Countries Spending the Most on Healthcare

Health expenditure per capita : $ 6,140

Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 9.3 % ( 16th highest )

Pct . obese : 10.0 % ( 2nd lowest )

Life expectancy : 81.5 years ( 10th highest )

Total health spending accounted for 9.3 percent of GDP in Norway in 2012 , equal to the average across all OECD countries . While health spending growth slowed down following the economic crisis , it picked up again in 2011 and Norway recorded annual increases of three to five percent since . Life expectancy stood at 81.5 years , more than a year higher than the OECD average and the obesity rate remains among the lowest .

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