Out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

In 2021, Germany's out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare increased by 0.2% compared to 2020, reaching 22.7.

Germany accounts for 77.1% of the EU-27 total of 29.5.

Germany ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.8% (from 24.4 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp310, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.