OECD Health Statistics 2015

OECD Health Statistics 2015 is the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on
health and health systems across the 34 OECD countries of the OECD. Covering the period
1960 to 2014, this interactive database can be used for comparative analyses on health
status, risk factors to health, health care resources and utilisation, as well as health
expenditure and financing. OECD Health Statistics 2015 is available in OECD.Stat, the
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Growth: Health spending (in real terms) in Chile

has grown consistently at close to 6% per year
between 2010 and 2013 - the fastest rate of
growth among OECD countries.

Figure 1. Annual health spending growth*, 2010-2013

Chile
8%

Share of GDP: The share of GDP allocated to

health spending (excluding capital expenditure)
in Chile was 7.4% in 2013, compared with an
OECD average of 8.9%. The share of GDP has
increased rapidly in recent years, as health
spending has outpaced economic growth.

4%

Per capita spending: Chile spent the equivalent

0%

of USD 1623 per person on health in 2013,

compared with an OECD average of USD 3453.
Public sources still account for less than half of
health spending (46%).

OECD
6.9%
5.9%

5.7%

5.1%

0.5%

0.1%
2010

2011

0.7%
2012

1.0%

2013

* Per capita spending in real terms.

Source: OECD Health Statistics 2015

Health spending in Chile continues to grow faster

than other OECD countries
In 2013, per capita health spending in Chile went up by
almost 7% in real terms (Figure 1) after increases of
nearly 6% each year on average since 2005.

Public expenditure on health in Chile has been on the

rise at 8.6% per year since 2005 and is growing fastest
comparing to the other OECD countries. Yet, private
sector continues to play a significant role in Chile, in
contrast to other OECD countries where the public sector
is the main source of health funding.

Health spending in Chile has grown more rapidly than all

other OECD countries in recent years. Since 2010, health
spending has increased at a rate of around 6% per year in
real terms, unchanged from the period between 2005
and 2009.

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Figure 2. Health spending* as a share of GDP, 2013

15.0
10.0

Private expenditure

11.1
11.1
11.0
11.0
10.9
10.4
10.2
10.2
10.2
10.1
9.5
9.2
9.0
8.9
8.9
8.9
8.8
8.8
8.7
8.7
8.6
8.5
8.1
7.6
7.5
7.4
7.4
7.1
6.9
6.6
6.4
6.2
6.0
5.1

16.4

Public expenditure

5.0

United States
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
France
Denmark
Japan
Belgium
Canada (1)
Austria
New Zealand (1)
Greece (1)
Portugal (1)
Spain (2)
Norway
OECD
Australia (2)
Italy
Iceland
Slovenia
Finland
United Kingdom
Ireland (2)
Slovak Republic
Israel (1)
Chile
Hungary
Czech Republic
Korea
Luxembourg (2)
Poland
Mexico
Estonia
Turkey

0.0

1 Preliminary estimate.
2 Data refer to 2012.

Health spending as a share of GDP in Chile is

increasing rapidly

Among OECD countries, only the United States and Chile

report public spending on health below 50%.

Health spending in Chile (excluding investment

expenditure in the health sector) was 7.4% of GDP in
2013 (Figure 2), below the OECD average of 8.9%. This
has increased by 1 percentage point since 2003 due to
health spending growth outpacing economic growth.

The share of out-of-pocket spending was 33% of total

health spending in 2013 down from 42% in 2005.
However, it remains one of the highest in the OECD
(average out-of-pocket spending in 19.5%), although
below countries such as Mexico (45%) and Korea (37%).

The share of the economy allocated to health spending is

similar to Slovak Republic, Israel and Hungary, and above
the level in Mexico (6.2%).

In per capita terms (adjusted for different price levels

using economy-wide purchasing power parities), Chile
spent USD 1623 per head in 2013. This compares with an
OECD average of USD 3453.

The share of government spending in Chile as a share of

total spending on health has remained very low the
lowest of the OECD at 46%. This is far below the OECD
average of 73%.
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Further Reading
Focus on health spending:
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