Ireland - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Ireland was 6.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 10.68 in 2011, while its lowest value was 5.90 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 5.90
2001 6.40
2002 6.67
2003 7.01
2004 7.22
2005 7.65
2006 7.52
2007 7.81
2008 9.11
2009 10.51
2010 10.51
2011 10.68
2012 10.65
2013 10.30
2014 9.53
2015 7.32
2016 7.42
2017 7.06
2018 6.86
2019 6.68

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Ireland was 5,429 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,639 in 2008 and 1,565 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 1,565
2001 1,824
2002 2,200
2003 2,911
2004 3,483
2005 3,938
2006 4,147
2007 4,859
2008 5,639
2009 5,503
2010 5,133
2011 5,558
2012 5,222
2013 5,329
2014 5,330
2015 4,561
2016 4,709
2017 5,010
2018 5,484
2019 5,429

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Ireland was 6,010 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,010 in 2019 and 1,796 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 1,796
2001 2,101
2002 2,370
2003 2,561
2004 2,823
2005 3,129
2006 3,372
2007 3,697
2008 4,059
2009 4,381
2010 4,562
2011 4,802
2012 4,938
2013 4,946
2014 4,898
2015 5,077
2016 5,356
2017 5,583
2018 5,870
2019 6,010

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems