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World Out-of-pocket share of health spending Ranking Map In the available data, Armenia has the highest recorded value at 80.5% (rank #1); Japan ranks #156 at 12.2%. Coverage: 193 countries and territories. Reference years: Armenia 2023; Japan 2023. This is the household out-of-pocket share of current health spending; financing systems and covered services differ.
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Compare out-of-pocket share of health spending across the world. Compare out-of-pocket share of health spending by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 12.2%
Japan, world rank 156 for Out-of-pocket share of health spending, 12.2%
Fiji: 8.3% Tanzania: 27.9% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 15.3% United States: 10.9% Kazakhstan: 27.6% Uzbekistan: 64.1% Papua New Guinea: 8.6% Indonesia: 31.1% Argentina: 24.5% Chile: 39.1% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 38% Somalia: 30.8% Kenya: 24.2% Sudan: 57.4% Chad: 51.7% Haiti: 52.4% Dominican Republic: 25.1% Russia: 28.4% Bahamas: 27.5% Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 13.7% Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 7% South Africa: 6.7% Lesotho: 13.2% Mexico: 41.2% Uruguay: 17.1% Brazil: 26.2% Bolivia: 27.3% Peru: 27% Colombia: 14.7% Panama: 40.5% Costa Rica: 24.1% Nicaragua: 37.6% Honduras: 53.1% El Salvador: 32.5% Guatemala: 57.2% Belize: 26.8% Venezuela: 29.7% Guyana: 26.3% Suriname: 19.7% France: 9.2% Ecuador: 30.9% Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 20.2% Cuba: 16.6% Zimbabwe: 10.6% Botswana: 4.3% Namibia: 7.5% Senegal: 44.3% Mali: 47.2% Mauritania: 43.8% Benin: 42.4% Niger: 51.5% Nigeria: 71.9% Cameroon: 67.7% Togo: 64.3% Ghana: 26.7% Côte d’Ivoire: 32% Guinea: 54.4% Guinea-Bissau: 61.6% Liberia: 63.2% Sierra Leone: 54.5% Burkina Faso: 43.8% Central African Republic: 45% Republic of the Congo: 28% Gabon: 17.3% Equatorial Guinea: 66% Zambia: 10.3% Malawi: 12% Mozambique: 10.4% Eswatini: 11% Angola: 32.5% Burundi: 24.5% Israel: 20.5% Lebanon: 29.7% Madagascar: 27.4% Palestine: 42.1% Gambia: 33.8% Tunisia: 37.9% Algeria: 45% Jordan: 34.5% United Arab Emirates: 9.7% Qatar: 7.4% Kuwait: 10% Iraq: 54% Oman: 6.3% Vanuatu: 8.4% Cambodia: 60.6% Thailand: 9.9% Laos: 44.8% Myanmar: 71.1% Vietnam: 39.2% North Korea: No data South Korea: 33.7% Mongolia: 48.8% India: 43.9% Bangladesh: 79.3% Bhutan: 25.5% Nepal: 59.4% Pakistan: 52.9% Afghanistan: 77.1% Tajikistan: 62.4% Kyrgyzstan: 42.3% Turkmenistan: 77.4% Iran: 43.1% Syria: 72.4% Armenia: 80.5% Sweden: 13.4% Belarus: 28.5% Ukraine: 45.3% Poland: 16.2% Austria: 16.5% Hungary: 23.1% Moldova: 27.5% Romania: 23% Lithuania: 31.4% Latvia: 35.1% Estonia: 21.4% Germany: 10.7% Bulgaria: 35.5% Greece: 34.3% Türkiye: 19% Albania: 48.3% Croatia: 9.4% Switzerland: 22% Luxembourg: 8.5% Belgium: 21.5% Netherlands: 11.8% Portugal: 28.2% Spain: 20.9% Ireland: 10.6% New Caledonia: No data Solomon Islands: 3.2% New Zealand: 12.7% Australia: 15.8% Sri Lanka: 54.8% China: 32.2% Taiwan: No data Italy: 22.3% Denmark: 13.9% United Kingdom: 14.6% Iceland: 14.9% Azerbaijan: 64.6% Georgia: 58.8% Philippines: 44.4% Malaysia: 37.1% Brunei: 7.4% Slovenia: 11.7% Finland: 14.1% Slovakia: 20.2% Czechia: 14.1% Eritrea: 48.4% Japan: 12.2% Paraguay: 36.3% Yemen: 69.1% Saudi Arabia: 14.1% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 17.9% Morocco: 37.3% Egypt: 57.2% Libya: 19.2% Ethiopia: 46.3% Djibouti: 28.8% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 32.2% Rwanda: 4.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 31% North Macedonia: 39.6% Serbia: 32.1% Montenegro: 26.3% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 45.3% South Sudan: 27.1% Japan Armenia 1 Bangladesh 2 Turkmenistan 3 Afghanistan 4 Syria 5 Nigeria Yemen Equatorial Guinea Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Out-of-pocket share of health spendingRankings 156/193 12.2%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #156 for out-of-pocket share of health spending. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Armenia 80.5% 2 Bangladesh 79.3% 3 Turkmenistan 77.4% 4 Afghanistan 77.1% 5 Syria 72.4%
193 Tuvalu 0% 192 Nauru 0.7% 191 Marshall Islands 1.1% 190 Micronesia 2.6% 189 Kiribati 2.9% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Out-of-pocket share of health spending ranking map Compare out-of-pocket share of health spending by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 193 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Armenia (80.5%), #2 Bangladesh (79.3%), #3 Turkmenistan (77.4%)
Japan’s position World #156 (12.2%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Out-of-pocket share of health spending Full ranking193 countries #43 Central African Republic 45% Profile #61 Democratic Republic of the Congo 38% Profile #82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31% Profile #106 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 26.6% Profile #125 Antigua and Barbuda 20.8% Profile #137 Sao Tome and Principe 16.7% Profile #171 United Arab Emirates 9.7% Profile