Useful Healthcare and Medical Infographics

Worldwide Healthcare Expenditures

This chart shows total global spending in 2010 according to World Health Organization (WHO) data. It gives you an idea of how much every continent spends on helathcare for its citizens, and the rate of growth during the last five years. As you will see, total spending on healthcare has little to do with population, and more to do with how much is spent per person.Worldwide, per capita spending on healthcare is roughly USD$1,000 per person, but drops to less than USD$600 per person when the United States is removed from the calculations. Charts are also available for:

Asia Pacific healthcare expenditures 
European healthcare expenditures 
Middle East & Africa healthcare expenditures 
North America healthcare expenditures 
South America healthcare expenditures

Average Life Expectancy

This chart shows the median age and life expectancy of citizens of the top 50 countries as ranked by GDP. This chart also shows the percentage of citizens who are over age 60. Countries with a high percentage of older people, and high average incomes, tend to be strong markets for medical device manufacturers because this segment utilizes health care at a much higher rate than younger segments of the population.

Who Pays for Healthcare?

This chart shows the breakdown of who pays for healthcare expenditures in the top 50 countries as ranked by GDP. Some countries have nationalized medicine and most healthcare costs are paid by government agencies. Of course, those costs are often borne by citizens in the form of taxes. Private spending reflects payments by private insurance plans, consumer out-of-pocket payments and other sources.