Visual Capitalist July 9, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic erased nearly two decades of life expectancy gains in America. Meanwhile, U.S. health spending per capita is at the highest level in the world.
We visualize life expectancy and per capita healthcare costs across several wealthy nations. Figures were compiled by Peterson-KFF, and are as of 2022.
America Spends a Lot on Healthcare, For Little Gain
As Peterson–KFF bluntly notes, “the U.S. has the lowest life expectancy amongst large, wealthy countries” while their per capita healthcare cost has moved past $12,500 as of 2022
In fact the U.S. is an outlier for both healthcare costs (+$4,600 from next-highest Germany), and in life expectancy (-3.2 years from Germany).
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