Health spending per person in Canada
Current health spending in Canada was US$6,378 per person in 2024.
Canada, 2024
US$6,378
Change from 2023
+3.1%
World, 2023
US$1,317 per person
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
US$5,175 per person
Health spending per person in Canada over time
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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US$6,378 per person | – |
| 2023 | US$6,187 per person | US$1,317 per person |
| 2022 | US$6,252 per person | US$1,266 per person |
| 2021 | US$6,511 per person | US$1,258 per person |
| 2020 | US$5,646 per person | US$1,160 per person |
| 2019 | US$5,099 per person | US$1,085 per person |
| 2018 | US$5,053 per person | US$1,067 per person |
| 2017 | US$4,895 per person | US$1,028 per person |
| 2016 | US$4,647 per person | US$992 per person |
| 2015 | US$4,659 per person | US$975 per person |
| 2014 | US$5,210 per person | US$1,016 per person |
| 2013 | US$5,460 per person | US$993 per person |
| 2012 | US$5,519 per person | US$982 per person |
| 2011 | US$5,400 per person | US$974 per person |
| 2010 | US$5,061 per person | US$900 per person |
| 2009 | US$4,356 per person | US$863 per person |
| 2008 | US$4,454 per person | US$854 per person |
| 2007 | US$4,188 per person | US$789 per person |
| 2006 | US$3,758 per person | US$720 per person |
| 2005 | US$3,268 per person | US$680 per person |
| 2004 | US$2,896 per person | US$640 per person |
| 2003 | US$2,535 per person | US$583 per person |
| 2002 | US$2,135 per person | US$519 per person |
| 2001 | US$2,042 per person | US$488 per person |
| 2000 | US$1,988 per person | US$476 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.1% from US$6,187 per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was US$5,210 per person, the figure has changed by +22.4%.
More for Canada
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Health spending share of GDP
11.3%
2024 · World Bank
Out-of-pocket health spending
15.3%
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
82.6 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
21.5 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
67.9 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
92
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