TABLE 3—
Country | Total Spending Per Capita, PPP $ | Total Spending as Share of GDP, % | Tax-Funded Spending Per Capita, PPP $ | Tax-Funded Spending as Share of GDP, % |
Canada | 4351 | 10.2 | 3074 | 7.2 |
France | 4124 | 10.9 | 3247 | 8.6 |
Germany | 4819 | 11.0 | 3677 | 8.4 |
Italy | 3077 | 8.8 | 2381 | 6.8 |
Japan | 3713 | 10.2 | 3090 | 8.5 |
Netherlands | 5131 | 11.1 | 4495 | 9.7 |
Sweden | 4904 | 11.0 | 4126 | 9.2 |
Switzerland | 6325 | 11.1 | 4178 | 7.3 |
United Kingdom | 3235 | 8.5 | 2802 | 7.3 |
OECD average (excluding United States) | 3226 | 8.8 | 2443 | 6.5 |
United States | 9267 | 17.4 | 5960 | 11.2 |
Note. GDP = gross domestic product; OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; PPP = purchasing power parity. US figures are from national health expenditure accounts; figures for other nations are from OECD data. Figures for tax-funded spending in nations other than the United States exclude tax subsidies to private spending; Switzerland does not offer tax subsidies for employer payments for coverage.