{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"au-health-expenditure-per-capita","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/au-health-expenditure-per-capita","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/au-health-expenditure-per-capita/","title":"Current Health Expenditure per Capita in Australia (2025)","description":"Australia's current health expenditure reached 8,170.6 USD PPP per capita in 2025 (estimated), up from 7,884.9 in 2024 (estimated). 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It covers spending by government, private insurers, and households, published annually by the OECD under its System of Health Accounts (SHA). The most recent reading is 8,170.6 USD PPP in 2025 (an OECD estimate)."},{"question":"How current is this data, and how reliable is the latest figure?","answer":"The series runs through 2025, though both 2024 and 2025 are flagged as OECD estimates. The last fully finalized observation is 2023, at 7,574.1 USD PPP per capita. Estimated years are typically revised as national health accounts are finalized, so the 2024 and 2025 figures may shift in future OECD updates."},{"question":"How does Australian spending compare with the OECD average and peer countries?","answer":"At 7,884.9 USD PPP in 2024, Australia's spending ran roughly 1.3 times the unweighted OECD average of about 6,096.6 USD PPP that year across 38 member countries, ranking Australia around 11th highest. It sat below the highest-spending economies such as the United States (14,823.1 USD PPP), Switzerland (9,926.7 USD PPP), and Germany (9,584.3 USD PPP) in 2024, but typically above other large economies including Canada (7,372.3 USD PPP), the United Kingdom (7,008.3 USD PPP), and New Zealand (6,067.1 USD PPP)."},{"question":"What is the split between government and private spending?","answer":"In 2025, government and compulsory schemes covered an estimated 5,973.7 USD PPP per capita (about 73.1% of the total), with voluntary insurance and household out-of-pocket payments accounting for roughly 2,196.8 USD PPP (about 26.9%). The government share has risen fairly steadily from around 68% in the mid-2000s to about 73% most recently, likely reflecting expanded Medicare and pharmaceutical subsidy coverage over the period."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"Per-capita spending has risen in most years since 2005, from 2,872.4 USD PPP that year to 8,170.6 USD PPP in 2025 — an increase of roughly 184% over two decades, and +71.8% just since 2015. The largest single-year jump was +737.1 USD PPP in 2021, likely reflecting pandemic-related health outlays including vaccine rollout and deferred-care catch-up."}]}