{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"it-preventive-care-expenditure-share","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/it-preventive-care-expenditure-share","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/it-preventive-care-expenditure-share/","title":"Italy Preventive Care Expenditure Share (2025)","description":"Italy's Preventive Care Expenditure Share: 4.5 % of current health expenditure in 2025, unchanged YoY. Eurostat (HLTH_SHA11_HC), 2016–2025.","domain":"health","category":"Health","keywords":["Health","Eurostat","Italy","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Italy","temporal_coverage":"2016/2025","unit":"% of current health expenditure","last_updated":"2026-07-26","last_updated_text":"26 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Italy Preventive Care Expenditure Share","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/HLTH_SHA11_HC/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2016–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"10"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Italy"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"26 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Italy (2025)","value":"4.5","unit":"% of current health expenditure","trend":{"direction":"neutral","value":"unchanged YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"unchanged","unit":"percentage points"},{"label":"Trend","value":"neutral","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"10","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Italy Preventive Care Expenditure Share"}],"observation_count":10,"observations":[{"period":"2016","value":4.32},{"period":"2017","value":4.5},{"period":"2018","value":4.47},{"period":"2019","value":4.66},{"period":"2020","value":5.27},{"period":"2021","value":6.48},{"period":"2022","value":5.79},{"period":"2023","value":4.65},{"period":"2024","value":4.47},{"period":"2025","value":4.5}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"% of current health expenditure"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"4.5","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2024","value":"4.5","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"},{"year":"2023","value":"4.7","yoyChange":"-1.1pp"},{"year":"2022","value":"5.8","yoyChange":"-0.7pp"},{"year":"2021","value":"6.5","yoyChange":"+1.2pp"},{"year":"2020","value":"5.3","yoyChange":"+0.6pp"},{"year":"2019","value":"4.7","yoyChange":"+0.2pp"},{"year":"2018","value":"4.5","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2017","value":"4.5","yoyChange":"+0.2pp"},{"year":"2016","value":"4.3","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the share of current health expenditure devoted to preventive care in Italy. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2016–2025 (10 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 6.5 % of current health expenditure in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 4.3 in 2016. The latest reading of 4.5 in 2025 is unchanged on the previous period."}]}