Health spending per person in Germany

Current health spending in Germany was US$6,849 per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Health spending per person (US dollars) Unit: Current US dollars per person Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Germany, 2024 US$6,849 Current US dollars per person
Change from 2023 +7.1% 2023: US$6,395 per person
European Union, 2024 US$5,005 per person Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 US$5,327 per person Middle value of 15 countries

Health spending per person in Germany 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.

Health spending per person (US dollars) (current US dollars per person), 2000 to 2024
Period GermanyEuropean Union
2024 US$6,849 per person US$5,005 per person
2023 US$6,395 per person US$4,154 per person
2022 US$6,226 per person US$3,923 per person
2021 US$6,654 per person US$4,245 per person
2020 US$5,907 per person US$3,749 per person
2019 US$5,447 per person US$3,499 per person
2018 US$5,474 per person US$3,553 per person
2017 US$5,039 per person US$3,295 per person
2016 US$4,723 per person US$3,117 per person
2015 US$4,606 per person US$3,056 per person
2014 US$5,287 per person US$3,550 per person
2013 US$5,081 per person US$3,464 per person
2012 US$4,745 per person US$3,302 per person
2011 US$5,016 per person US$3,523 per person
2010 US$4,592 per person US$3,268 per person
2009 US$4,655 per person US$3,340 per person
2008 US$4,647 per person US$3,414 per person
2007 US$4,163 per person US$3,004 per person
2006 US$3,681 per person US$2,633 per person
2005 US$3,545 per person US$2,484 per person
2004 US$3,447 per person US$2,372 per person
2003 US$3,139 per person US$2,070 per person
2002 US$2,558 per person US$1,650 per person
2001 US$2,338 per person US$1,474 per person
2000 US$2,336 per person US$1,432 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.1% from US$6,395 per person in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was US$5,287 per person, the figure has changed by +29.5%.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was US$5,005 per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Germany
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database