Sweden's out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) was 13.38% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.56 percentage points from 14.94% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13.38% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 13.92% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.94% | 2014 |
| Highest | 17.2% | 2001 |
| Lowest | 12.92% | 2020 |
| Average since 2015 | 13.75% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 14.46% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sweden's out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) rose 0.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 12.96% to 13.38%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.79 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.74 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.98 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.22 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 78% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Sweden had the 16th highest value of the 22 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 13.38% | 2024 |
| World | 17.33% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 16.5% | 2023 |
| High income | 13.35% | 2023 |
Closest to Sweden in the 2024 ranking
- United Kingdom — 12th of 22: 14.56%
- Czechia — 13th of 22: 14.06%
- Denmark — 14th of 22: 13.87%
- New Zealand — 16th of 22: 12.69%
- Netherlands — 17th of 22: 11.79%
- Slovenia — 18th of 22: 11.75%
What this measures
Share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures. Out-of-pocket payments are spending on health directly out-of-pocket by households.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.38 |
| 2023 | 12.96 |
| 2022 | 13.13 |
| 2021 | 13.09 |
| 2020 | 12.92 |
| 2019 | 13.92 |
| 2018 | 14.22 |
| 2017 | 14.24 |
| 2016 | 14.63 |
| 2015 | 15.03 |
| 2014 |
Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in nearby economies
- Albania — 48.27% (2023)
- Andorra — 11.15% (2023)
- Armenia — 80.47% (2023)
- Austria — 16.46% (2024)
- Azerbaijan — 64.63% (2023)
- Belarus — 28.48% (2023)
- Belgium — 21.51% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 30.96% (2023)
- Bulgaria — 35.5% (2023)
More health data for Sweden
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.89% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.09% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 859,842 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.35% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 910,481 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 17.05% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 16.71% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.64% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sweden's out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)?
- 13.38% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 1.08 percentage points from 14.46% in 2000. The highest value was 17.2% in 2001 and the lowest 12.92% in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank?
- 16th highest of 22 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) unusual for Sweden?
- In 2024, Sweden's out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) rose 0.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 12.96% to 13.38%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.79 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://apps.who.int/nha/database Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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