Total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP fell 0.381% to 8.90% in Italy in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Italy reached an all time high of 9.01% in 2014 and an all time low of 6.66% in 1989. When compared to Italy's main peers, total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Austria amounted to 10.3%, 11.5% in France, 7.97% in Slovenia and 12.3% in Switzerland in 2017.
Italy has been ranked 18th within the group of 36 countries we follow in terms of total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Health Expenditure (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | 10.0% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.4% | 10.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 10.0% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 7.80% | 7.80% | 6.82% | 7.05% | 7.15% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | % | 11.2% | 11.3% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 11.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 10.7% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 11.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 7.54% | 7.47% | 7.26% | 7.09% | 7.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 8.84% | 8.96% | 8.95% | 9.01% | 8.99% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 8.57% | 8.76% | 8.79% | 8.51% | 8.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 9.09% | 9.08% | 9.03% | 9.02% | 9.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 10.8% | 11.1% | 11.3% | 11.5% | 11.9% |
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