Health spending per person in World
Current health spending in the world was US$1,317 per person in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
US$1,317
Change from 2022
+4.0%
European Union, 2023
US$4,154 per person
Health spending per person in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | US$5,005 per person |
| 2023 | US$1,317 per person | US$4,154 per person |
| 2022 | US$1,266 per person | US$3,923 per person |
| 2021 | US$1,258 per person | US$4,245 per person |
| 2020 | US$1,160 per person | US$3,749 per person |
| 2019 | US$1,085 per person | US$3,499 per person |
| 2018 | US$1,067 per person | US$3,553 per person |
| 2017 | US$1,028 per person | US$3,295 per person |
| 2016 | US$992 per person | US$3,117 per person |
| 2015 | US$975 per person | US$3,056 per person |
| 2014 | US$1,016 per person | US$3,550 per person |
| 2013 | US$993 per person | US$3,464 per person |
| 2012 | US$982 per person | US$3,302 per person |
| 2011 | US$974 per person | US$3,523 per person |
| 2010 | US$900 per person | US$3,268 per person |
| 2009 | US$863 per person | US$3,340 per person |
| 2008 | US$854 per person | US$3,414 per person |
| 2007 | US$789 per person | US$3,004 per person |
| 2006 | US$720 per person | US$2,633 per person |
| 2005 | US$680 per person | US$2,484 per person |
| 2004 | US$640 per person | US$2,372 per person |
| 2003 | US$583 per person | US$2,070 per person |
| 2002 | US$519 per person | US$1,650 per person |
| 2001 | US$488 per person | US$1,474 per person |
| 2000 | US$476 per person | US$1,432 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +4.0% from US$1,266 per person in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was US$993 per person, the figure has changed by +32.7%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was US$4,154 per person.
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All statistics for World
Health spending share of GDP
10.1%
2023 · World Bank
Out-of-pocket health spending
17.3%
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
73.5 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
76.0 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
71.1 years
2024 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
37.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank