Health Spending Quiz

How to play

1. Two countries appear side by side (stacked on a phone). The first shows its health spending per person; the second keeps its value hidden.
2. Decide whether the second one is higher or lower and press Higher or Lower.
3. The hidden value counts up and your answer is judged. When you are right, the second card moves across and a new one takes its place.
4. One wrong answer ends the run. There is no timer, and values stay fixed for the whole run. Countries without a value for this measure sit out, and two countries whose values read the same are never paired.
5. Your result is saved in this browser. Once enough people have played a game, the results also show how your score ranks, and you can copy or share an image of your result, or replay.

Understanding the comparison

Spending is not the same as outcomes. The United States spends far more per person than any other country without leading on life expectancy, which the life expectancy game shows plainly. Wealthy European countries cluster together, and the figure tracks income more closely than any measure of health.

Money spent and care received are different measures

Per-person health spending combines expenditure across a population. It does not mean that each resident receives the same amount of care or pays that amount out of pocket.

Prices for labour, medicines and services differ between countries, and this series uses current US dollars rather than adjusting for purchasing power. Higher spending does not automatically imply better access or better health outcomes. Use the comparison to learn the spending measure, not as a health-system league table.

How this measure is defined

Current health expenditure per person in US dollars, combining government, compulsory insurance, voluntary insurance and out-of-pocket spending. Capital investment such as new hospital buildings is excluded. It measures money spent, not the quantity or quality of care received, and exchange-rate conversion affects the comparison.

Sources

Source: World Bank · Data period: 2023 · Collected: 2026-10-01 (UTC)

Current health expenditure per person in US dollars, combining public, private and out-of-pocket spending. It measures money spent, not the care received.

The collection date tells you when we retrieved the source, not when every underlying observation was made. A failed refresh does not advance that date. For comparisons, the snapshot loaded for your run supplies the answers.

• World Bank