Public health expenditure as a share of total rose 0.885% to 81.6% in Luxembourg in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, public health expenditure as a share of total in Luxembourg reached an all time high of 93.1% in 1990 and an all time low of 80.9% in 2016. When compared to Luxembourg's main peers, public health expenditure as a share of total in Belgium amounted to 78.8%, 83.0% in France, 85.0% in Germany and 81.3% in Netherlands in 2017.
Luxembourg has been ranked 9th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of public health expenditure as a share of total, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public 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 | % | 74.6% | 74.7% | 74.0% | 74.0% | 74.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 77.9% | 78.3% | 78.0% | 78.2% | 78.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 83.6% | 84.0% | 84.3% | 84.2% | 84.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 76.0% | 76.1% | 76.2% | 76.5% | 76.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 83.3% | 83.1% | 83.9% | 84.4% | 84.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 77.0% | 76.1% | 76.1% | 75.6% | 74.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 83.2% | 82.9% | 82.5% | 82.3% | 81.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 82.2% | 82.0% | 81.1% | 80.7% | 81.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 70.9% | 70.0% | 70.7% | 70.7% | 70.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 73.8% | 72.2% | 71.0% | 70.4% | 71.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 82.6% | 82.8% | 79.6% | 79.6% | 79.6% |
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