Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in Austria

Austria: Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item was 0.2095 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.2095
Change on year
up 16.1%
World rank
46th
of 60 countries
All-time high
0.2095
in 2020
All-time low
0.1391
in 1997
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in Austria, 1995–2020

00.050.10.150.21995200720201995: 0.161996: 0.1551997: 0.1391998: 0.151999: 0.1452000: 0.1452001: 0.1512002: 0.1452003: 0.1532004: 0.1582005: 0.1582006: 0.1542007: 0.1512008: 0.1612009: 0.1612010: 0.1692011: 0.1682012: 0.1752013: 0.1672014: 0.1572015: 0.1752016: 0.1792017: 0.1772018: 0.1862019: 0.182020: 0.21

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

Austria recorded 0.2095 for health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 16.1% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in Austria peaked at 0.2095 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1391, in 1997.

That places Austria 46th out of 60 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) in Austria, 1995 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1995 0.1603
1996 0.1555 -3.0%
1997 0.1391 -10.5%
1998 0.1498 +7.7%
1999 0.1453 -3.0%
2000 0.1452 -0.1%
2001 0.1505 +3.7%
2002 0.1454 -3.4%
2003 0.1534 +5.5%
2004 0.1576 +2.8%
2005 0.1577 +0.1%
2006 0.1536 -2.6%
2007 0.151 -1.7%
2008 0.1607 +6.4%
2009 0.1605 -0.1%
2010 0.1692 +5.4%
2011 0.1683 -0.6%
2012 0.175 +4.0%
2013 0.1672 -4.5%
2014 0.157 -6.1%
2015 0.1749 +11.4%
2016 0.1787 +2.2%
2017 0.1771 -0.9%
2018 0.1858 +4.9%
2019 0.1805 -2.9%
2020 0.2095 +16.1%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 0.2095 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4416, 47% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 0.2095 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4692, 45% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.15 0.1391 0.1603 5
2000s 0.1536 0.1452 0.1607 10
2010s 0.1734 0.157 0.1858 10
2020s 0.2095 0.2095 0.2095 1

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 43 Poland 0.2741 compare
  2. 44 South Africa 0.262 compare
  3. 45 Sweden 0.2502 compare
  4. 47 Netherlands 0.2071 compare
  5. 48 Kyrgyzstan 0.1949 compare
  6. 49 Belarus 0.1909 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in Austria?
Health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item in Austria was 0.2095 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 0.2095 in 2020.
What is the lowest health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1391 in 1997.
How does Austria rank for health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item?
Austria ranks 46th out of 60 countries with data for 2020.
Is health, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
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Coverage
60 places, 1,212 data points, 1990–2020
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