Out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

In 2018, Ireland's out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare decreased by 3.4% compared to 2017, reaching 25.3.

Ireland accounts for 79.4% of the EU-27 total of 31.9.

Ireland ranks 21st 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 8.0% (from 27.5 in 2013).

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