Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers

This table shows how health(care) expenditure according to the international definition and care expenditure in the broad sense used by Statistics Netherlands are related. Financing has been chosen as the starting point. Healthcare is delineated according to the international definition of the System of Health Accounts. All healthcare activities count, regardless of whether they take place inside or outside the healthcare sector. Only resident health expenditure counts. Care spending in the broad sense covers all care activities, including welfare and childcare, regardless of whether these activities take place as a main or secondary activity. Care can be for residents or non-residents. Care provided in the Netherlands for non-residents (such as tourists) is included in the export of services.

In brief: Care expenditure in the broad sense -/- health-related expenditure, such as domestic care within care for the elderly -/- expenditure on other care and welfare, such as childcare -/- expenditure on education, research and development, other services -/- export, foreign-paid activities = Total current expenditure on health

Data available from: 1998

Status of figures: Figures for 2022 and 2021 are revised provisional; other figures are final.

Changes as of 23 May 2024: The figures on 2020-2022 have been updated.

When will there be new figures? Currently, the figures on health expenditure are under revision. New sources and statistical techniques will be incorporated in the revised figures. Updated figures for 2021 and 2022, and provisional figures for 2023 will be published in the fourth quarter of 2024. Figures on 1998-2020 will be published in 2025.