Private health expenditure as a share of total fell 1.06% to 17.8% in the Czech Republic in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a share of total in the Czech Republic reached an all time high of 18.0% in 2016 and an all time low of 2.94% in 1990. When compared to Czech Republic's main peers, private health expenditure as a share of total in Austria amounted to 25.7%, 33.2% in Hungary, 30.8% in Poland and 19.5% in Slovakia in 2017.
Czech Republic has been ranked 27th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a share of total, 135 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Austria | % | 25.4% | 25.3% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 25.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 16.1% | 16.3% | 16.4% | 17.3% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 16.7% | 16.9% | 16.1% | 15.6% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 33.5% | 34.5% | 33.4% | 32.9% | 33.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 23.0% | 23.9% | 23.9% | 24.4% | 25.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 29.1% | 30.0% | 29.3% | 29.3% | 30.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 37.3% | 36.3% | 37.6% | 38.2% | 41.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 26.2% | 27.8% | 25.8% | 19.8% | 20.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 37.7% | 36.5% | 35.9% | 36.8% | 36.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 46.6% | 44.8% | 45.9% | 49.2% | ... | ... | ... |
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