Based on a comparison of 43 countries in 2017, India ranked the highest in private health expenditure as a share of total with 75.2% followed by Indonesia and South Africa. On the other end of the scale was Norway with 15.0%, Germany with 15.0% and Denmark with 15.8%.
Data for more countries are available at Private Health Expenditure (As % of Total) indicator page.
| 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 |
| Brazil | % | 55.3% | 56.0% | 55.3% | 55.6% | 56.7% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Chile | % | 40.5% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 39.6% | 39.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | 48.2% | 45.7% | 44.1% | 42.1% | 43.2% | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Greece | % | 33.6% | 37.9% | 41.8% | 41.7% | 38.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 33.5% | 34.5% | 33.4% | 32.9% | 33.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 72.0% | 72.9% | 77.9% | 77.1% | 75.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 68.4% | 65.2% | 62.5% | 60.8% | 67.7% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 37.3% | 37.3% | 36.3% | 36.8% | 37.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 36.5% | 39.7% | 40.0% | 40.3% | 43.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 48.7% | 48.4% | 47.2% | 48.2% | 47.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 32.3% | 34.4% | 33.1% | 33.9% | 33.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 37.3% | 36.3% | 37.6% | 38.2% | 41.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | ... | ... | ... | 57.5% | 56.7% | 56.8% | 57.0% | 57.3% | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 40.4% | 41.1% | 41.0% | 41.2% | 41.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 37.7% | 36.5% | 35.9% | 36.8% | 36.6% |
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