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by s1artibartfast 702 days ago
UK spends about 11% of GDP on healthcare This is comparable to France, Germany, and Switzerland, which spend ~12%, and less than the USA at 16% of GDP.

Things get a little more interesting when you take the overall GDP of each country into account:

Switzerland: 106K, ~$12K per capita

USA: 85k, ~$13.5k per capita

Germany $54K, $6.8k per capita

UK: $51k, $5.8k per capita

France: $47k, $5.8k per capita

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...