Private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP fell 0.427% to 1.55% in Norway in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Norway reached an all time high of 1.65% in 1998 and an all time low of 0.094% in 1981. When compared to Norway's main peers, private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Denmark amounted to 1.62%, 2.42% in Finland, 1.52% in Iceland and 1.79% in Sweden in 2017.
Norway has been ranked 28th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 119 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Private Health Expenditure (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Australia | % | 2.89% | 3.07% | 3.15% | 2.96% | 2.97% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 1.60% | 1.56% | 1.56% | 1.61% | 1.63% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 2.27% | 2.27% | 2.32% | 2.38% | 2.44% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 2.64% | 2.62% | 2.62% | 1.71% | 1.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 1.78% | 1.76% | 1.77% | 1.66% | 1.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 1.78% | 1.83% | 1.87% | 2.09% | 2.32% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 1.61% | 1.67% | 1.67% | 2.10% | 1.97% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 1.73% | 1.74% | 1.66% | 1.92% | 1.96% | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 1.41% | 1.39% | 1.39% | 1.37% | 1.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | 0.937% | 0.882% | 0.882% | 0.798% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 3.12% | 3.18% | 3.40% | 1.98% | 2.18% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 1.74% | 1.80% | 1.80% | 1.85% | 1.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 1.53% | 1.49% | 1.50% | 1.98% | 2.00% |
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