[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – SUMMARY – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. The summary condenses the main points for the news that starts below. The summary is in bold and not longer than 300 characters, including spaces. The counter at the bottom can help.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
EU healthcare spending reached \u20ac1.72 trillion in 2023 (10% of GDP). Germany led in total and share of GDP, while per-capita spending rose across all countries, with Romania seeing the fastest growth.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 1 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||1em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Eurostat data released on November 2025 shows that healthcare expenditure in the European Union reached \u20ac1.72 trillion in 2023<\/strong>, representing 10% of the EU\u2019s GDP<\/strong>. Germany<\/a> remained the largest spender in absolute terms, allocating \u20ac492 billion<\/strong>, followed by France<\/a> (\u20ac325 billion), Italy<\/a> (\u20ac179 billion) and Spain<\/a> (\u20ac138 billion). When measured as a share of GDP, Germany also led with 11.7%<\/strong>, ahead of France (11.5%), Austria<\/a> and Sweden<\/a> (both 11.2%). At the other end of the scale, Luxembourg and Romania recorded the lowest ratios at 5.7%, with Hungary (6.4%) and Ireland (6.6%) also well below the EU average.<\/p>\n Healthcare spending per inhabitant has continued its steady rise across Europe. Between 2014 and 2023, average EU spending per person increased by 43.7%<\/strong>, moving from \u20ac2 668 to \u20ac3 835. All EU countries saw growth, though the pace varied widely. Romania experienced the fastest increase, with per-capita spending rising by 155.6%<\/strong>, followed closely by Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia, all of which more than doubled their investment during the period.<\/p>\n In contrast, Sweden recorded the smallest increase at 15.2%<\/strong>, highlighting the diverse trajectories shaping national health financing levels across the Union. The findings underscore ongoing structural differences in how EU countries fund and prioritise healthcare, even amid a shared trend of rising expenditure.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 2 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EU healthcare spending reached \u20ac1.72 trillion in 2023 (10% of GDP). Germany led in total and share of GDP, while per-capita spending rose across all countries, with Romania seeing the fastest growth.Eurostat data released on November 2025 shows that healthcare expenditure in the European Union reached \u20ac1.72 trillion in 2023, representing 10% of the EU\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987792041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3024,3046,129],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987792038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987792038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987792038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987792056,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987792038\/revisions\/987792056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987792041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987792038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987792038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987792038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}