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Health expenditure

Current expenditure on health
2023
52 779 mn euros
Increased +4.9 % vs. 2022
Current expenditure on health in % of GDP
2023
11.2 %
Unchanged unchanged compared to 2022
Public share of current expenditure on health
2023
76.7 %
Decreased -0.5 percentage points vs. 2022

Health expenditure in Austria is compiled according to the System of Health Accounts (SHA). This internationally comparable system of health accounts was developed by the OECD and is now a joint project between the OECD, Eurostat and WHO. Since the reference year 2014, it has been mandatory to submit health expenditure data according to the SHA to the European Commission based on an EU regulation. Statistics Austria has calculated health expenditure by health care services and goods, by financing schemes and by health care providers since 2005. The data sources include annual accounts of local authorities and national accounts data. A flash estimate of health expenditure data is published annually in June; the final results are published in February of the following year. Furthermore, provisional expenditure on hospitals financed by state health funds is published in September, broken down by federal province; the final results are published in February in the following year as well.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Health expenditure in Austria according to the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011 (OECD, Eurostat, WHO)). Compiled on 30 January 2025. - Rounding differences were not settled.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Health expenditure in Austria according to the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011 (OECD, Eurostat, WHO)). Compiled on 30 January 2025. - GDP as of 30 September 2024. - Rounding differences were not settled.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Health expenditure in Austria according to the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011 (OECD, Eurostat, WHO)). Compiled on 30 January 2025. - Rounding differences were not settled.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Health expenditure in Austria according to the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011 (OECD, Eurostat, WHO)). Compiled on 30 January 2025. - Rounding differences were not settled.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Health expenditure in Austria according to the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011 (OECD/Eurostat/WHO)). Compiled on 30 January 2025. - Rounding differences were not settled.

Date Title PDF download
2025-01-30 file Above-average increase in Austria’s healthcare expenditure in 2023
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2024-06-12 file Healthcare expenditure to rise to 52.3 billion euros in 2023
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2024-02-07 file Austriaʼs healthcare expenditure increased moderately in 2022
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2023-06-14 file Health expenditure exceeded 50 billion euros for the first time
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2023-02-08 file Public health expenditure rose by 15.5 % in 2021
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2022-06-14 file Health expenditure increased by 12.6 % in 2021
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Date Title result SDDS+ Special Data Dissemination Standards PR PR press release
2025-09-30 calendar-alt Health Expenditure: State Health Funds hospitals 2023
Population and society / Health / Health care and expenditure / Health expenditure
provisional
2025-06-11 calendar-alt Health Expenditure 2024 (flash estimation)
Population and society / Health / Health care and expenditure / Health expenditure
provisional PR
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Last updated on 2025-01-30.