Out-of-pocket health spending in United Kingdom
Households paid 14.6% of current health spending in United Kingdom directly out of pocket in 2024.
United Kingdom, 2024
14.6%
Change from 2023
−0.1percentage points
World, 2023
17.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
14.6%
Out-of-pocket health spending in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.6% | – |
| 2023 | 14.6% | 17.3% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | 17.2% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | 16.4% |
| 2019 | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 15.8% | 18.1% |
| 2016 | 15.7% | 18.2% |
| 2015 | 15.9% | 18.4% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | 18.7% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | 19.0% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | 18.8% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | 18.6% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | 18.5% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | 18.3% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | 18.9% |
| 2007 | 14.4% | 18.9% |
| 2006 | 12.4% | 18.8% |
| 2005 | 13.4% | 18.7% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | 18.5% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | 18.6% |
| 2002 | 17.4% | 18.6% |
| 2001 | 18.0% | 18.9% |
| 2000 | 18.2% | 19.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 14.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 15.7%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
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Health spending per person
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Life expectancy at birth
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Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
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Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
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People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
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