Health spending per person in South Korea
Health spending per person in South Korea was 5,282 USD at PPP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 3.6% from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 38 countries in 2025.
Health spending per person in South Korea, 1970 to 2025
All 56 values
| Period | USD at PPP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,282 Provisional |
| 2024 | 5,099 |
| 2023 | 4,757 |
| 2022 | 4,715 |
| 2021 | 4,106 |
| 2020 | 3,618 |
| 2019 | 3,375 |
| 2018 | 3,091 |
| 2017 | 2,832 |
| 2016 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 2,538 |
| 2014 | 2,256 |
| 2013 | 2,164 |
| 2012 | 2,102 |
| 2011 | 2,014 |
| 2010 | 1,918 |
| 2009 | 1,724 |
| 2008 | 1,576 |
| 2007 | 1,448 |
| 2006 | 1,331 |
| 2005 | 1,186 |
| 2004 | 1,081 |
| 2003 | 1,017 |
| 2002 | 861 |
| 2001 | 839 Series break |
| 2000 | 716 |
| 1999 | 658 |
| 1998 | 576 |
| 1997 | 587 |
| 1996 | 570 |
| 1995 | 502 |
| 1994 | 452 |
| 1993 | 439 |
| 1992 | 416 |
| 1991 | 376 |
| 1990 | 354 |
| 1989 | 315 |
| 1988 | 250 |
| 1987 | 207 |
| 1986 | 184 |
| 1985 | 166 |
| 1984 | 149 |
| 1983 | 137 |
| 1982 | 121 |
| 1981 | 108 |
| 1980 | 92 |
| 1979 | 80 |
| 1978 | 53 |
| 1977 | 42 |
| 1976 | 38 |
| 1975 | 32 |
| 1974 | 19 |
| 1973 | 19 |
| 1972 | 19 |
| 1971 | 18 |
| 1970 | 19 |
South Korea compared with nearby places
- Under 4,000
- 4,000 to 5,200
- 5,200 to 5,800
- 5,800 to 7,500
- 7,500 to 8,500
- 8,500 and over
- No data
Rankings
Definition
Current expenditure on health from all financing schemes, public and private, per inhabitant, in US dollars at current prices converted with purchasing power parities, under the System of Health Accounts 2011.
Current prices, so values rise with inflation; compare countries within a year rather than one country across decades.
How to cite
OECD. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.htmlCitation styles
APA 7
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA) (Health spending per person, South Korea, 1970 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD
MLA 9
OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), Health spending per person, South Korea, 1970 to 2025. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-per-person/south-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Health spending per person, South Korea, 1970 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-per-person/south-korea.
Harvard
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), Health spending per person, South Korea, 1970 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-per-person/south-korea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{organisation_health_spending_per_person_2025,
author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}},
title = {{OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD\_SHA@DF\_SHA): Health spending per person, South Korea, 1970 to 2025}},
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howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-per-person/south-korea. Publisher attribution: OECD. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD\_SHA@DF\_SHA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ\&df[id]=DSD\_SHA\%40DF\_SHA\&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html.},
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Health spending per person in South Korea was 5,282 USD at PPP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 3.6% from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 38 countries in 2025.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, per capita, US dollars at current prices and PPPs (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
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5,282 USD at PPP in 2025, the highest value since 1970 in this series.