Countries That Spend the Most on Health per Person 2020
Key Findings
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Countries That Spend the Most on Health per Person 2020United States (11,648), Switzerland (10,295) and Liechtenstein (10,005) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 11,648 down to 4,582, a spread of 7,066. United States is 1.13 times Switzerland, the country in second place. 12 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 5,824 or more. United States stood at 10,550 in 2019, so its figure rose by 1,098 over the year. United States also came first in 2019. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2019, 18 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 2 a lower one. The largest single move was United States, from 10,550 to 11,648. The chart shows the twenty highest of 193 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
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- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2020 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Health Spending (USD per Person)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
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- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2020.
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