HEALTH TOPICS A TO Z

Spending on health: A global overview

Total global expenditure for health	US$ 4.1 trillion +
Total global expenditure for health per person per year:	US$ 639
Country with highest total spending per person per year on health:	United States (US$ 6103)
Country with lowest total spending per person per year on health:	Burundi (US$ 2.90)
Country with highest government spending per person per year on health:	Norway (US$ 4508)
Country with lowest government spending per person per year on health:	Burundi (US$ 0.70)
Country with highest annual out-of-pocket household spending on health:	Switzerland (US$ 1787)
Country with lowest annual out-of-pocket household spending on health:	Solomon Islands (US$ 1.00)
Average amount spent per person per year on health in countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD):	US$ 2716
Percentage of the world's population living in OECD countries:	18%
Percentage of the world's total financial resources devoted to health currently spent in OECD countries:	80%
Annual spending by the municipal government of New York City (population 8.2 million) on health:	US$ 429 million
Annual spending by the government of Bénin (population 8.2 million) on health:	US$86 million
WHO estimate of minimum spending per person per year needed to provide basic, life-saving services:	US$35 to US$50
Number of WHO Member States where health spending — including spending by government, households and the private sector and funds provided by external donors — is lower than US$50 per person per year:	64
Number of WHO Member States where health spending is lower than US$20 per person per year:	30
Percentage of funds spent on health in WHO's Africa Region that has been provided by donors:	14%

+ Figures used on this fact sheet are based on 2004 data.

Sources: US Department of Health; The World Health Organization

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