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. 2024 Apr 8;13(1):136–151. doi: 10.1016/j.kisu.2024.01.008

Table 1.

Demographics and health finance in the ISN Western Europe region15,16

Country Area (square km) Total population (2022) GDP (PPP; $ billion) Total health expenditures (% of GDP) Total health spending per persona Government health spending per persona Out-of-pocket health spending per persona
Overall, median [IQR] 130,483,015 7,802,702,984 133.8 [39.7–545.0] 6.2 [4.3–8.2] 353 [76–1270] 216 [23–908] 92 [29–273]
ISN Western Europe region, median [IQR] 3,801,668 439,465,153 529.3 [351.7–1523.9] 9.5 [8.2–10.5] 5088 [3259–5851] 3798 [2470–4701] 637 [589–800]
Andorra 468 85,560 3.3 6.7 2875 1993 358
Austria 83,871 8,913,088 523.3 10.4 5721 4361 907
Belgium 30,528 11,847,338 682.9 10.7 5088 3998 848
Denmark 43,094 5,920,767 378.6 10 6300 5392 767
Finland 357,022 5,601,547 304.8 9.2 4553 3666 755
France 643,801 68,305,148 3424.2 11.1 4838 3629 403
Germany 357,022 84,316,622 4815.5 11.7 5838 4701 627
Greece 131,957 10,533,871 333.7 7.8 1599 909 514
Iceland 572 357,603 21.5 8.6 5670 4779 800
Ireland 70,723 5,275,004 535.3 6.7 6128 4690 637
Israel 20,770 8,914,885 409.4 7.5 3259 2241 627
Italy 2586 61,095,551 2713.3 8.7 3205 2491 640
Liechtenstein 160 39,711 5.0 N/A
Luxembourg 2586 650,364 86.1 5.4 6782 5976 609
Malta 316 464,186 25.2 8.2 3553 2470 1013
The Netherlands 41,543 17,400,824 1118.1 10.1 5621 3798 535
Norway 323,802 5,553,840 428.3 10.5 7254 6300 929
Portugal 450,295 10,242,081 369.6 9.5 2230 1446 589
Spain 505,370 47,163,418 1929.8 9.1 3001 2246 556
Sweden 450,295 10,483,647 617.9 10.9 5851 5046 740
Switzerland 41,277 8,508,698 672.5 11.3 9801 3290 2532
United Kingdom 243,610 67,791,400 3344.5 10.2 4903 4093 625

GDP, gross domestic product; IQR, interquartile range; ISN, International Society of Nephrology; N/A, not applicable; PPP, purchasing power parity.

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US$ 2021.