Private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP rose 2.78% to 2.05% in the United Kingdom in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 2.05% in 2017 and an all time low of 0.447% in 1978. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Belgium amounted to 2.13%, 1.95% in France, 1.69% in Germany and 1.95% in Ireland in 2017.
United Kingdom has been ranked 18th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 121 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 |
| Austria | % | 2.55% | 2.67% | 2.68% | 2.70% | 2.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 2.58% | 2.70% | 2.71% | 2.25% | 2.18% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 3.22% | 3.27% | 3.28% | 2.90% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | % | 2.61% | 2.63% | 2.62% | 2.73% | 2.69% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 2.64% | 2.62% | 2.62% | 1.71% | 1.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 1.78% | 1.76% | 1.77% | 1.66% | 1.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 2.80% | 2.88% | 2.88% | 2.87% | 2.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 2.12% | 2.08% | 2.00% | 2.19% | 2.28% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 1.09% | 1.19% | 1.16% | 1.14% | 1.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 1.61% | 1.67% | 1.67% | 2.10% | 1.97% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 2.01% | 2.05% | 2.03% | 1.83% | 1.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 2.51% | 2.63% | 2.63% | 2.67% | 2.62% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 1.53% | 1.49% | 1.50% | 1.98% | 2.00% |
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