Private health expenditure per person by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
7,095
Switzerland
Lowest
1.03
Tuvalu
Median
382.87
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,546
What the numbers show
Private health expenditure per person is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 7,095 in Switzerland; the lowest is 1.03 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 382.87, and the mean is 650.15.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,910.
Over the past decade 167 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 713.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 95.6%).
Private health expenditure per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 7,095 | 2023 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 6,204 | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 3,032 | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 2,721 | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2,443 | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 2,279 | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 7 | South Korea | 2,205 | 2024 | up 108.9% | rising |
| 8 | France | 2,168 | 2024 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 2,026 | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 1,972 | 2023 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 1,939 | 2023 | up 115.5% | rising |
| 12 | Ireland | 1,936 | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 1,859 | 2024 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 1,853 | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 15 | Portugal | 1,801 | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 1,735 | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 1,705 | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Greece | 1,696 | 2023 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 19 | Andorra | 1,612 | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 20 | Panama | 1,593 | 2023 | up 196.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Monaco | 1,406 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 1,344 | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 1,326 | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 1,323 | 2023 | up 137.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 1,323 | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 1,323 | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 1,310 | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 1,238 | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 29 | New Zealand | 1,234 | 2023 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 30 | Latvia | 1,226 | 2023 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Finland | 1,213 | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 1,203 | 2024 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 1,203 | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 1,160 | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,157 | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 1,156 | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 37 | Bahamas | 1,133 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 38 | Georgia | 1,099 | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 1,089 | 2023 | up 109.0% | rising |
| 40 | Iceland | 1,084 | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 41 | Sweden | 1,046 | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 1,043 | 2023 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 1,043 | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 44 | Bahrain | 1,041 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 45 | Cyprus | 1,036 | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 46 | Russia | 959.76 | 2023 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 47 | Montenegro | 888.33 | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 885.62 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 866.65 | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 50 | Estonia | 849.5 | 2023 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Mauritius | 840.98 | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Japan | 814.12 | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 793.36 | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 772.62 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 766.96 | 2023 | up 156.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 765.77 | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 760.64 | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 727.52 | 2023 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 725.42 | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Malaysia | 720.18 | 2023 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 61 | Czechia | 704.62 | 2023 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 702.78 | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 63 | San Marino | 684.85 | 2023 | up 57.9% | falling |
| 64 | Slovakia | 680.12 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 664.54 | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Barbados | 662.85 | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 661.77 | 2021 | up 123.8% | rising |
| 68 | Paraguay | 654.62 | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 69 | China | 637.83 | 2023 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 632.92 | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 71 | Romania | 630.94 | 2023 | up 195.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 625.11 | 2023 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 581.58 | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 572.59 | 2023 | up 118.4% | rising |
| 75 | Mongolia | 568.28 | 2023 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Iran | 559.29 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 547.63 | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 531.45 | 2024 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 513.42 | 2023 | up 148.2% | rising |
| 80 | Antigua and Barbuda | 509.21 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 496.18 | 2023 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 82 | Qatar | 492.47 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 83 | South Africa | 491.81 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 483.34 | 2023 | up 133.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Tunisia | 475.89 | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 86 | Ecuador | 467.79 | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 87 | Grenada | 458.91 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 88 | Iraq | 454.96 | 2023 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 89 | El Salvador | 453.37 | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 90 | Maldives | 447.3 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 427.06 | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 92 | Turkey | 425.97 | 2023 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 93 | Seychelles | 416.76 | 2023 | up 145.7% | rising |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 409.65 | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 406.46 | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 96 | Jordan | 383.43 | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 97 | Palau | 382.87 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 98 | Guyana | 380.94 | 2023 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Vietnam | 376.16 | 2023 | up 141.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Suriname | 375.18 | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 101 | Peru | 348.39 | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 102 | Algeria | 343.22 | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 103 | Moldova | 334.64 | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 334.39 | 2023 | down 47.1% | flat |
| 105 | Philippines | 322.34 | 2023 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 321.67 | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 107 | Honduras | 321 | 2023 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 306.17 | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 109 | Palestine | 301.71 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 110 | Kuwait | 293.91 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 111 | Dominica | 292.01 | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 112 | Jamaica | 287.19 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 269.7 | 2023 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 266.23 | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 115 | Eswatini | 265.82 | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 116 | Morocco | 259.67 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 254.42 | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Bolivia | 238.04 | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 119 | Botswana | 235.77 | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 120 | Thailand | 234.9 | 2023 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 121 | Myanmar | 234.53 | 2023 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 227.49 | 2023 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Cambodia | 216.53 | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 211.75 | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 125 | Nepal | 205.1 | 2023 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 126 | India | 202.77 | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 202.38 | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 128 | Gabon | 200.99 | 2023 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 129 | Nigeria | 193.5 | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 130 | Belize | 191.08 | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 131 | Indonesia | 190.93 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 187.62 | 2023 | up 126.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Bhutan | 182.06 | 2023 | up 204.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Cameroon | 173.81 | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 167.12 | 2023 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 162.82 | 2023 | up 167.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 158.71 | 2023 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Comoros | 150.54 | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 147.52 | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 140 | Brunei | 141.54 | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritania | 139.87 | 2023 | up 126.5% | rising |
| 142 | Togo | 127.95 | 2023 | up 145.3% | rising |
| 143 | Angola | 119.98 | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 144 | Yemen | 118.98 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 145 | Cote d'Ivoire | 118.05 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 114.38 | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 147 | Congo | 106.82 | 2023 | up 194.8% | rising |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 106.64 | 2023 | up 181.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Guinea | 101.3 | 2023 | up 151.0% | rising |
| 150 | Kenya | 95.94 | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 151 | Syria | 89.73 | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 87.05 | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 153 | Pakistan | 83.07 | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 154 | Venezuela | 76.14 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 155 | Fiji | 74.52 | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Nauru | 72.42 | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 157 | Micronesia (country) | 68.89 | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 158 | Chad | 68.07 | 2023 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67.86 | 2023 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 160 | Samoa | 67.54 | 2023 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 161 | Ghana | 66.22 | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 162 | Benin | 64.65 | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 62.54 | 2023 | up 299.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Haiti | 61.89 | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 165 | Mali | 60.91 | 2023 | up 137.8% | flat |
| 166 | Laos | 55.27 | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 167 | South Sudan | 52.77 | 2023 | up 162.6% | rising |
| 168 | Lesotho | 50.89 | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 169 | Kiribati | 49.28 | 2023 | up 713.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 48.68 | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 171 | Uganda | 47.36 | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 172 | Djibouti | 46.99 | 2023 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 173 | Niger | 46.97 | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 174 | Ethiopia | 43.9 | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 175 | Eritrea | 41.94 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 176 | Gambia | 35.42 | 2023 | up 71.5% | falling |
| 177 | Tanzania | 34.48 | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 178 | East Timor | 32.25 | 2023 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 179 | Rwanda | 28.27 | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 180 | Burundi | 27.86 | 2023 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 181 | Zambia | 27.73 | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 182 | Malawi | 27.17 | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 183 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 25.58 | 2023 | up 119.4% | rising |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 23.37 | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Mozambique | 22.58 | 2023 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Madagascar | 20.76 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 187 | Sudan | 17.79 | 2023 | down 91.3% | rising |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 17.64 | 2023 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 189 | Somalia | 16.36 | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 190 | Vanuatu | 16.19 | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 11.38 | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 192 | Solomon Islands | 4.93 | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 1.03 | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |