Social Issues: Key Tables from OECD
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Public health spending 2009
Public social expenditure as a percentage of GDP
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Social issues: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-3904 - © OECD 2009
Public health spending | |||||||||
Public social expenditure as a percentage of GDP | |||||||||
1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Australia | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | |
Austria | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |
Belgium | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | |
Canada | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | |
Czech Republic | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | |
Denmark | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | |
Finland | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | |
France | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | |
Germany | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | |
Greece | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
Hungary | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.0 | |
Iceland | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | |
Ireland | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.5 | |
Italy | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |
Japan | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | |
Korea | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | |
Luxembourg | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 | |
Mexico | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | |
Netherlands | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.0 | |
New Zealand | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | |
Norway | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | |
Poland | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | |
Portugal | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | .. | |
Slovak Republic | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | |
Spain | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | |
Sweden | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | |
Switzerland | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | |
Turkey | 3.5 | 3.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5.4 | |
United Kingdom | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | |
United States | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | |
OECD - Total | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | |
Last updated: 7 August 2009 | |||||||||
Source: Social expenditure: Aggregated data, OECD Social Expenditure Statistics (database) |