Private health expenditure as a share of total rose 0.193% to 21.2% in Belgium in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a share of total in Belgium reached an all time high of 27.2% in 1994 and an all time low of 21.2% in 2016. When compared to Belgium's main peers, private health expenditure as a share of total in France amounted to 17.0%, 15.0% in Germany, 18.4% in Luxembourg and 18.7% in Netherlands in 2017.
Belgium has been ranked 22nd within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a share of total, 118 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 16.4% | 16.0% | 15.7% | 15.8% | 15.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 24.0% | 23.9% | 23.8% | 23.5% | 23.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 16.7% | 16.9% | 16.1% | 15.6% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 26.2% | 27.8% | 29.0% | 29.6% | 28.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 17.4% | 17.2% | 20.4% | 20.4% | 20.4% |
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