Figure 1: UK health spending per person was around the median for OECD member states
Healthcare spending per person in OECD countries in 2017
Source: Office for National Statistics – UK Health Accounts, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD.stat
Notes:
- Figures are presented in current prices, unadjusted for inflation.
- Expenditure is converted into pounds sterling and adjusted to account for purchasing power in different currencies.
- Healthcare expenditure for Australia is an OECD estimate.
- Rankings would differ slightly if using OECD projections of expenditure in 2018.