Health spending as a share of GDP in Vietnam 2010-2021
In 2021, current health expenditure accounted for 4.59 percent of the GDP in Vietnam. The current health expenditure covers the preventive and curative provision of health services, family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health.
Health expenditure in Vietnam
In general, health expenditure in Vietnam is comparable to countries with similar income levels. However, health spending per capita in Vietnam has been increasing significantly, rising from under 85.4 U.S. dollars in 2010 to above 172.5 U.S. dollars in 2021. The rise came from domestic government spending on health as well as social insurance expenditure. In recent years, domestic health expenditure has been accounting for most of the current health expenditure in the country. Health insurance in Vietnam
In 2021, health insurance expenditure in Vietnam amounted to about 90.7 trillion Vietnamese dong. The number of people participating in health insurance in Vietnam reached approximately 87 million in that year, indicating a steady increase in the past years. As of 2020, the poor, the ethnic minorities as well as under 6-year-old and above 80-year-old were fully covered by social health insurance through government full subsidies.
