 19 | Ireland | 784.38 current US$ | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 20 | Finland | 777.39 current US$ | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 21 | Italy | 758.02 current US$ | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 733.33 current US$ | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 701.56 current US$ | 2024 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 694.82 current US$ | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 688.89 current US$ | 2024 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 26 | Monaco | 676.64 current US$ | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 27 | Greece | 673.23 current US$ | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 28 | Spain | 647.9 current US$ | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 29 | New Zealand | 637.18 current US$ | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 30 | Barbados | 636.72 current US$ | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 630.21 current US$ | 2023 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahamas | 621.77 current US$ | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 33 | Armenia | 617.19 current US$ | 2023 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 577.85 current US$ | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 576.84 current US$ | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 541.26 current US$ | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Estonia | 521.25 current US$ | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | 520.23 current US$ | 2023 | down 36.5% | flat |
| 39 | San Marino | 513.66 current US$ | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 40 | France | 491.58 current US$ | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 449.95 current US$ | 2023 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 446.6 current US$ | 2023 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Japan | 445.16 current US$ | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 44 | Andorra | 401.83 current US$ | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 45 | Slovenia | 395.87 current US$ | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 46 | Czechia | 378.71 current US$ | 2024 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 47 | Slovakia | 365.47 current US$ | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 48 | Argentina | 356.52 current US$ | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 354.97 current US$ | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 50 | Bahrain | 336.94 current US$ | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 327.42 current US$ | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 326.39 current US$ | 2024 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 53 | Georgia | 325.72 current US$ | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 316.14 current US$ | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 313.8 current US$ | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 56 | Montenegro | 302.21 current US$ | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 57 | Albania | 285.12 current US$ | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 58 | Russia | 284.89 current US$ | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 280.66 current US$ | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritius | 278.79 current US$ | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 264.89 current US$ | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 257.65 current US$ | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 63 | Grenada | 255.2 current US$ | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 253.03 current US$ | 2023 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 65 | China | 245.61 current US$ | 2023 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 241.32 current US$ | 2023 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 239.29 current US$ | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 238.13 current US$ | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 232.13 current US$ | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 70 | Guatemala | 224.16 current US$ | 2023 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 71 | Seychelles | 214.25 current US$ | 2023 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 72 | Maldives | 209.19 current US$ | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 73 | Palau | 203.78 current US$ | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 193.77 current US$ | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Paraguay | 191.24 current US$ | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Iraq | 179.92 current US$ | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Mongolia | 175.49 current US$ | 2023 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 175.04 current US$ | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 79 | Kuwait | 167.97 current US$ | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 80 | Ukraine | 167.54 current US$ | 2021 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 167.05 current US$ | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 162.7 current US$ | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 158.99 current US$ | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Ecuador | 157.38 current US$ | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 154.19 current US$ | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 86 | Palestine | 145.43 current US$ | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 145.19 current US$ | 2023 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 88 | Dominica | 144.42 current US$ | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 135.37 current US$ | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 134.05 current US$ | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 91 | Guyana | 132.96 current US$ | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 132.21 current US$ | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 124.69 current US$ | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 94 | Moldova | 124.08 current US$ | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 123.07 current US$ | 2023 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 122.49 current US$ | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 97 | Tunisia | 120.54 current US$ | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 98 | Peru | 120.22 current US$ | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 99 | Jordan | 117.92 current US$ | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 100 | Iran | 115.22 current US$ | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Cuba | 106.98 current US$ | 2020 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 102 | Jamaica | 105.31 current US$ | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 103 | Algeria | 105.03 current US$ | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 104 | Turkey | 104.34 current US$ | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 105 | Colombia | 94.95 current US$ | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 106 | Libya | 90.21 current US$ | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 107 | Morocco | 86.52 current US$ | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 86.08 current US$ | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 82.86 current US$ | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 81.5 current US$ | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 111 | Egypt | 80.88 current US$ | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 112 | Lebanon | 77.46 current US$ | 2023 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 113 | Vietnam | 77.3 current US$ | 2023 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 74.68 current US$ | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 73.58 current US$ | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 116 | Bolivia | 69.67 current US$ | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 117 | Cambodia | 69.43 current US$ | 2023 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Liberia | 65.73 current US$ | 2023 | up 236.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 58.57 current US$ | 2023 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 120 | Comoros | 57.83 current US$ | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 121 | Venezuela | 55.21 current US$ | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 122 | Brunei | 54.33 current US$ | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 123 | Cameroon | 53.51 current US$ | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 53.1 current US$ | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.56 current US$ | 2023 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Nepal | 49.86 current US$ | 2023 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Nigeria | 48.05 current US$ | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 128 | Oman | 46.2 current US$ | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 45.56 current US$ | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 130 | Gabon | 43.69 current US$ | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 42.4 current US$ | 2023 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Bhutan | 41.3 current US$ | 2023 | up 135.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Indonesia | 40.96 current US$ | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.85 current US$ | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritania | 40.32 current US$ | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 136 | Myanmar | 39.97 current US$ | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Samoa | 39.29 current US$ | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 138 | Togo | 38.35 current US$ | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 139 | India | 37.16 current US$ | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 140 | South Africa | 35.91 current US$ | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 141 | Yemen | 33.03 current US$ | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Eswatini | 32.62 current US$ | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 143 | Senegal | 32.46 current US$ | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 144 | Thailand | 32.44 current US$ | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 32.28 current US$ | 2023 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 31.44 current US$ | 2023 | up 121.8% | rising |
| 147 | Namibia | 29.75 current US$ | 2023 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 148 | Haiti | 28.52 current US$ | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.5 current US$ | 2023 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.05 current US$ | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 151 | Angola | 24.76 current US$ | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 152 | Chad | 24.52 current US$ | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 24.23 current US$ | 2023 | up 208.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Syria | 24.14 current US$ | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 155 | Djibouti | 22.37 current US$ | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 156 | Congo | 21.13 current US$ | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 157 | Tonga | 20.97 current US$ | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 158 | Botswana | 20.85 current US$ | 2023 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 159 | Kenya | 20.6 current US$ | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 160 | South Sudan | 19.75 current US$ | 2023 | up 266.8% | rising |
| 161 | Benin | 19.73 current US$ | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 19.48 current US$ | 2023 | down 63.5% | rising |
| 163 | Ghana | 18.74 current US$ | 2023 | down 54.2% | rising |
| 164 | Fiji | 17.7 current US$ | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Nauru | 16.77 current US$ | 2023 | up 92.7% | falling |
| 166 | Lesotho | 16.18 current US$ | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 167 | Pakistan | 16.14 current US$ | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 16.1 current US$ | 2023 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Mali | 16.05 current US$ | 2023 | up 53.2% | flat |
| 170 | Uganda | 14.55 current US$ | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 171 | Eritrea | 13.71 current US$ | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 172 | Niger | 13.39 current US$ | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 13.11 current US$ | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 174 | Laos | 12.29 current US$ | 2023 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Sudan | 12.09 current US$ | 2023 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 12.02 current US$ | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 177 | Tanzania | 10.13 current US$ | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 178 | East Timor | 10.09 current US$ | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 9.42 current US$ | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 180 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.9 current US$ | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 181 | Gambia | 8.7 current US$ | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 182 | Zambia | 8.18 current US$ | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 7.28 current US$ | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 184 | Kiribati | 6.93 current US$ | 2023 | up 716.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Burundi | 6.89 current US$ | 2023 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 186 | Somalia | 6.89 current US$ | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 187 | Zimbabwe | 6.69 current US$ | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Mozambique | 5.49 current US$ | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 189 | Malawi | 4.95 current US$ | 2023 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 190 | Madagascar | 4.78 current US$ | 2023 | down 30.5% | flat |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 3.52 current US$ | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 192 | Rwanda | 2.16 current US$ | 2023 | down 63.3% | rising |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0.7685 current US$ | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 1,416 current US$
- Euro area 694.78 current US$
- Post-demographic dividend 957.01 current US$
- European Union 652.83 current US$
- High income 816.42 current US$
- OECD members 791.72 current US$
- Europe & Central Asia 489.31 current US$
- Caribbean Small States 339.74 current US$
- Central Europe and the Baltics 309.06 current US$
- Other small states 259.3 current US$
- Small states 244.65 current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean 242.28 current US$
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 242.04 current US$
- Late-demographic dividend 229.06 current US$
- East Asia & Pacific 228.82 current US$
- World 228.78 current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 225.82 current US$
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 213.16 current US$
- Upper middle income 190.54 current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 183.81 current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 183.81 current US$
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 148.9 current US$
- IBRD only 146.28 current US$
- Middle income 116.92 current US$
- IDA & IBRD total 113.64 current US$
- Low & middle income 106.26 current US$
- Arab World 95.61 current US$
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 87.71 current US$
- Early-demographic dividend 68.21 current US$
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 66.36 current US$
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 65.8 current US$
- Lower middle income 39.77 current US$
- South Asia 38.47 current US$
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 38.47 current US$
- Africa Western and Central 37.57 current US$
- IDA blend 35.3 current US$
- Pre-demographic dividend 31.99 current US$
- IDA total 29.37 current US$
- IDA only 26.19 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 24.08 current US$
About this data
Health expenditure through out-of-pocket payments per capita in USD. Out of pocket payments are spending on health directly out of pocket by households in each country.