This document contains charts and graphs about global healthcare spending from 2014-2018. It shows: - Total global healthcare spending increased from $7.5 trillion in 2014 to over $10 trillion in 2018. - The United States spent the most per capita on healthcare, followed by Switzerland and Norway. - Healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP was highest in the United States at nearly 18% in 2018, followed by France and Germany. - Public spending accounted for 67% of total healthcare spending globally, ranging from nearly 100% public in the UK to just over 30% public in the US.

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Global healthcare spending
Sources: The Economist Intelligence Unit, OECD, WHO. Sources: The Economist Intelligence Unit, OECD, WHO.Sources: The Economist Intelligence Unit, OECD, EurStat, UN Statistics
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Division of public and private spending on healthcare
Healthcare spending (per head) Healthcare spending (% of GDP)Consumer expenditure: Health
Sources: WHO, OECD.
* Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding.
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