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Relevant results are presented for the years 2020 and 2021. Comparisons are made with the expenditure series available since 2005, in particular with the year 2019 as it is the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 the variation of total health expenditure in real terms was 9% with respect to 2020. In 2020, public spending on health represented 6.7% of the Gross Domestic Product and in 2021 it represented 6.9%. Out-of-pocket spending represented 16.7% of current health spending in 2020 and 15.6% in 2021.