The table compares the proportion of GDP spent on healthcare by five countries in 2002, broken down into total, public, and private expenditure.
Overall, France allocated the highest percentage of its GDP to healthcare, while Japan spent the least. In all five countries, public spending accounted for a significantly larger share than private spending.
In detail, France devoted 11.4% of its GDP to healthcare, the highest among the countries listed. This included 8.6% in public expenditure and 2.8% from private sources. Germany ranked second, with a total healthcare expenditure of 9.3%, of which 7% was publicly funded. The USA followed closely at 8.6%, including 6% public and 2.6% private spending.
Italy and Japan spent comparatively less on healthcare, at 7.7% and 7.2% respectively. Japan had the lowest private healthcare spending, at just 1.4%, whereas Italy allocated 2.4% of its GDP to private healthcare.
