Health spending per person in European Union
Current health spending in the European Union was US$5,005 per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
US$5,005
Change from 2023
+20.5%
World, 2023
US$1,317 per person
Health spending per person in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US$5,005 per person | – |
| 2023 | US$4,154 per person | US$1,317 per person |
| 2022 | US$3,923 per person | US$1,266 per person |
| 2021 | US$4,245 per person | US$1,258 per person |
| 2020 | US$3,749 per person | US$1,160 per person |
| 2019 | US$3,499 per person | US$1,085 per person |
| 2018 | US$3,553 per person | US$1,067 per person |
| 2017 | US$3,295 per person | US$1,028 per person |
| 2016 | US$3,117 per person | US$992 per person |
| 2015 | US$3,056 per person | US$975 per person |
| 2014 | US$3,550 per person | US$1,016 per person |
| 2013 | US$3,464 per person | US$993 per person |
| 2012 | US$3,302 per person | US$982 per person |
| 2011 | US$3,523 per person | US$974 per person |
| 2010 | US$3,268 per person | US$900 per person |
| 2009 | US$3,340 per person | US$863 per person |
| 2008 | US$3,414 per person | US$854 per person |
| 2007 | US$3,004 per person | US$789 per person |
| 2006 | US$2,633 per person | US$720 per person |
| 2005 | US$2,484 per person | US$680 per person |
| 2004 | US$2,372 per person | US$640 per person |
| 2003 | US$2,070 per person | US$583 per person |
| 2002 | US$1,650 per person | US$519 per person |
| 2001 | US$1,474 per person | US$488 per person |
| 2000 | US$1,432 per person | US$476 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +20.5% from US$4,154 per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was US$3,550 per person, the figure has changed by +41.0%.
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Health spending share of GDP
10.5%
2024 · World Bank
Out-of-pocket health spending
13.0%
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Life expectancy at birth
81.5ep (Source flag ep) years
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Infant mortality rate
3.5 per 1,000 live births
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Hospital beds
507 per 100,000 people
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People reporting good or very good health
67.9%
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