Out-of-pocket health spending in European Union
Households paid 13.0% of current health spending in the European Union directly out of pocket in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest 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
13.0%
Change from 2023
−1.8percentage points
World, 2023
17.3%
Out-of-pocket health spending in European Union over time
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% of current health expenditure. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.0% | – |
| 2023 | 14.9% | 17.3% |
| 2022 | 14.6% | 17.2% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | 17.0% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | 16.4% |
| 2019 | 15.9% | 18.0% |
| 2018 | 15.9% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 16.1% | 18.1% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | 18.2% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | 18.4% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | 18.7% |
| 2013 | 16.1% | 19.0% |
| 2012 | 16.4% | 18.8% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | 18.6% |
| 2010 | 16.1% | 18.5% |
| 2009 | 15.7% | 18.3% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | 18.9% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | 18.9% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | 18.8% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | 18.7% |
| 2004 | 15.9% | 18.5% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | 18.6% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | 18.6% |
| 2001 | 15.5% | 18.9% |
| 2000 | 15.6% | 19.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 14.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 16.2%, the figure has changed by −3.2 percentage points.
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