Countries Spending the Most on Healthcare

Health expenditure per capita : $ 4,896

Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 11.1 % ( 6th highest )

Pct . obese : 12.4 % ( 8th lowest )

Life expectancy : 81.0 years ( 16th highest )

The growth rate in health spending in Austria slowed down after following their economic crisis but it has since begun to increase . In 2012 , their health spending average grew by three percent in real terms . Alcohol consumption is still higher than that in nearly all other OECD countries with a consumption rate of 12.2 liters per adult , compared to the average of 9.0 liters . Obesity rates have also gone up from 9.1 percent in 1999 to 12.4 percent in 2006 ( latest year of information available ).

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