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Country (b) 1997 2002 2007
Share of total health expenditure Share of GDP Share of total health expenditure Share of GDP Share of total health expenditure (b) Share of GDP
Mexico 44.7 2.1 43.9 2.5 45.2 2.7
United States 44.7 6.0 44.1 6.6 45.4 7.3
Korea 41.7 1.8 50.6 2.7 54.9 3.7
Switzerland 55.0 5.5 57.7 6.3 59.3 6.4
Greece 52.8 4.5 58.0 5.3 60.3 5.8
Slovak Republic 91.7 5.3 89.1 5.0 66.8 5.2
Australia (c) 67.2 5.1 66.9 5.8 67.5 6.0
Canada 70.1 6.2 69.6 6.7 70.0 7.1
Hungary 81.3 5.5 70.2 5.3 70.6 5.2
Poland 72.0 4.0 71.2 4.5 70.8 4.6
Spain 72.5 5.3 71.3 5.2 71.8 6.1
Finland 72.2 5.5 72.3 5.6 74.6 6.1
Austria 75.7 7.4 75.8 7.7 76.4 7.7
Italy 70.8 5.4 74.5 6.2 76.5 6.7
Germany 80.8 8.3 79.2 8.4 76.9 8.0
France 79.6 8.1 79.7 8.4 79.0 8.7
Ireland 73.9 4.7 75.8 5.4 80.7 6.1
Sweden 85.8 6.9 82.1 7.6 81.7 7.4
United Kingdom 80.4 5.3 79.9 6.1 81.7 6.9
Iceland 82.1 6.6 81.9 8.3 82.5 7.7
Norway 81.3 6.8 83.5 8.2 84.1 7.5
Denmark 82.3 6.7 82.9 7.3 84.5 8.2
Czech Republic 90.3 6.0 90.5 6.4 85.2 5.8
Belgium n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Japan 81.5 5.7 81.5 6.5 n.a. n.a.
Luxembourg 92.5 5.2 90.3 6.1 n.a. n.a.
Netherlands 67.8 5.4 62.5 5.5 n.a. n.a.
New Zealand 77.3 5.7 77.9 6.4 n.a. n.a.
Portugal 65.7 5.3 72.2 6.5 n.a. n.a.
Turkey 71.6 2.2 70.4 4.1 n.a. n.a.
Weighted average (28 countries) (d) (e) 60.0 5.9 59.2 6.5 59.3 6.9
Median (28 countries) (d) 73.9 5.5 74.5 6.3 74.6 6.6

  1. See OECD definition of health expenditure in Box 8.7.
  2. Countries in this table are sorted in ascending order according to the 2007 share of government to total health expenditure.
  3. Expenditure based on the OECD System of Health Accounts (SHA) framework.
  4. The 28 countries included in the averages exclude Belgium and the Netherlands. Averages for 2007 incorporate 2006 data for Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Portugal, and 2005 data for Turkey.
  5. Average weighted by total health expenditure or GDP.

Source

AIHW 2009. Health expenditure Australia 2007–08. Health and welfare expenditure series no. 37. Cat. no. HWE 46. Canberra: AIHW.