[Published: Monday December 01 2025]
 Health at a Glance 2025, OECD Indicators
PARIS, 01 Dec. - (ANA) - Healthcare quality is improving, but financial pressures rise.
Public spending on health is set to grow on average by 1.5% of GDP by 2045 across the OECD, driven largely by technological change, rising expectations of what healthcare can achieve and population ageing.
Financing these higher public spending needs may be challenging, given competing policy priorities and public finance constraints. A renewed focus on value for money is important, with preventive interventions playing a key role.
Did you know?
- OECD countries spent 9.3% of their GDP on health in 2024, less than the peak during COVID-19, but higher than pre-pandemic levels.
- In the average OECD country, public spending on health represents 15% of government expenditure.
- Over 3 million premature deaths among people aged under 75 could have been avoided through better prevention and healthcare.
Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD Members, Key Partners and accession candidate countries. These indicators cover health status, non-medical determinants and health risk factors, access to and quality of healthcare, health spending and health system resources. Analysis draws from the latest comparable official national statistics and other sources.
Alongside indicator-by-indicator analysis, an overview chapter summarises the comparative performance of countries and major trends. This edition also includes a thematic chapter on gender and health.
To download the full report, visit: https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2025/11/health-at-a-glance-2025_a894f72e/8f9e3f98-en.pdf
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