2-28  Health Expenditure as Percentage of GDP and Per Capita Health Expenditure 
Source:World Bank WDI Database.           (%)
Country or Area Health Expenditure, Total
as Percentage of GDP
Health Expenditure per Capita
2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006
             
   World 9.9 9.9 9.8 644 686 724
     High Income 11.1 11.2 11.2 3609 3813 3998
     Middle Income 5.4 5.4 5.3 97 115 131
     Low Income 5.1 5.2 5.3 17 19 22
    China 4.7 4.7 4.6 71 81 94
    Bangladesh 3.4 3.1 3.2 13 12 12
    Brunei Darussalam 2.5 2.2 1.9 531 549 571
    Cambodia 6.5 6.4 5.9 25 29 30
    India 4 3.8 3.6 25 27 29
    Indonesia 2.1 2.2 2.5 24 28 39
    Iran 6.1 6.6 6.8 146 184 215
    Israel 8.1 8.1 8 1516 1596 1675
    Japan 8 8.2 8.1 2901 2908 2759
    Kazakhstan 3.8 3.9 3.6 109 148 190
    Korea, Rep. 5.4 5.9 6.4 770 973 1168
    Laos 4.4 4.3 4 20 22 24
    Malaysia 4.5 4.1 4.3 221 222 259
    Mongolia 5.4 4.6 5.7 38 41 70
    Myanmar 2.2 2.1 2.2 5 5 5
    Pakistan 2.2 2.1 2 13 15 16
    Philippines 3.4 3.3 3.8 36 39 52
    Singapore 3.4 3.3 3.3 869 916 1017
    Sri Lanka 4.1 4 4.2 45 51 62
    Thailand 3.5 3.5 3.5 90 98 113
    Viet Nam 5.7 6 6.6 31 37 46
    Egypt 6.1 6.1 6.3 67 78 92
    Nigeria 4.1 3.9 3.8 21 28 33
    South Africa 8 8 8 364 406 425
    Canada 9.8 9.9 10 3043 3469 3917
    Mexico 6.5 6.4 6.6 429 474 527
    United States 15.2 15.2 15.3 6014 6350 6719
    Argentina 9.6 10.2 10.1 383 484 551
    Brazil 7.7 7.9 7.5 279 371 427
    Venezuela 4.9 4.5 4.9 211 247 332
    Czech Rep. 7.2 7.1 6.9 771 868 953
    France 11.1 11.1 11 3628 3812 3937
    Germany 10.6 10.7 10.6 3494 3628 3718
    Italy 8.7 8.9 9 2556 2708 2813
    Netherlands 9 9.1 9.4 3386 3560 3872
    Poland 6.2 6.2 6.2 411 495 555
    Russian Fed. 5.2 5.2 5.3 212 277 367
    Spain 8.2 8.3 8.4 1992 2168 2328
    Turkey 5.9 5.7 4.8 324 383 352
    Ukraine 6.5 7.2 6.9 89 132 160
    United Kingdom 7.9 8 8.2 2881 3044 3332
    Australia 8.8 8.7 8.7 2869 3142 3302
    New Zealand 8.5 8.9 9.3 2068 2403 2421