Mexico (2025, preliminary)
1,679.8
USD PPP per capita
+26.3 YoY
Government share
52.2
% of total (2024)
Private share
47.8
% of total (2024)
10-year change
+62.2
% since 2015

Data

Current Health Expenditure per Capita in Mexico (2025) — source data. OECD.
Year USD PPP per capita YoY Change
2025 1,679.8 +1.6%
2024 1,653.4 +8.8%
2023 1,520 +10.4%
2022 1,376.7 +9.9%
2021 1,252.9 +5.8%
2020 1,184.1 +7.5%
2019 1,101.9 +1.2%
2018 1,089.2 +2.1%
2017 1,067.3 -1.3%
2016 1,081 +4.3%
2015 1,035.9 +6.2%
2014 975.1 -1.5%
2013 989.5 +3.0%
2012 960.4 +7.5%
2011 893 +4.9%
2010 851.2 +4.1%
2009 818 -0.3%
2008 820.4 +6.0%
2007 773.8 +4.9%
2006 737.9 +10.9%
2005 665.2 +2.3%
2004 650.2 +8.4%
2003 599.5 +0.5%
2002 596.5 +5.1%
2001 567.5 +10.8%
2000 512.3 +8.2%
1999 473.5 n/a

About this Dataset

Mexico recorded 1,679.8 USD PPP per capita in current health expenditure in 2025, an OECD preliminary estimate up +26.3 from 2024's finalized figure of 1,653.4. Spending has grown in most years since 1999, when the series started at 473.5 USD PPP, with the steepest jump, +143.3, coming in 2023.

Government and compulsory insurance schemes typically fund just over half of this spending: in 2024 they covered about 52.2% of the total (862.7 USD PPP per capita), with voluntary insurance and household out-of-pocket payments making up the remaining 47.8% (790.7 USD PPP). That near-even split has held fairly steady over the past decade.

Compared with regional and OECD peers, Mexico's per-capita spending is likely far below the United States (14,823.1 USD PPP in 2024) and also below Chile (3,515.5 USD PPP in 2023) and Colombia (2,089.8 USD PPP in 2024). The chart above shows the full 1999–2025 trend; the table below lists annual values with year-on-year changes.

Data sourced from the OECD System of Health Accounts (SHA) via SDMX REST API, filtered to Mexico (MEX), total current health expenditure across all financing schemes, converted to USD at purchasing power parity. The most recent year is flagged provisional by the OECD and may be revised.

Frequently Asked Questions

This indicator tracks total current spending on health care per person in Mexico, converted to USD at purchasing power parity (PPP) so levels are comparable across countries. It covers spending by government schemes, private insurance, and out-of-pocket payments, published annually by the OECD under its System of Health Accounts (SHA). The most recent reading is 1,679.8 USD PPP in 2025 (preliminary).

The series runs through 2025, though that year is flagged as a preliminary OECD estimate. The last fully finalized observation is 2024, at 1,653.4 USD PPP per capita. Figures are typically revised as national health accounts are finalized, so the 2025 value may shift in future OECD updates.

Mexico's 1,653.4 USD PPP in 2024 runs well below the United States (14,823.1 USD PPP in 2024) and also trails regional OECD peers such as Chile, which reported 3,515.5 USD PPP in 2023, and Colombia, at 2,089.8 USD PPP in 2024. Mexico is typically among the lower per-capita spenders within the OECD, though comparisons depend on using data from the same vintage for each country.

In 2024, government and compulsory schemes covered an estimated 862.7 USD PPP per capita (about 52.2% of the total), while voluntary insurance and household out-of-pocket payments accounted for roughly 790.7 USD PPP (about 47.8%). That near-even split has stayed fairly stable over the past decade, with government financing typically covering just over half of current health spending.

Per-capita spending has risen in most years since 1999, from 473.5 USD PPP that year to 1,679.8 USD PPP in 2025 — an increase of roughly 62% just since 2015. The largest single-year jump came in 2023, at +143.3 USD PPP, with 2020 also seeing a sizable increase of +82.3 USD PPP likely tied to pandemic-related health outlays.