Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$, 2022: $2,910.84
Source: Global Health Observatory. Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$, 2022: $558.20
Source: Global Health Observatory. Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.
Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%), 2022: 19.18%
Source: Global Health Observatory. Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%). Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%), 2022: 25.97%
Source: Global Health Observatory. Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%). Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$, 2022: $756.08
Source: Global Health Observatory. Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.
Population with household expenditures on health > 10% of total household expenditure or income (%), 2015-2021: 7.87%
Population with household expenditures on health > 25% of total household expenditure or income (%), 2015-2021: 1.12%
Source: World health statistics 2025: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals. Tables of health statistics by country and area, WHO region and globally. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Health expenditure per capita, USD PPP, 2022
– Government/compulsory: $3,113
– Voluntary/Out-of-pocket: $1,319
– Total: $4,432
Health expenditure by type of financing, 2021
– Government schemes: 68%
– Compulsory health insurance: 4%
– Voluntary health insurance: 7%
– Out-of-pocket: 21%
Out-of-pocket spending on health as share of final household consumption, 2021: 4.0%
Expenditure on retail pharmaceuticals by type of financing, 2021:
– Government/compulsory schemes: 715%
– Voluntary health insurance schemes: 0%
– Out-of-pocket spending: 29%
– Other: 0%
Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.
Annual household out-of-pocket payment in current USD per capita, 2020: $569
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database. Health expenditure series. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed May 13, 2023.
“Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments increased steadily between 2010 and 2014, before falling slightly since 2015 to reach 24 % of total health expenditure in 2017. This is well above the EU average of 16 %. OOP payments mainly consist of co-payments for pharmaceuticals and medical devices outside hospitals. After the 2012 reform, the level of cost-sharing for pharmaceuticals was increased and based on income level and employment status, including a monthly spending cap to protect pensioners (Section 5.2).”
Source: OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2019), Spain: Country Health Profile 2019, State of Health in the EU, OECD Publishing, Paris/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels.
“Public expenditure represents 71.1% of total health expenditure; this percentage decreased from 1995 to 2005 (from 72.2% to 70.6%), increased between 2005 and 2010 (up to 74.4%) and dropped again until 2015 (71.1%). In turn, private expenditure on health (as a percentage of total health expenditure) followed a U-shaped progression over the period, with a strong change in trend in 2010. Since then, this share increased to 28.9% in 2015. Voluntary health insurance, as part of private expenditure on health, grew from 1995 to 2005 (12.1% to 18.9%), decreasing thereafter and reaching 14.9% in 2015. Out-of-pocket (OOP) spending as a percentage of total health expenditure decreased until 2010 (from 23.5% to 22.1%), increasing again thereafter (to 23.9% in 2015) (MSSSI, 2017g).”
Source: Bernal-Delgado E, García-Armesto S, Oliva J, Sánchez Martínez FI, Repullo JR, PeñaLongobardo LM, Ridao-López M, Hernández-Quevedo C. Spain: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition, 2018;20(2):1–179.
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