Private health expenditure per capita rose 5.71% to USD 740 in Italy in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure per capita in Italy reached an all time high of USD 787 in 2011 and an all time low of USD 200 in 1988. When compared to Italy's main peers, private health expenditure per capita in Austria amounted to USD 1,299 , USD 778 in France, USD 513 in Slovenia and USD 3,733 in Switzerland in 2017.
Italy has been ranked 19th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure per capita, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Private Health Expenditure Per Capita (USD) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | USD | 1,371 | 1,318 | 1,411 | 1,407 | 1,205 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | USD | 1,096 | 1,029 | 1,122 | 1,080 | 896 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | USD | 207 | 175 | 179 | 174 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | USD | 1,184 | 1,111 | 1,156 | 1,212 | 1,019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD | 835 | 795 | 807 | 813 | 718 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | USD | 370 | 344 | 352 | 331 | 295 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD | 787 | 743 | 755 | 779 | 690 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | USD | 591 | 580 | 597 | 595 | 502 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | USD | 772 | 730 | 748 | 788 | 671 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD | 3,488 | 3,306 | 3,329 | 3,698 | 3,626 |
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