Private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP fell 5.38% to 2.09% in Lithuania in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Lithuania reached an all time high of 2.21% in 2016 and an all time low of 1.39% in 1995.
Lithuania has been ranked 16th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 120 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 |
| Belarus | % | 1.45% | 1.14% | 2.10% | 1.95% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | % | 2.27% | 2.38% | 2.46% | 2.34% | 2.33% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | 1.21% | 1.25% | 1.27% | 1.55% | 1.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 2.27% | 2.27% | 2.32% | 2.38% | 2.44% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 2.64% | 2.62% | 2.62% | 1.71% | 1.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 1.75% | 1.84% | 1.85% | 1.72% | 1.73% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 2.08% | 2.17% | 2.18% | 2.20% | 2.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | 1.89% | 2.07% | 2.08% | 2.01% | 2.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 2.01% | 2.05% | 2.03% | 1.83% | 1.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 3.12% | 3.18% | 3.40% | 1.98% | 2.18% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 9.02% | 9.04% | 9.05% | 3.07% | 3.04% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 3.25% | 3.33% | 3.54% | 3.49% | ... | ... | ... |
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