2-35  Health Expenditure as Percentage of GDP and Per Capita Health Expenditure
Source:World Bank Database.
Country or Area
	Health Expenditure			Health Expenditure per
	as Percentage of GDP(% )			Capita (current USD)
	2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
World	10.3	10.0	9.9	586	644	686
High Income	11.4	11.1	11.2	3311	3633	3830
Middle Income	5.6	5.6	5.6	89	105	125
Low Income	4.3	4.2	4.2	15	17	19
China	4.8	4.7	4.7	62	71	81
Bangladesh	3.1	3.1	2.8	12	13	12
Brunei Darussalam	2.5	2.2	2.0	467	483	519
Cambodia	6.8	6.6	6.4	22	25	29
India	4.8	4.9	5.0	26	30	36
Indonesia	2.2	2.1	2.1	24	24	26
Iran	6.2	6.2	7.8	123	146	212
Israel	8.2	8.1	7.8	1466	1515	1533
Japan	8.1	8.0	8.2	2679	2901	2936
Kazakhstan	3.6	3.8	3.9	75	109	148
Korea, Dem.	3.5	3.5	3.5
Korea, Rep.	5.4	5.5	5.9	691	777	973
Laos	4.4	3.9	3.6	15	17	18
Malaysia	4.7	4.5	4.2	207	221	222
Mongolia	5.4	5.0	4.3	27	32	35
Myanmar	2.2	2.2	2.2	4	5	4
Pakistan	2.2	2.2	2.1	12	13	15
Philippines	3.3	3.3	3.2	32	34	37
Singapore	4.2	3.7	3.5	909	917	944
Sri Lanka	3.9	4.2	4.1	38	45	51
Thailand	3.9	3.5	3.5	89	90	98
Viet Nam	5.3	5.7	6.0	26	31	37
Egypt	6.4	6.1	6.1	61	67	78
Nigeria	4.7	4.0	3.9	19	21	27
South Africa	8.4	8.5	8.7	296	385	437
Canada	9.8	9.8	9.7	2670	3029	3430
Mexico	6.3	6.5	6.4	395	429	474
United States	15.1	15.2	15.2	5681	6014	6350
Argentina	8.3	9.6	10.2	283	383	484
Brazil	7.5	7.7	7.9	229	279	371
Venezuela	4.7	4.9	4.7	154	211	247
Belarus	6.5	6.2	6.6	118	147	204
Czech Republic	7.4	7.2	7.1	666	770	868
France	10.9	11.0	11.2	3244	3730	3819
Germany	10.8	10.6	10.7	3198	3499	3628
Italy	8.3	8.7	8.9	2188	2576	2692
Netherlands	24.1	9.0	9.2	2964	3385	3560
Poland	6.2	6.2	6.2	354	411	495
Russian Fed.	5.6	5.2	5.2	166	212	277
Spain	7.8	8.1	8.2	1642	1962	2152
Turkey	6.0	5.9	5.7	259	324	383
Ukraine	6.8	6.5	7.0	72	89	128
United Kingdom	7.7	8.0	8.2	2382	2878	3064
Australia	8.6	8.8	8.8	2359	2897	3181
New Zealand	8.4	8.5	8.9	1700	2068	2403