Countries Spending the Most on Healthcare

Health expenditure per capita : $ 4,578

Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 7.1 % ( 5th lowest )

Luxembourg only spent 7.1 percent of its GDP on healthcare , less than almost all other OECD countries . Its residents were quite wealthy , earning an average of $ 52,000 annually as of 2011 , second only to United States residents .

Life expectancy : 81.5 years ( 10th lowest )

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