Out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

In 2016, Sweden's out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare decreased by 2.7% compared to 2015, reaching 29.3.

Sweden accounts for 91.2% of the EU-27 total of 32.1.

Sweden ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.8% (from 29.0 in 2011).

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