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Healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom 1997 to 2016

Total healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2016

The data displays the total healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP in the UK from 1997 to 2016. Healthcare spending in the UK has gradually increased since 1997 when healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP amounted to 6.2%. By 2016, healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP had increased to 8.7%.

1997 6.2
1998 6.3
1999 6.7
2000 6.7
2001 7.1
2002 7.3
2003 7.5
2004 7.7
2005 7.9
2006 8
2007 8.1
2008 8.5
2009 9.4
2010 9.1
2011 8.9
2012 8.9
2013 8.8
2014 9.9
2015 9.9
2016 8.7