In 2021, Ireland’s health system spent over 15.7 billion euros on curative and rehabilitative care, this function took up the majority of the health expenditure in the country. An additional 3.3 billion euros was spent on medical goods and six billion euros on long term healthcare.
Health expenditure in Ireland compared to Europe
In comparison to other European countries, Ireland ranked fairly low in terms of health spending as a share of GDP at 6.8 percent in 2019. Top of the list was Switzerland, which spent 12.1 percent of its’ GDP on healthcare in this year. While Germany and France both spent over eleven percent on health. Ireland’s closest neighbor in Europe, the United Kingdom, spent 10.3 percent of its GDP on health.
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Central Statistics Office Ireland. (June 22, 2023). Current health care expenditure in Ireland in 2021, by health care function (in million euro) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/456212/health-care-expenditure-by-health-care-function-ireland/
Central Statistics Office Ireland. "Current health care expenditure in Ireland in 2021, by health care function (in million euro)." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/456212/health-care-expenditure-by-health-care-function-ireland/
Central Statistics Office Ireland. (2023). Current health care expenditure in Ireland in 2021, by health care function (in million euro). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/456212/health-care-expenditure-by-health-care-function-ireland/
Central Statistics Office Ireland. "Current Health Care Expenditure in Ireland in 2021, by Health Care Function (in Million Euro)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/456212/health-care-expenditure-by-health-care-function-ireland/
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Current health care expenditure in Ireland in 2021, by health care function (in million euro) [Graph], Central Statistics Office Ireland, June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/456212/health-care-expenditure-by-health-care-function-ireland/