Spending on health: A global overview
| Total global expenditure for health | US$ 4.1 trillion + |
| Total global expenditure for health per person per year: | US$ 639 |
| Country with highest total spending per person per year on health: | United States (US$ 6103) |
| Country with lowest total spending per person per year on health: | Burundi (US$ 2.90) |
| Country with highest government spending per person per year on health: | Norway (US$ 4508) |
| Country with lowest government spending per person per year on health: | Burundi (US$ 0.70) |
| Country with highest annual out-of-pocket household spending on health: | Switzerland (US$ 1787) |
| Country with lowest annual out-of-pocket household spending on health: | Solomon Islands (US$ 1.00) |
| Average amount spent per person per year on health in countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): | US$ 2716 |
| Percentage of the world's population living in OECD countries: | 18% |
| Percentage of the world's total financial resources devoted to health currently spent in OECD countries: | 80% |
| Annual spending by the municipal government of New York City (population 8.2 million) on health: | US$ 429 million |
| Annual spending by the government of Bénin (population 8.2 million) on health: | US$86 million |
| WHO estimate of minimum spending per person per year needed to provide basic, life-saving services: | US$35 to US$50 |
| Number of WHO Member States where health spending — including spending by government, households and the private sector and funds provided by external donors — is lower than US$50 per person per year: | 64 |
| Number of WHO Member States where health spending is lower than US$20 per person per year: | 30 |
| Percentage of funds spent on health in WHO's Africa Region that has been provided by donors: | 14% |
+ Figures used on this fact sheet are based on 2004 data.