Health spending per person in United Kingdom
Current health spending in United Kingdom was US$5,860 per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
United Kingdom, 2024
US$5,860
Change from 2023
+8.4%
World, 2023
US$1,317 per person
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
US$5,175 per person
Health spending per person in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US$5,860 per person | – |
| 2023 | US$5,407 per person | US$1,317 per person |
| 2022 | US$5,112 per person | US$1,266 per person |
| 2021 | US$5,645 per person | US$1,258 per person |
| 2020 | US$4,866 per person | US$1,160 per person |
| 2019 | US$4,260 per person | US$1,085 per person |
| 2018 | US$4,234 per person | US$1,067 per person |
| 2017 | US$3,939 per person | US$1,028 per person |
| 2016 | US$4,043 per person | US$992 per person |
| 2015 | US$4,470 per person | US$975 per person |
| 2014 | US$4,733 per person | US$1,016 per person |
| 2013 | US$4,340 per person | US$993 per person |
| 2012 | US$4,204 per person | US$982 per person |
| 2011 | US$4,124 per person | US$974 per person |
| 2010 | US$3,876 per person | US$900 per person |
| 2009 | US$3,813 per person | US$863 per person |
| 2008 | US$4,280 per person | US$854 per person |
| 2007 | US$4,416 per person | US$789 per person |
| 2006 | US$3,803 per person | US$720 per person |
| 2005 | US$3,528 per person | US$680 per person |
| 2004 | US$3,362 per person | US$640 per person |
| 2003 | US$2,774 per person | US$583 per person |
| 2002 | US$2,364 per person | US$519 per person |
| 2001 | US$2,075 per person | US$488 per person |
| 2000 | US$2,021 per person | US$476 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +8.4% from US$5,407 per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was US$4,733 per person, the figure has changed by +23.8%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Health spending share of GDP
11.1%
2024 · World Bank
Out-of-pocket health spending
14.6%
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 years
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat