Private health expenditure as a share of total reached 27.4% in 2017 in Ireland, according to World Bank / WHO. This is 1.78% less than in the previous year.
Historically, private health expenditure as a share of total in Ireland reached an all time high of 31.6% in 1971 and an all time low of 16.5% in 1975.
Ireland has been ranked 13th within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a share of total.
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