Out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

In 2021, Sweden's out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare increased by 1.3% compared to 2020, reaching 26.2.

Sweden accounts for 88.9% of the EU-27 total of 29.5.

Sweden ranks 19th 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 10.5% (from 29.3 in 2016).

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