{"id":267807,"date":"2025-11-17T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267807\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:50:08","slug":"10-of-the-eus-gdp-went-to-healthcare-in-2023-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267807\/","title":{"rendered":"10% of the EU\u2019s GDP went to healthcare in 2023 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2023, the EU<\/a> spent \u20ac1 720 billion in healthcare<\/a> expenditure, equivalent to 10.0% of the EU\u2019s gross domestic product<\/a> (GDP).<\/p>\n

Germany recorded the highest level of current healthcare expenditure among EU countries, valued at \u20ac492 billion<\/a> in 2023, followed by France (\u20ac325 billion), Italy (\u20ac179 billion) and Spain (\u20ac138 billion).<\/p>\n

Relative to their GDP, Germany also registered the highest ratio, as current healthcare expenditure was equivalent to 11.7% of the GDP. The other highest ratios were in France (11.5%), Austria and Sweden (both 11.2%). By contrast, current healthcare expenditure accounted for less than 7.0% of GDP in 4 EU countries: Luxembourg, Romania (both 5.7%), Hungary (6.4%) and Ireland (6.6%).<\/p>\n

\"Current<\/a><\/p>\n

Source dataset: hlth_sha11_hf<\/a><\/p>\n

Current healthcare expenditure in the EU increased from \u20ac2 668 per person in 2014 to \u20ac3 835 in 2023 (+43.7%). The same trend was registered in all EU countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between 2014 and 2023, Romania recorded the largest increase in overall healthcare expenditure, with average spending per inhabitant increasing by 155.6%. This ratio had also at least doubled in Bulgaria (+148.9%), Lithuania (+143.8%), Latvia (+135.8%), Poland (+116.6%), Czechia (+116.2%), Estonia (+114.6%) and Croatia (+108.9%). The smallest increase was observed in Sweden (+15.2%).<\/p>\n

\"Current<\/a><\/p>\n

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