Health Expenditures--Selected Countries:1980 & 1988 Public Health Per capita, 1988 Expenditures, __on basis of-__ _____1988______ G.D.P. % total Percent pur- Percent health of Ex- chasing of gross expend- _G.D.P.(1)_ change power domestic itures Country 1980 1988 rates paraties product (2)
United States 9.2 11.2 $2,051 $2,123 4.7 42.1
Australia 6.5 7.0 887 990 4.9 70.5
Austria 7.9 8.4 1,305 1,053 5.7 67.4
Belgium 6.6 7.3 1,048 919 6.5 89.1
Canada 7.4 8.5 1,376 1,554 6.3 74.6
Denmark 6.8 6.2 1,181 850 5.3 84.9
Finland 6.5 7.2 1,341 998 5.7 78.6
France 7.6 8.7 1,366 1,178 6.4 74.2
Greece 4.3 5.7 203 388 4.6 79.6
Iceland 6.4 8.5 1,573 1,344 7.4 89.6
Ireland 8.5 7.9 617 645 6.5 81.8
Italy 6.8 7.3 907 955 5.8 78.8
Japan 6.4 6.7 1,347 978 5.0 73.5
Luxembourg 6.8 7.3 1,201 1,132 6.7 91.5
Netherlands 8.2 8.4 1,233 1,071 6.2 73.6
New Zealand 7.2 7.4 731 815 6.3 84.7
Norway 6.6 7.4 1,473 1,211 6.9 93.5
Portugal 5.9 6.5 230 438 3.9 60.8
Spain 5.9 6.1 447 568 4.8 79.2
Sweden 9.5 9.0 1,690 1,328 8.1 90.4
Switzerland 7.3 7.9 1,991 1,301 5.4 68.2
Turkey 4.1 (NA) 45 (NA) (NA) (NA)
United Kingdom 5.8 5.9 723 795 5.1 86.1
West Germany 7.9 8.6 1,502 1,212 6.3 73.6
NA=Not available.
1. G.D.P.=Gross domestic product.
2. Preliminary estimates.
Source:Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,