Private health expenditure as a share of total fell 2.62% to 15.0% in Germany in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a share of total in Germany reached an all time high of 28.6% in 1970 and an all time low of 15.0% in 2017. When compared to Germany's main peers, private health expenditure as a share of total in Austria amounted to 25.7%, 21.2% in Belgium, 17.0% in France and 30.8% in Poland in 2017.
Germany has been ranked 32nd within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a share of total, 107 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Private Health Expenditure (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | 25.4% | 25.3% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 25.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 22.1% | 21.7% | 22.0% | 21.8% | 21.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 16.1% | 16.3% | 16.4% | 17.3% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 24.0% | 23.9% | 23.8% | 23.5% | 23.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 16.7% | 16.9% | 16.1% | 15.6% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 33.5% | 34.5% | 33.4% | 32.9% | 33.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 23.0% | 23.9% | 23.9% | 24.4% | 25.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 16.8% | 17.1% | 17.5% | 17.7% | 18.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 17.8% | 18.0% | 18.9% | 19.3% | 19.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 29.1% | 30.0% | 29.3% | 29.3% | 30.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 37.3% | 36.3% | 37.6% | 38.2% | 41.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 26.2% | 27.8% | 29.0% | 29.6% | 28.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 37.7% | 36.5% | 35.9% | 36.8% | 36.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 46.6% | 44.8% | 45.9% | 49.2% | ... | ... | ... |
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