Health spend cut to below average 8.9% of GDP

Ireland is spending less on health by percentage of GDP than France or Germany, despite the fact both nations are continuing to push for reductions in our health service budgets.

The comparison is made in the latest report on health matters in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

According to the document, after a near 23% cut in health service funding since the recession began, expenditure for Ireland’s system now accounts for about 8.9% of the nation’s GDP income.