Comparison of historical medical spending patterns among the BRICS and G7

Figures & data

Figure 1. Percentage point share (%) of global THE (Int. $ PPP) BRICS and G7 nations.

Table 1. BRICS and G7 Total Health Expenditures (THE) stratification (WHO NHA data).

	China	India		Russia	Brazil		South Africa
BRICS countries (ranked according to current national GDP size)
THE (% GDP)
1995	3.54	4.01		5.36	6.65		7.42
2013	5.57	3.97		6.55	9.67		8.93
THE per capita (at PPP (NCU per US$))
1995	$61	$63		$301	$522		$478
2013	$646	$215		$1587	$1454		$1121
General government expenditure on health per capita (current $PPP)
1995	$31	$17		$222	$225		$189
2013	$360	$69		$762	$701		$543
Private expenditure on health per capita (current $PPP)
1995	$30	$46		$79	$298		$288
2013	$285	$146		$824	$753		$578
Out of pocket expenditure per capita (current $PPP)
1995	$28	$42		$51	$202		$67
2013	$219	$125		$762	$435		$80
National THE (million current PPP international $US)
1995	$76,268	$59,923		$44,697	$84,580		$19,800
2013	$899,581	$268,809		$226,615	$291,306		$59,175
Share of Global THE (million current PPP international $US)
1995	2.85%	2.24%		1.67%	3.16%		0.74%
2013	10.42%	3.11%		2.52%	3.37%		0.69%
	USA	Japan	Germany	UK	France	Italy	Canada
G7 countries (ranked according to current national GDP size)
THE (% GDP)
1995	13.16	6.81	10.11	6.69	10.36	7.06	8.86
2013	17.10	10.30	11.30	9.12	11.66	9.09	10.86
THE per capita ($PPP)
1995	$3810	$1578	$2276	$1347	$2098	$1496	$2070
2013	$9146	$3741	$4812	$3311	$4334	$3126	$4759
General government expenditure on health per capita ($PPP)
1995	$1717	$1298	$1853	$1130	$1672	$1	$1475
2013	$4307	$3071	$3696	$2766	$3360	$2439	$3322
Private expenditure on health per capita ($PPP)
1995	$2093	$280	$423	$217	$426	$407	$595
2013	$4839	$671	$1116	$545	$973	$687	$1437
Out of pocket expenditure per capita ($PPP)
1995	$552	$221	$227	$147	$160	$370	$331
2013	$1081	$538	$620	$308	$321	$563	$720
National THE (million current PPP international $US)
1995	$1,008,779	$195,913	$185,566	$78,057	$124,459	$85,036	$60,325
2013	$2,872,401	$476,265	$394,665	$211,541	$284,188	$186,578	$165,136
Share of Global THE (million current PPP international $US)
1995	37.70%	7.32%	6.93%	2.92%	4.65%	3.18%	2.25%
2013	33.26%	5.51%	4.57%	2.45%	3.29%	2.16%	1.91%

$PPP, current international $ Purchasing Power Parity; 1995–2013.

Table 2. Total health expenditure (THE) as joint country group investment in health (BRICS and G7), mean per capita spending per group and respective shares of global THE in 1995 and 2013. Table based on WHO National Health Accounts data (Global Health Expenditure Database) 1995–2013; Top tier Emerging Markets definition adopted based on Goldman-Sachs acronym BRICS.

	BRICS	G7
National spending on healthcare
THE (% of GDP), M (SD) (Min–Max)
1995	5.4 (1.6) (3.5–7.4)	9.0 (2.4) (6.7–13.2)
2013	6.9 (2.4) (4.0–9.7)	11.3 (2.7) (2.4–17.1)
Joint THE—all nations within the group (million constant 2005 US$)
1995	$138,362	$2,785,332
2013	$534,695	$3,865,499
Joint THE—all nations within the group (million current US$)
1995	$120,356	$2,002,048
2013	$973,354	$4,723,378
Joint THE—all nations within the group (million current $PPP)
1995	$285,268	$1,738,135
2013	$1,736,939*	$4,590,774
Average per capita spending on healthcare
THE per capita (current $PPP), M (SD) (Min–Max)
1995	$285 ($220) ($61–$522)	$2096 ($833) ($1347–$3810)
2013	$1004 ($572) ($215–$1587)	$4747 ($2050) ($3126–$9146)
General government expenditure on health per capita (current $PPP), M (SD) (Min–Max)
1995	$137 ($104) ($17–$225)	$1462 ($300) ($1089–$1853)
2013	$487 ($281) ($69–$762)	$3280 ($612) ($2439–$4307)
Private expenditure on health per capita (current $PPP), M (SD) (Min–Max)
1995	$148 ($133) ($30–$298)	$634 ($654) ($217–$2093)
2013	$517 ($294) ($146–$824)	$1467 ($1518) ($545–$4839)
Out of pocket expenditure per capita (current $PPP), M (SD) (Min–Max)
1995	$78 ($71) ($28–$202)	$287 ($143) ($147–$552)
2013	$324 ($280) ($80–$762)	$593 ($263) ($308–$1081)
Share of global spending on healthcare
Share of Global Health Spending % (million constant 2005 US$)
1995	4.00%	80.57%
2013	9.60%	69.43%
Share of Global Health Spending % (million current US$)
1995	4.67%	77.67%
2013	13.24%	64.23%
Share of Global Health Spending % (million current PPP international $US)
1995	10.67%	64.95%
2013	20.21%	53.16%