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Health expenditure per capita : $ 4,811

Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 11.3 % ( 5th highest )

Pct . obese : 14.7 % ( 12th lowest )

Life expectancy : 81.0 years ( 16th highest )

In 2011 , Germany introduced a new law that raised compulsory rebates for manufacturers and froze prices until 2013 . This has led to a decrease in pharmaceutical spending in the country . Their current expenditure lies at 0.7 percent of GDP , significantly lower than the OECD average of 1.4 percent . Along with other countries , Germany ’ s smoking rates among adults have decreased to 22 percent , closer to the OECD average of 20.7 percent .

46 August 2014