Preliminary figures show that we spent NOK 311 billion on health in 2015. This represents nearly 10 per cent of GDP, and amounts to about NOK 60 000 per capita. Of this, more than NOK 51 000 was paid by the government. The remainder, just under NOK 9 000, was paid by the households themselves.
The share of public funding is relatively stable, and in recent years has been about 85 per cent.

Health expenditure accounts for a significant portion of government expenditure, and in 2013 this share was 17.5 per cent. In the OECD, the share varies between 10 per cent in Hungary and 22 per cent in New Zealand, with an average of 15 per cent. Compared to the rest of the OECD countries, Norway thus spends a slightly larger share of its public budget on health.

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