App. 2-32  Health Expenditure as Percentage of GDP and per Capita Health Expenditure
Source:World Bank Database.          
Country or Area Health Expenditure as Percentage of GDP
(%)
Health Expenditure per
Capita(current USD)
2000 2003 2004 2000 2003 2004
             
 World 9.3 10.1 10.0 478 589 649
 High Income 10.1 11.2 11.1 2720 3429 3687
 Middle Income 5.7 5.9 5.9 100 118 138
 Low Income 4.2 4.6 4.7 17 21 24
 China 4.6 4.8 4.7 44 62 71
 Bangladesh 3.1 3.1 3.1 12 13 14
 Brunei Darussalam 3.4 3.5 3.2
 Cambodia 5.9 7.3 6.7 17 24 24
 India 4.3 4.9 5.0 19 27 31
 Indonesia 2.3 2.9 2.8 18 31 33
 Iran 5.6 6.7 6.6 63 135 158
 Israel 8.5 8.8 8.7 1605 1494 1534
 Japan 7.6 8.0 7.8 2828 2694 2831
 Kazakhstan 4.0 3.6 3.8 48 74 109
 Korea, Dem. 3.6 3.5 3.5
 Korea, Rep. 4.8 5.5 5.6 518 703 787
 Laos 3.2 4.5 3.9 11 15 17
 Malaysia 3.3 4.2 3.8 130 177 180
 Mongolia 7.9 6.5 6.0 30 32 37
 Myanmar 2.1 2.2 2.2 3 4 5
 Pakistan 2.4 2.1 2.2 12 12 14
 Philippines 3.5 3.4 3.4 34 34 36
 Singapore 3.6 4.2 3.7 820 921 943
 Sri Lanka 3.8 4.1 4.3 32 37 43
 Thailand 3.4 3.5 3.5 68 80 88
 Viet Nam 5.3 5.2 5.5 21 25 30
 Egypt 5.4 5.9 5.9 83 71 64
 Nigeria 4.3 4.7 4.6 18 21 23
 South Africa 8.1 8.5 8.6 236 301 390
 Canada 8.8 9.7 9.8 2080 2661 3038
 Mexico 5.6 6.3 6.5 327 395 424
 United States 13.3 15.2 15.4 4584 5705 6096
 Argentina 8.9 8.9 9.6 690 305 383
 Brazil 7.6 8.7 8.8 263 243 290
 Venezuela 6.2 4.7 4.7 299 154 196
 Belarus 6.4 6.5 6.2 67 117 147
 Czech Republic 6.6 7.4 7.3 365 666 771
 France 9.2 10.4 10.5 2008 3015 3464
 Germany 10.3 10.8 10.6 2380 3195 3521
 Italy 8.1 8.4 8.7 1558 2199 2580
 Netherlands 8.0 9.1 9.2 1925 3029 3442
 Poland 5.5 6.2 6.2 247 354 411
 Russian Fed. 5.7 6.3 6.0 100 187 245
 Spain 7.2 7.8 8.1 1040 1650 1971
 Turkey 6.6 7.6 7.7 196 257 325
 Ukraine 5.8 6.7 6.5 37 71 90
 United Kingdom 7.3 7.8 8.1 1779 2372 2900
 Australia 8.8 9.2 9.6 1831 2528 3123
 New Zealand 7.7 8.0 8.4 1055 1618 2040