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. 2021 May 19;221(7):400–403. doi: 10.1016/j.rceng.2020.11.006

Table 1.

Public healthcare expenditure in purchasing power parities (2019) and mortality rate due to COVID-19 in European countries.

Country PHE ppp pi Mortality rate*
1 Norway 5,673 5.0
2 Germany 5,648 11.2
3 Switzerland 4,988 23.5
4 Sweden 4,928 57.2
5 Holland 4,767 36.2
6 Luxembourg 4,697 20.4
7 Denmark 4,663 10.8
8 France 4,501 45.7
9 Austria 4,402 8.3
10 Belgium 4,125 86.5
11 Iceland 3,988 2.8
12 Ireland 3,919 36.6
13 Unite Kingdom 3,620 62.5
14 Finland 3,536 6.1
15 Czech Republic 2,854 3.9
16 Italy 2,706 58.7
17 Spain 2,560 62.1
18 Slovenia 2,314 6.4
19 Portugal 2,069 17.6
20 Estonia 1,916 4.9
21 Slovakia 1,912 0.6
22 Lithuania 1,769 3.1
23 Poland 1,648 5.3
24 Hungary 1,542 6.3
25 Greece 1,412 2.4
26 Latvia 1,180 1.8

PHE ppp pi: public healthcare expenditure in US$ purchasing power parities per inhabitant. Source: OECD Health Statistics 20205. Own elaboration.

*

Mortality due to COVID-19 per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Johns Hopkins University1.