The table gives information regarding public and private spending on healthcare in five different countries in 2002. Overall, France accounted for the highest levels of extenditure across all categories, especially the total expenses on health was comparetively larger, overtaking each of the all countries significantly. By contrast, Italy and in particular, Japan recorded the lowest shares, considerable falling behind across almost all categories. Notably, the ranking patterns of these countries showed broadly identical shares.
France stood out by allocating the highest levels of funding, with about 11.4% of total spending was devoted to health – the highest figure in the entire chart. This was followed by Germany and the USA, where the combined expenditure constituted 9.3% and 8.6%, respectively. However, it was Japan that accounted for the smallest figure of 7.2%, which was slightly lower than the figure for Italy, at 7.7%.
A somewhat similar ranking pattern was also observed in terms of public spending on health. France once again took the lead, amounting to 8.6%, while Germany and the USA notable trailing behind representing respective shares of 7% and 6%, with one-percentage-point difference. Japan and Italy allocated broadly similar shares, but the former slightly outnumbering, dedicating 5.8% and 5.3%, respectively.
As far as public spending on healthcare are concerned, France emerged as the leading country, standing at 2.8%. This was slightly more than the figure for the USA and Germany, where people were found to spend 2.6% and 2.3% on health. Japan one more time ranking the last position, standing at a mere 1.4%, while public spending on health in Italy made up 2.4%.