United States Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (2023)
United States's Out-of-Pocket Health Spending: 10.9 % of current health expenditure in 2023, -0.1pp YoY. World Bank (SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS), 2000–2023.
United States (2023)
10.9
% of current health expenditure
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
24
years of data
Data
| Year | % of current health expenditure | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.9 | -0.1pp |
| 2022 | 11 | +0.3pp |
| 2021 | 10.7 | +0.6pp |
| 2020 | 10.1 | -1.2pp |
| 2019 | 11.3 | unchanged |
| 2018 | 11.3 | unchanged |
| 2017 | 11.3 | -0.3pp |
| 2016 | 11.6 | -0.2pp |
| 2015 | 11.8 | -0.2pp |
| 2014 | 12 | -0.3pp |
| 2013 | 12.3 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 12.3 | unchanged |
| 2011 | 12.3 | -0.1pp |
| 2010 | 12.4 | -0.2pp |
| 2009 | 12.6 | -0.8pp |
| 2008 | 13.4 | -0.2pp |
| 2007 | 13.6 | -0.1pp |
| 2006 | 13.7 | -0.2pp |
| 2005 | 13.9 | -0.1pp |
| 2004 | 14 | -0.2pp |
About this Dataset
United States recorded 10.9 % of current health expenditure in 2023. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 2000–2023 the series ranges from 10.1 in 2020 to 15.1 in 2000.
This page tracks out-of-pocket health spending in United States as a share of current health expenditure — the portion households pay directly rather than through insurance or government schemes. A high share signals both financial-protection weakness and a larger private-pay addressable market.
Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks out-of-pocket health spending in United States as a share of current health expenditure — the portion households pay directly rather than through insurance or government schemes. A high share signals both financial-protection weakness and a larger private-pay addressable market. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.
The most recent observation covers 2023. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2023 (24 observations).
The series peaked at 15.1 % of current health expenditure in 2000 and reached its lowest recorded value of 10.1 in 2020. The latest reading of 10.9 in 2023 represents a change of -0.1pp.