Monthly Statistical Bulletin, July 2022

2022 Edition 32 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Current health expenditure increased by 12.2% in 2021, amounting to 11.2% of GDP Statistics Portugal estimates that in 2021 current health expenditure will have reached €23,685.9 million. In relative terms, this new maximum in the available series, which began in 2000, corresponds to: • A growth (nominal rate of change) of 12.2%, as follows: » 11.0% in public current expenditure ; » 14.7% in current private expenditure ; • 11.2% of GDP (+0.7 p.p. compared to 2020); • €2,301.4 per capita (+€251.59 compared to 2020). Current expenditure on health and GDP (2018-2021Pe) 2018 2019 2020Po 2021Pe Current expenditure on health Value (106 €) 19,313.3 20,395.2 21,107.9 23,685.9 Nominal rate of change (%) 5.9 5.6 3.5 12.2 % of GDP 9.4 9.5 10.5 11.2 Per capita (€) 1,878.0 1,982.8 2,049.9 2,301.4 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Value (106 €) 205,184.1 214,374.6 200,087.6 211,279.7 Nominal rate of change (%) 4.7 4.5 -6.7 5.6 Note: Provisional values (Po) concerning 2020 e preliminary (Pe) regarding 2021.. 1 Current public expenditure corresponds to the expenditure borne by the public financing agents. Public financing agents include the National Health Service (NHS) and the Regional Health Services (RHS) of the Açores and Madeira, public health sub-systems (compulsory and voluntary), other public administration entities, and Social Security funds. 2 Private current expenditure corresponds to expenditure borne by private financing agents. Private financing agents include insurance companies, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) (health subsystems and others), and households. Current expenditure on health, public and private 0.0 2,000.0 4,000.0 6,000.0 8,000.0 10,000.0 12,000.0 14,000.0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Po 2021Pe Private current expenditure on health 106€ Public current expenditure on health Po - Provisional data Pe - Preliminary data

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