The given table illustrates the total proportion of GDP invested on in healthcare in 2002, with a breakdown into public and private spending across five different countries, namely Japan, Italy Germany, France, and the USA.
Overall, it is clear that France was the dominant investor by a with the largest data in all three categories, compared to Japan’s, whose spending was recorded as the lowest. Remarkably, there were significant disparities between public and private spending in all five countries, with public healthcare receiving a higher percentage of GDP spending.
In detail, France’s investment ranked first, at 11.40%, 8.60 of which was accounted for by public spending, more than double the figure of private spending. Followed by Germany, with 9.30% of the total, among with which 7% for public healthcare, while the rest was private spending. In the USA, 6% of the total percentage was public spending, which was slightly lower than Germany (7%), whereas its investment in private healthcare exceeded Germany at 2.60%, making a total of 8.60%.
Turning to Japan and Italy, their investments in healthcare were comparable, recording 7.20% and 7.70% of total, respectively. While Italy accounted for 5.30% to public spending and 2.40% for the private sector, Japan represented 5.80% and just 1.40%, respectively.