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Press release No. 136 of 5 April 2023 Health expenditure exceeded 474 billion euros in 2021

Health expenditure in Germany rose to 474.1 billion euros in the second Covid year of 2021. That was 5,699 euros per inhabitant. Health expenditure per capita and total health expenditure were up by 7.5% from a year earlier, which is the largest …

Press release No. 255 of 21 June 2022 Health expenditure in 2020: financing from government transfers and subsidies rose to 15.7%

67.9 billion euros of current health expenditure was financed from government transfers and subsidies in Germany in 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 16.3 billion euros, or 31.5%, compared with 2019. …

Press release No. 153 of 7 April 2022 Health expenditure exceeded 440 billion euros in 2020

Health expenditure in Germany rose to a new record high of 440.6 billion euros in the Covid-year of 2020. That was 5,298 euros per inhabitant. Health expenditure per capita exceeded 5,000 euros for the first time since calculations started in 1992. …

Press release No. 167 of 6 April 2021 Health expenditure exceeded 400 billion euros in 2019

In 2019, health expenditure in Germany amounted to 410.8 billion euros, or 4,944 euros per inhabitant. To mark World Health Day on 7 April 2021, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that total health expenditure rose by 19.3 billion …

Press release No. 050 of 15 February 2018 Health expenditure per day exceeds one-billion threshold

Health expenditure in Germany exceeded the threshold of 1 billion euros per day for the first time in 2017. Compared with 2016, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) forecasts a 4.9% increase in health expenditure to 374.2 billion euros in 2017. …

Press release No. 061 of 21 February 2017 Health expenditure up 4.5% in 2015

Health expenditure in Germany amounted to 344.2 billion euros or 4,213 euros per inhabitant in 2015. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this figure represented 11.3% of the gross domestic product. Hence more than one in nine …

Press release No. 080 of 8 March 2016 Health expenditure at 328 billion euros in 2014

In 2014, German health expenditure amounted to a total of 328 billion euros. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 13.3 billion euros or 4.2% from 2013. Health expenditure per inhabitant amounted to 4,050 …

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