Out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

In 2020, Ireland's out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare decreased by 9.6% compared to 2019, reaching 22.9.

Ireland accounts for 78.7% of the EU-27 total of 29.1.

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 15.3% (from 27.0 in 2015).

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