The table compares the percentages of spending on health in 5 different countries, namely Japan, Italy, Germany, France, and the USA, in 2002. Overall, the share of public spending was higher than that of private spending in all the countries. Notably, France exhibited the highest percentage of both public expenditure and private expenditure among the other countries. While the lowest proportion of public spending was in Italy, the figure for private spending was observed in Japan.
Looking at the countries with higher proportions of spending on health, the figure for France stood at 8.6% for public spending, which was significantly higher than the percentage of private spending, at 2.8%. The total percentage of spending on health in France stood at 11.4%. The total percentage of s pending on health in Germany was slightly lower, at 9.3%. While public expenditure accounted for 7%, the remaining 2.3% was for private e xpenditure. In the US, the total share of spending on health was 8.6%. Public spending accounted for 6%, which was more than double the figure for private spending, at 2.6%.
Turning to the remaining countries, the total share of spending on health in Italy was 7.7%. The figure for public exp enditure was 5.3%, whereas the percentage of private expend iture was 2.4%. Regarding Japan, the total share stood at 7.2%. While 5.8% of this share was for public spending, the remaining 1.4% was for private spending.