Health spending per person in United Kingdom

Health spending per person in the United Kingdom was 7,328 USD at PPP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 4.6% from 2024. That is the 15th highest of 38 countries in 2025.

2025, USD at PPP7,328 Provisional

Change on 2024+4.6%

Rank15th of 38Countries ranked

Series high7,3282025

Series low1241970

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Health spending per person in United Kingdom, 1970 to 2025

USD at PPP. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.

All 56 values

Period	USD at PPP
2025	7,328 Provisional
2024	7,008
2023	6,664
2022	6,274
2021	5,824
2020	5,409
2019	4,573
2018	4,223
2017	4,102
2016	3,997
2015	3,848
2014	3,787
2013	3,691
2012	3,630
2011	3,456
2010	3,407
2009	3,275
2008	3,225
2007	3,096
2006	2,944
2005	2,759
2004	2,757
2003	2,488
2002	2,370
2001	2,115
2000	1,909
1999	1,684
1998	1,584
1997	1,530 Series break
1996	1,171
1995	1,094
1994	1,059
1993	996
1992	931
1991	843
1990	783
1989	740
1988	688
1987	635
1986	579
1985	550
1984	521
1983	502
1982	448
1981	434
1980	385
1979	326
1978	292
1977	261
1976	245
1975	225
1974	197
1973	162
1972	148
1971	134
1970	124

Rankings

Countries by health spending per person 38 places
EU countries by health spending per person 22 places

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.html

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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, United Kingdom, 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

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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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom.

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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/health-spending-per-person/united-kingdom. 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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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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7,328 USD at PPP in 2025, the highest value since 1970 in this series.

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