United States - Health Expenditure per Capita 2021
$12,080
+$432 from 2020
United States's health expenditure per capita was $12,080 in 2021, increased +$432 from $11,648 in 2020. This was the 1st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | $12,080 | 3.7% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | $11,198 | 8.8% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | $10,912 | 9.1% |
| 4th | Norway | $9,163 | 17.1% |
| 5th | Monaco | $8,225 | 8.5% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | $7,633 | 12.5% |
| 7th | Denmark | $7,430 | 13.9% |
| 8th | Australia | $7,092 | 18.8% |
| 9th | Sweden | $6,894 | 14.3% |
| 10th | Ireland | $6,754 | 11.2% |
| 11th | Iceland | $6,722 | 18.1% |
| 12th | Netherlands | $6,719 | 14.5% |
| 13th | Germany | $6,654 | 12.6% |
| 14th | Austria | $6,554 | 17.7% |
| 15th | Canada | $6,511 | 15.3% |
| 16th | Belgium | $5,847 | 11.0% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | $5,645 | 16.0% |
| 18th | France | $5,365 | 12.7% |
| 19th | Finland | $5,262 | 11.1% |
| 20th | Japan | $4,844 | 5.7% |
| 21st | New Zealand | $4,749 | 22.2% |
| 22nd | Israel | $4,294 | 18.7% |
| 23rd | European Union | $4,245 | 13.2% |
| 24th | Singapore | $4,051 | 14.4% |
| 25th | San Marino | $4,033 | 7.3% |
| 26th | Andorra | $3,668 | 11.8% |
| 27th | Malta | $3,641 | 15.9% |
| 28th | Italy | $3,415 | 11.6% |
| 29th | Spain | $3,189 | 8.4% |
| 30th | Korea | $3,126 | 15.8% |
| 31st | Cyprus | $2,948 | 20.6% |
| 32nd | Slovenia | $2,780 | 15.0% |
| 33rd | Portugal | $2,764 | 18.7% |
| 34th | Czechia | $2,538 | 20.5% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | $2,250 | 4.4% |
| 36th | Estonia | $2,091 | 16.9% |
| 37th | Bahamas, The | $1,946 | 4.6% |
| 38th | Palau | $1,931 | -0.4% |
| 39th | Latvia | $1,898 | 44.5% |
| 40th | Qatar | $1,847 | -6.1% |
| 41st | Greece | $1,846 | 10.2% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | $1,844 | 22.0% |
| 43rd | Kuwait | $1,829 | 18.6% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | $1,685 | 20.9% |
| 45th | Saudi Arabia | $1,655 | 5.1% |
| 46th | Nauru | $1,636 | 28.8% |
| 47th | Uruguay | $1,595 | 11.4% |
| 48th | Chile | $1,577 | 24.1% |
| 49th | Croatia | $1,424 | 26.7% |
| 50th | Panama | $1,417 | 4.3% |
| 51st | Hungary | $1,393 | 17.8% |
| 52nd | Barbados | $1,391 | 12.7% |
| 53rd | Poland | $1,183 | 15.3% |
| 54th | Argentina | $1,182 | 29.8% |
| 55th | Bahrain | $1,177 | 6.9% |
| 56th | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,171 | 10.5% |
| 57th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $1,133 | 6.1% |
| 58th | Tuvalu | $1,122 | 24.8% |
| 59th | Bulgaria | $1,109 | 22.3% |
| 60th | Montenegro | $1,024 | 14.3% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | $977 | 0.7% |
| 62nd | Romania | $963 | 19.0% |
| 63rd | Maldives | $901 | 6.5% |
| 64th | Serbia | $889 | 32.7% |
| 65th | Russian Federation | $882 | 8.2% |
| 66th | Oman | $843 | -1.9% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | $835 | -4.4% |
| 68th | Marshall Islands | $782 | 13.8% |
| 69th | Brazil | $768 | 12.9% |
| 70th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $697 | 17.2% |
| 71st | China | $670 | 15.0% |
| 72nd | Brunei Darussalam | $666 | 1.1% |
| 73rd | St. Lucia | $655 | 11.1% |
| 74th | North Macedonia | $637 | 24.6% |
| 75th | Seychelles | $630 | -6.1% |
| 76th | Mexico | $606 | 13.3% |
| 77th | Armenia | $596 | 11.3% |
| 78th | Mauritius | $594 | 9.6% |
| 79th | South Africa | $593 | 17.8% |
| 80th | Colombia | $569 | 22.5% |
| 81st | Georgia | $524 | 34.6% |
| 82nd | Dominica | $521 | 15.2% |
| 83rd | Grenada | $508 | 6.8% |
| 84th | Ecuador | $508 | 8.0% |
| 85th | Botswana | $492 | 27.4% |
| 86th | Belarus | $484 | 15.1% |
| 87th | Paraguay | $480 | 16.6% |
| 88th | Malaysia | $477 | 17.3% |
| 89th | Turkmenistan | $472 | 12.3% |
| 90th | El Salvador | $470 | 31.4% |
| 91st | Albania | $466 | 17.5% |
| 92nd | Guyana | $458 | 25.7% |
| 93rd | Peru | $455 | 14.1% |
| 94th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $455 | 11.9% |
| 95th | Namibia | $450 | 21.3% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | $434 | 22.5% |
| 97th | Türkiye | $431 | 11.7% |
| 98th | Jamaica | $413 | 13.3% |
| 99th | Moldova | $404 | 32.2% |
| 100th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $399 | -0.9% |
| 101st | Kazakhstan | $392 | 18.9% |
| 102nd | Ukraine | $370 | 39.5% |
| 103rd | West Bank and Gaza | $364 | 15.8% |
| 104th | Thailand | $364 | 19.5% |
| 105th | Guatemala | $362 | 25.0% |
| 106th | Tonga | $349 | 32.8% |
| 107th | Fiji | $332 | 29.4% |
| 108th | Mongolia | $330 | 74.8% |
| 109th | Jordan | $322 | 6.1% |
| 110th | Belize | $309 | 10.7% |
| 111th | Libya | $299 | -36.8% |
| 112th | Eswatini | $298 | 25.6% |
| 113th | Samoa | $286 | 13.0% |
| 114th | Tunisia | $285 | 13.9% |
| 115th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $276 | 11.1% |
| 116th | Suriname | $270 | -34.0% |
| 117th | Kiribati | $263 | 10.0% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | $262 | 5.1% |
| 119th | Honduras | $254 | 19.2% |
| 120th | Iraq | $252 | 1.4% |
| 121st | Azerbaijan | $251 | 2.4% |
| 122nd | Equatorial Guinea | $244 | 14.1% |
| 123rd | Gabon | $228 | 0.5% |
| 124th | Morocco | $210 | 9.1% |
| 125th | Algeria | $209 | -1.0% |
| 126th | Philippines | $208 | 25.0% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | $204 | 23.1% |
| 128th | Sri Lanka | $203 | 26.9% |
| 129th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $197 | 6.4% |
| 130th | Lebanon | $190 | -37.4% |
| 131st | São Tomé and Principe | $187 | 17.0% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $177 | 19.3% |
| 133rd | Viet Nam | $168 | 9.8% |
| 134th | Bhutan | $161 | 20.4% |
| 135th | Indonesia | $159 | 20.5% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | $156 | 30.1% |
| 137th | Vanuatu | $143 | 13.7% |
| 138th | Cambodia | $137 | 28.6% |
| 139th | Timor-Leste | $132 | 11.5% |
| 140th | Lesotho | $116 | 19.6% |
| 141st | Comoros | $101 | 12.1% |
| 142nd | Solomon Islands | $99 | -2.2% |
| 143rd | Myanmar | $97 | 46.7% |
| 144th | Ghana | $94 | -3.1% |
| 145th | Kenya | $94 | 8.8% |
| 146th | Côte d'Ivoire | $92 | 17.0% |
| 147th | Liberia | $89 | 16.3% |
| 148th | Djibouti | $87 | 30.6% |
| 149th | Nigeria | $82 | 20.6% |
| 150th | Afghanistan | $82 | 1.8% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | $79 | -1.9% |
| 152nd | India | $76 | 18.4% |
| 153rd | Tajikistan | $75 | 1.3% |
| 154th | Zambia | $75 | 24.7% |
| 155th | Mauritania | $74 | 36.6% |
| 156th | Cameroon | $73 | 9.7% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | $73 | 18.5% |
| 158th | Senegal | $71 | -5.4% |
| 159th | Guinea-Bissau | $70 | 3.4% |
| 160th | Nepal | $69 | 17.1% |
| 161st | Lao PDR | $69 | 32.0% |
| 162nd | Angola | $67 | 19.5% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | $64 | 11.2% |
| 164th | Papua New Guinea | $61 | 9.1% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | $61 | 19.1% |
| 166th | Haiti | $60 | 14.7% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | $56 | 14.4% |
| 168th | Syrian Arab Republic | $53 | 44.4% |
| 169th | Togo | $53 | -0.1% |
| 170th | Rwanda | $52 | 14.4% |
| 171st | Uganda | $51 | 14.1% |
| 172nd | Yemen, Republic of | $49 | -24.4% |
| 173rd | Malawi | $46 | 9.5% |
| 174th | Central African Republic | $46 | 8.5% |
| 175th | Sierra Leone | $45 | -6.2% |
| 176th | Guinea | $44 | 7.3% |
| 177th | Mozambique | $44 | 26.3% |
| 178th | Pakistan | $43 | 16.0% |
| 179th | Benin | $38 | 5.0% |
| 180th | Chad | $38 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Tanzania | $38 | 18.4% |
| 182nd | Niger | $35 | -1.0% |
| 183rd | South Sudan | $35 | -26.6% |
| 184th | Mali | $31 | 8.4% |
| 185th | Gambia, The | $30 | 3.0% |
| 186th | Eritrea | $28 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Burundi | $23 | -11.8% |
| 188th | Sudan | $22 | -5.4% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $22 | 5.0% |
| 190th | Madagascar | $17 | 2.4% |
| 191st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $15 | 17.3% |
FAQ
What was United States's health expenditure per capita in 2021?▾
United States's health expenditure per capita in 2021 was $12,080. This ranked 1st globally.
How did United States's health expenditure per capita change in 2021?▾
United States's health expenditure per capita increased by 3.7% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest health expenditure per capita in 2021?▾
United States had the highest health expenditure per capita in 2021 at $12,080.
What is the health expenditure per capita of United States in 2021?▾
The health expenditure per capita of United States in 2021 was $12,080. This ranked 1st globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for United States's health expenditure per capita?▾
United States's health expenditure per capita went from $11,648 in 2020 to $12,080 in 2021, a 3.7% increase.
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