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Health expenditure per capita : $ 4,419

Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 10.9 % ( 9th highest )

Pct . obese : 13.8 % ( 10th lowest )

Life expectancy : 80.5 years ( 12th lowest )

Belgium spent $ 3,560 on health per capita in 2012 , versus the OECD average of $ 2,867 . On pharmaceuticals , Belgium spent $ 593 per capita in 2012 , trailing just behind Canada and the United States among OECD countries . But despite the higher health expenditure , health outcomes weren ’ t the greatest . Life expectancy was 80.5 years , just slightly above the OECD average of 80.2 years .

42 August 2014