Out of pocket expenditure per capita on healthcare by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
2,335
Switzerland
Lowest
0.745
Tuvalu
Median
277.92
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,561

What the numbers show

Out of pocket expenditure per capita on healthcare is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 2,335 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.745 in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 277.92, and the mean is 452.95.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,135.

Over the past decade 167 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 1,089.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 96.8%).

Out of pocket expenditure per capita on healthcare: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 2,335 2023 up 57.0% rising
2 Liechtenstein 1,931 2023 up 42.6% rising
3 Malta 1,765 2023 up 110.5% rising
4 South Korea 1,714 2024 up 96.6% rising
5 Singapore 1,665 2023 up 50.0% rising
6 Armenia 1,636 2023 up 95.5% volatile
7 Belgium 1,611 2023 up 67.7% rising
8 United States 1,472 2023 up 42.5% rising
9 Chile 1,414 2024 up 133.3% rising
10 Portugal 1,389 2024 up 77.1% rising
11 Austria 1,358 2024 up 35.6% rising
12 Panama 1,342 2023 up 188.9% volatile
13 Norway 1,303 2023 up 48.5% rising
14 Lithuania 1,297 2024 up 137.2% volatile
15 Australia 1,219 2023 up 50.0% rising
16 Greece 1,185 2023 up 60.7% rising
17 Canada 1,168 2024 up 69.7% rising
18 Italy 1,114 2024 up 49.4% rising
19 Latvia 1,064 2023 up 127.0% rising
20 Bulgaria 1,054 2023 up 110.0% rising
21 Sweden 1,040 2024 up 33.5% rising
22 Iceland 1,031 2024 up 51.5% rising
23 Spain 1,029 2023 up 42.8% rising
24 Trinidad and Tobago 1,016 2023 up 62.6% rising
25 Denmark 1,007 2024 up 52.9% rising
26 Georgia 986.59 2023 up 68.7% rising
27 Turkmenistan 978.15 2023 up 142.3% volatile
28 Netherlands 965.95 2024 up 59.9% rising
29 United Kingdom 961.49 2024 up 48.3% rising
30 Germany 944.93 2024 up 47.8% rising
31 Ireland 930.5 2024 up 36.3% rising
32 Russia 909.7 2023 up 98.6% volatile
33 Finland 906.78 2023 up 25.3% rising
34 Monaco 828.21 2023 up 83.2% rising
35 Israel 826.24 2023 up 45.1% rising
36 Cyprus 814.19 2023 down 9.3% rising
37 Saint Kitts and Nevis 809.24 2023 up 15.2% rising
38 Estonia 799.86 2024 up 84.8% volatile
39 Montenegro 765.73 2023 up 47.3% rising
40 Argentina 755.94 2023 up 44.6% rising
41 Luxembourg 749.05 2024 up 21.4% rising
42 Serbia 740.03 2023 up 43.8% rising
43 Bahrain 732.23 2023 up 16.9% rising
44 North Macedonia 715.31 2023 up 142.0% rising
45 Mauritius 708.46 2023 up 62.2% rising
46 New Zealand 707.43 2024 up 64.7% rising
47 Albania 707 2023 up 85.2% volatile
48 San Marino 684.85 2023 up 57.9% falling
49 Hungary 663.02 2023 up 31.7% rising
50 Czechia 657.35 2024 up 83.9% volatile
51 Japan 656.45 2023 up 23.2% rising
52 Slovakia 650.99 2023 up 32.9% rising
53 Azerbaijan 641.69 2023 up 75.5% volatile
54 Poland 638.32 2024 up 72.6% rising
55 Slovenia 637.15 2024 up 86.9% rising
56 Bahamas 636.42 2023 up 33.3% rising
57 France 633.76 2024 up 22.3% rising
58 Ukraine 626.07 2021 up 125.5% rising
59 Belarus 624.75 2023 up 71.1% volatile
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 615.82 2023 up 105.9% rising
61 Andorra 615.19 2023 up 41.0% rising
62 Romania 600.23 2023 up 189.9% volatile
63 Barbados 570.71 2023 up 21.5% rising
64 Mexico 564.1 2023 up 39.6% rising
65 Brazil 543.09 2023 up 53.7% rising
66 Mongolia 541.16 2023 up 236.0% volatile
67 Uruguay 536.07 2023 up 77.3% rising
68 Guatemala 534.85 2023 up 120.3% rising
69 Malaysia 534.6 2023 up 92.4% rising
70 Paraguay 533.75 2023 up 52.7% rising
71 Egypt 517.42 2023 up 72.8% rising
72 Saudi Arabia 490.54 2023 up 28.6% rising
73 Uzbekistan 479.78 2023 up 133.4% volatile
74 China 478.38 2023 up 122.6% volatile
75 Costa Rica 465.09 2023 up 67.9% rising
76 Iran 459.1 2023 up 7.5% flat
77 Saint Lucia 456.31 2023 up 25.1% rising
78 Iraq 454.96 2023 up 88.5% volatile
79 Cuba 427.06 2023 up 59.5% rising
80 Grenada 426.79 2023 up 22.9% rising
81 Tunisia 422.09 2023 up 55.4% rising
82 Maldives 412.95 2023 up 2.3% falling
83 Kazakhstan 403.57 2023 up 145.8% rising
84 Equatorial Guinea 402.04 2023 up 29.7% rising
85 Seychelles 391.92 2023 up 146.8% rising
86 Ecuador 382.43 2023 up 38.8% rising
87 El Salvador 381.98 2023 up 59.1% rising
88 United Arab Emirates 360.27 2023 down 28.6% falling
89 Guyana 350.45 2023 up 116.8% volatile
90 Turkey 336.99 2023 up 104.3% rising
91 Algeria 329.42 2023 up 38.7% rising
92 Moldova 324.47 2023 up 31.2% rising
93 Croatia 302.83 2023 up 140.3% rising
94 Honduras 293.68 2023 up 70.0% rising
95 Dominican Republic 292.85 2023 up 48.7% rising
96 Dominica 283.96 2023 up 45.7% rising
97 Sri Lanka 277.92 2023 up 41.8% rising
98 Jordan 275 2023 up 76.6% flat
99 Vietnam 270.32 2023 up 118.0% volatile
100 Nicaragua 259.17 2023 up 95.2% rising
101 Colombia 259.06 2024 up 66.7% rising
102 Antigua and Barbuda 258.3 2023 down 9.7% rising
103 Peru 258.08 2023 up 36.2% rising
104 Kuwait 256.77 2023 down 7.2% falling
105 Afghanistan 254.42 2023 up 91.7% volatile
106 Palestine 254.3 2023 up 19.6% rising
107 Philippines 248.6 2023 up 58.5% rising
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 241.17 2023 up 52.3% rising
109 Tajikistan 227.05 2023 up 91.0% volatile
110 Morocco 225.78 2023 up 8.9% rising
111 Suriname 225.31 2023 up 4.0% rising
112 Palau 224.7 2023 down 16.2% rising
113 Qatar 215.5 2023 down 5.8% falling
114 Cambodia 212.17 2023 up 81.5% rising
115 Bolivia 206.47 2023 up 65.3% rising
116 Libya 202.38 2023 down 27.6% falling
117 Myanmar 201.42 2023 up 120.8% volatile
118 Nepal 197.27 2023 up 152.3% volatile
119 Lebanon 191.23 2023 down 55.1% falling
120 Nigeria 187.06 2023 up 55.0% rising
121 Jamaica 175.85 2023 down 11.2% rising
122 Bhutan 172.31 2023 up 203.5% volatile
123 Cameroon 166.54 2023 up 103.1% rising
124 Cape Verde 158.7 2023 up 113.0% rising
125 Bangladesh 157.44 2023 up 166.9% volatile
126 Belize 153.55 2023 up 43.9% rising
127 Guinea-Bissau 152.13 2023 up 137.2% volatile
128 India 151.95 2023 up 17.0% rising
129 Liberia 147.38 2023 up 211.0% volatile
130 Kyrgyzstan 147.35 2023 down 2.8% rising
131 Comoros 141.2 2023 up 43.6% rising
132 Brunei 140.54 2023 down 5.5% volatile
133 Mauritania 132.06 2023 up 127.1% rising
134 Indonesia 129.49 2023 down 10.1% rising
135 Togo 119.5 2023 up 151.5% rising
136 Yemen 116.69 2023 down 0.3% rising
137 Gabon 116.23 2023 down 1.3% falling
138 Thailand 105.97 2023 up 60.8% rising
139 Eswatini 101.59 2023 up 52.6% rising
140 Burkina Faso 98.1 2023 up 220.1% volatile
141 Guinea 91.82 2023 up 132.7% rising
142 Oman 91.15 2023 up 11.0% falling
143 Senegal 91.14 2023 up 35.9% rising
144 South Africa 90.6 2023 up 9.9% falling
145 Syria 88.66 2023 up 39.1% falling
146 Sierra Leone 86.56 2023 down 32.8% rising
147 Angola 80.84 2023 up 83.3% rising
148 Pakistan 80.51 2023 up 27.2% rising
149 Namibia 80.04 2023 down 7.9% rising
150 Cote d'Ivoire 79.78 2023 up 4.4% falling
151 Chad 67.14 2023 up 83.4% rising
152 Kenya 66.55 2023 up 35.2% rising
153 Samoa 63.68 2023 up 71.6% rising
154 Ghana 62.55 2023 down 32.8% rising
155 Central African Republic 61.54 2023 up 302.0% volatile
156 Sao Tome and Principe 59.16 2023 up 55.3% falling
157 Benin 58.45 2023 up 90.5% rising
158 Congo 58.42 2023 up 68.1% rising
159 Botswana 55.77 2023 up 66.5% falling
160 Laos 55.27 2023 down 9.4% rising
161 Haiti 54.88 2023 up 21.2% rising
162 Lesotho 50.89 2023 up 26.0% rising
163 Mali 49.07 2023 up 105.1% falling
164 Fiji 45.54 2023 down 35.3% volatile
165 Djibouti 44.71 2023 up 69.3% rising
166 Uganda 44.64 2023 down 20.5% rising
167 South Sudan 42.9 2023 up 160.7% rising
168 Eritrea 41.94 2023 up 5.9% rising
169 Ethiopia 39.67 2023 up 83.2% rising
170 Niger 39.38 2023 up 37.3% rising
171 Venezuela 33.37 2023 — rising
172 Tanzania 33.25 2023 up 40.6% rising
173 East Timor 32.25 2023 up 111.3% rising
174 Gambia 31.8 2023 up 93.7% flat
175 Tonga 30.03 2023 up 79.4% rising
176 Zambia 25.07 2023 up 34.6% falling
177 Burundi 24.51 2023 up 98.1% rising
178 Democratic Republic of Congo 21.95 2023 up 119.1% rising
179 Nauru 18.1 2023 up 106.7% falling
180 Madagascar 17.23 2023 down 12.4% falling
181 Sudan 16.21 2023 down 91.6% rising
182 Somalia 16.03 2023 up 35.5% rising
183 Malawi 15.04 2023 up 81.0% rising
184 Mozambique 14.79 2023 up 174.0% volatile
185 Micronesia (country) 12.43 2023 up 33.0% flat
186 Vanuatu 11.84 2023 up 31.4% rising
187 Kiribati 11.66 2023 up 1,089.0% volatile
188 Papua New Guinea 11.38 2023 up 85.7% rising
189 Zimbabwe 10.97 2023 down 79.1% volatile
190 Marshall Islands 9.2 2023 up 47.6% rising
191 Rwanda 7.26 2023 down 42.4% rising
192 Solomon Islands 4.85 2023 up 39.1% rising
193 Tuvalu 0.745 2023 down 96.8% volatile

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Indicator
Out of pocket expenditure per capita on healthcare
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 4,561 data points, 2000–2024
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