Belgium - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Belgium was 10.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 10.78 in 2017, while its lowest value was 8.00 in 2000.

Definition: Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 8.00
2001 8.15
2002 8.32
2003 9.21
2004 9.37
2005 9.26
2006 9.16
2007 9.17
2008 9.63
2009 10.35
2010 10.23
2011 10.39
2012 10.51
2013 10.56
2014 10.59
2015 10.43
2016 10.77
2017 10.78
2018 10.76
2019 10.66

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Belgium was 4,960 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,134 in 2018 and 1,850 in 2000.

Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 1,850
2001 1,880
2002 2,085
2003 2,828
2004 3,327
2005 3,420
2006 3,558
2007 4,078
2008 4,670
2009 4,653
2010 4,545
2011 4,944
2012 4,706
2013 4,948
2014 5,073
2015 4,291
2016 4,534
2017 4,776
2018 5,134
2019 4,960

Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Belgium was 5,847 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,847 in 2019 and 2,226 in 2000.

Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity (PPP).

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 2,226
2001 2,353
2002 2,525
2003 2,851
2004 3,008
2005 3,082
2006 3,237
2007 3,381
2008 3,663
2009 3,927
2010 4,101
2011 4,269
2012 4,456
2013 4,621
2014 4,772
2015 4,835
2016 5,245
2017 5,450
2018 5,683
2019 5,847

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems