The provided table illustrates the proportion of expenditure on health across five different countries in the year 2002.
Overall, the total spending on health was highest in France, whereas the smallest share was recorded in Japan. Notably, the percentage of expenditure on public health was consistently higher than that of private sector.
Regarding the total spending, France occupied the top spot at about 11.4%, followed by Germany at 9.3%. The figure for the USA was slightly lower at 8.6%, Italy came next at around 7.7%. Japan’s expenditure on health was the lowest, reaching 7.2%.
Public spending was highest in France, Germany and the USA, while this ranking was identical to that for total spending. The figure for Italy, however, stood at 5.3%, which was lower than that of Japan at 5.8%. In terms of private sector, the highest share was observed in France at 2.8%, followed by the USA and Italy at 2.6% and 2.4%, respectively. Germany’s figure was 2.3%, only 0.1 percentage point lower than that of Italy. By contrast, Japan remained at the bottom of the list at merely 1.4%, nearly half of France’s proportion.
