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Who Pays the Most for Health Care from Private Resources?

Private Health Expenditure (As % of Total) (%), 2017 or latest

Health Care | January 2, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 43 countries in 2017, India ranked the highest in private health expenditure as a share of total with 75.2% followed by Indonesia and South Africa. On the other end of the scale was Norway with 15.0%, Germany with 15.0% and Denmark with 15.8%.

Data for more countries are available at Private Health Expenditure (As % of Total) indicator page.

Private Health Expenditure (As % of Total)	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Brazil	%															55.3%	56.0%	55.3%	55.6%	56.7%	...	...
Chile	%															40.5%	40.0%	40.0%	39.6%	39.2%
China	%	...	...	...												48.2%	45.7%	44.1%	42.1%	43.2%	...	...
Greece	%															33.6%	37.9%	41.8%	41.7%	38.7%		...
Hungary	%															33.5%	34.5%	33.4%	32.9%	33.1%
India	%															72.0%	72.9%	77.9%	77.1%	75.2%	...	...
Indonesia	%															68.4%	65.2%	62.5%	60.8%	67.7%	...	...
Israel	%															37.3%	37.3%	36.3%	36.8%	37.3%
Latvia	%															36.5%	39.7%	40.0%	40.3%	43.0%
Mexico	%															48.7%	48.4%	47.2%	48.2%	47.8%
Portugal	%															32.3%	34.4%	33.1%	33.9%	33.8%
Russia	%															37.3%	36.3%	37.6%	38.2%	41.3%		...
South Africa	%	...	...	...												57.5%	56.7%	56.8%	57.0%	57.3%	...	...
South Korea	%															40.4%	41.1%	41.0%	41.2%	41.1%
Switzerland	%															37.7%	36.5%	35.9%	36.8%	36.6%