Health Measuring Ireland's Progress 2018 - Central Statistics Office

Ireland: Current public expenditure on health care

Table 5.1 Ireland: Current public expenditure on health care, 2007-2017¹
Year	Current Public Expenditure
Year	Total (€m)	% GNI	%GNI*	Per capita at current prices (€)
2007	12,191	7.1	9.0	2,870
2008	13,557	8.3	10.5	2,978
2009	13,748	9.7	12.5	2,992
2010	13,420	9.5	12.5	3,027
2011	13,233	9.6	14.5	2,945
2012	13,488	9.6	14.8	2,947
2013	13,173	8.7	13.5	2,907
2014	13,387	8.1	12.7	2,982
2015	13,868	6.9	11.9	3,032
2016	14,621	6.6	11.5	3,161
2017	15,487	6.6	11.7	3,232
Source: CSO, System of Health Accounts
¹Break in series in 2013 (see Appendix 1)

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Current public expenditure on health care in Ireland was €15.5bn in 2017, up €0.9bn on the previous year.
As a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI), public health spending increased from 7.1% in 2007 to 9.7% in 2009, before decreasing over the next eight years to 6.6% in 2017.
As a proportion of Modified GNI (GNI*), public expenditure on health care represented 11.7% in 2017, a 0.2% increase on the previous year.
Between 2007 and 2017, public health spending per capita at constant 2017 prices increased from €2,870 to €3,232, a 12.6% increase over the time period.

Year	Expenditure per capita at current prices
2007	2869.8475955999
2008	2977.55025496414
2009	2991.56880039927
2010	3026.8847000548
2011	2944.63086399147
2012	2946.57571205887
2013	2907.15354534718
2014	2981.89912754259
2015	3031.9825946431
2016	3161.42533854801
2017	3231.50756390193

EU: Total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP

Table 5.2 EU28: Total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP, 2013-2017¹
Country	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2017
Country	% of GDP					PPS € per capita
Ireland % GNI*	13.5	12.6	11.9	11.4	11.6	3,405.3
France	11.4	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.3	3,625.6
Germany	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.3	4,299.8
Sweden	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	3,870.9
Austria	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	3,875.2
Belgium	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	3,553.2
Denmark	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	3,694.6
Netherlands	10.6	10.6	10.3	10.3	10.1	3,790.5
United Kingdom	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	2,899.3
Finland	9.5	9.5	9.7	9.4	9.2	3,034.4
Portugal	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	2,028.4
Spain	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.0	8.9	2,370.7
Italy	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.8	2,482.6
Bulgaria	7.9	8.5	8.2	8.2	8.1	1,310.9
Greece	8.4	8.0	8.1	8.3	8.0	1,622.9
Czech Republic	7.8	7.7	7.2	7.2	7.2	2,095.9
Ireland % GDP	10.3	9.7	7.3	7.4	7.2	3,405.3
Hungary	7.3	7.1	7.0	7.1	6.9	1,468.0
Slovakia	7.5	6.9	6.9	7.0	6.7	1,608.7
Cyprus	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7	1,674.1
Lithuania	6.1	6.2	6.5	6.6	6.5	1,604.8
Estonia	6.0	6.1	6.4	6.5	6.4	1,559.2
Latvia	5.4	5.5	5.7	6.2	6.0	1,212.7
Luxembourg	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	3,632.9
Romania	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.2	1,029.2
Croatia	6.8	7.1	7.2	7.2	:	:
Malta	:	9.4	9.3	:	:	:
Poland	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.5	:	:
Slovenia	:	8.5	8.5	8.5	:	:

Switzerland	11.3	11.5	11.9	12.2	12.4	5,255.1
Norway	8.9	9.3	10.1	10.5	10.5	4,458.6
Liechtenstein	6.0	5.9	6.0	6.1	5.9	:
Iceland	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.3	:	:
Source: Eurostat, CSO
¹Sorted by 2017, descending
: indicates data unavailable

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In 2017, the total health care spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 7.2%. This put Ireland at sixteenth in the EU28 for health spending (of the countries for which data were available).
As a percentage of Modified Gross National Income (GNI*), total expenditure on health care in Ireland was 11.6% in 2017.
France had the highest proportion of GDP allocated towards health care in the EU28 in 2017 at 11.3%, while Romania had the lowest at 5.2%.

Country	Country
Ireland % GNI*	3405.29
France	3625.63
Germany	4299.83
Sweden	3870.94
Austria	3875.24
Belgium	3553.18
Denmark	3694.58
Netherlands	3790.53
United Kingdom	2899.25
Finland	3034.39
Portugal	2028.36
Spain	2370.69
Italy	2482.62
Bulgaria	1310.87
Greece	1622.87
Czech Republic	2095.92
Ireland % GDP	3405.29
Hungary	1468
Slovakia	1608.67
Cyprus	1674.11
Lithuania	1604.78
Estonia	1559.21
Latvia	1212.72
Luxembourg	3632.91
Romania	1029.15

Ireland: Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex

Table 5.3 Ireland: Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex, 1925-2012
Period	At Birth		At 65 years
Period	Male	Female	Male	Female
1925-1927	57.4	57.9	12.8	13.4
1935-1937	58.2	59.6	12.5	13.1
1940-1942	59.0	61.0	12.3	13.2
1945-1947	60.5	62.4	12.0	13.1
1950-1952	64.5	67.1	12.1	13.3
1960-1962	68.1	71.9	12.6	14.4
1965-1967	68.6	72.9	12.4	14.7
1970-1972	68.8	73.5	12.4	15.0
1978-1980	69.5	75.0	12.4	15.4
1980-1982	70.1	75.6	12.6	15.7
1985-1987	71.0	76.7	12.6	16.2
1990-1992	72.3	77.9	13.4	17.1
1995-1997	73.0	78.5	13.8	17.4
2001-2003	75.1	80.3	15.4	18.7
2005-2007	76.8	81.6	16.6	19.8
2010-2012	78.4	82.8	17.7	20.6
Source: CSO Births, Deaths, and Marriages

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Life expectancy at birth for males in 2011 was 78.4 years in Ireland, an increase of 21 years since 1926.
For females, life expectancy at birth in 2011 was 82.8 years, a rise of 24.9 years since 1926.
In 1926, life expectancy for females was higher than for males by 0.5 years. This gender gap widened to 5.7 years in 1986, but narrowed to 4.4 years by 2011.
A 65 year old man in 2011 could expect to live for another 17.7 years compared to 20.6 years for a 65 year old woman.

	Male	Female
1911	53.6	54.1
1926	57.4	57.9
1936	58.2	59.6
1941	59	61
1946	60.5	62.4
1951	64.5	67.1
1961	68.1	71.9
1966	68.6	72.9
1971	68.8	73.5
1979	69.5	75
1981	70.1	75.6
1986	71	76.7
1991	72.3	77.9
1996	73	78.5
2002	75.1	80.3
2006	76.8	81.6
2011	78.4	82.8

EU: Life expectancy at birth by sex

Table 5.4 EU28: Life expectancy at birth by sex, 2017¹
Country	Total Persons	Males	Females	Gender Differential
Spain	83.4	80.6	86.1	-5.5
Italy	83.1	80.8	85.2	-4.4
France	82.7	79.6	85.6	-6.0
Sweden	82.5	80.8	84.1	-3.3
Malta	82.4	80.2	84.6	-4.4
Ireland	82.2	80.4	84.0	-3.6
Cyprus	82.2	80.2	84.2	-4.0
Luxembourg	82.1	79.9	84.4	-4.5
Eurozone 19	82.0	79.4	84.5	-5.1
Netherlands	81.8	80.2	83.4	-3.2
Austria	81.7	79.4	84.0	-4.6
Finland	81.7	78.9	84.5	-5.6
Belgium	81.6	79.2	83.9	-4.7
Portugal	81.6	78.4	84.6	-6.2
Greece	81.4	78.8	83.9	-5.1
United Kingdom	81.3	79.5	83.1	-3.6
Slovenia	81.2	78.2	84.0	-5.8
Denmark	81.1	79.2	83.1	-3.9
Germany	81.1	78.7	83.4	-4.7
EU28	80.9	78.3	83.5	-5.2
Czech Republic	79.1	76.1	82.0	-5.9
Estonia	78.4	73.8	82.6	-8.8
Croatia	78.0	74.9	81.0	-6.1
Poland	77.8	73.9	81.8	-7.9
Slovakia	77.3	73.8	80.7	-6.9
Hungary	76.0	72.5	79.3	-6.8
Lithuania	75.8	70.7	80.5	-9.8
Romania	75.3	71.7	79.1	-7.4
Latvia	74.9	69.8	79.7	-9.9
Bulgaria	74.8	71.4	78.4	-7.0

Liechtenstein	83.7	81.6	86.0	-4.4
Switzerland	83.7	81.6	85.6	-4.0
Norway	82.7	81.0	84.3	-3.3
Iceland	82.6	81.1	84.3	-3.2
Turkey	78.5	75.7	81.3	-5.6
Montenegro	76.6	73.9	79.2	-5.3
Macedonia	76.0	74.1	77.9	-3.8
Serbia	75.6	73.1	78.1	-5.0
Source: Eurostat
¹Sorted by total persons, descending.

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In 2017, Irish male life expectancy at birth was 80.4 years, and was 2.1 years higher than the EU28 average of 78.3 years.
Sweden and Italy both had the highest male life expectancy in the EU28, at 80.8 years, and Latvia had the lowest at 69.8 years.
In the same year, female life expectancy at birth in Ireland was 84.0 years, which was 0.5 years higher than the EU28 average.
Spain had the highest female life expectancy at 86.1 years, while Bulgaria had the lowest at 78.4 years.
Women had a higher life expectancy at birth than men in all EU28 countries. The lowest gender differential (male life expectancy at birth less that of females) was the Netherlands (3.2 years) and the country with the highest was Latvia (9.9 years).

EU: Healthy life years at birth by sex

Table 5.5 EU28: Healthy life years at birth by sex, 2017¹
Country	Males	Females	Gender Differential
Sweden	73.2	71.9	1.3
Malta	71.9	73.6	-1.7
Spain	69.0	69.9	-0.9
Ireland	67.9	69.3	-1.4
Italy	66.2	66.4	-0.2
Germany	65.1	66.7	-1.6
Cyprus	64.7	65.8	-1.1
Greece	64.4	65.1	-0.7
EU28	63.5	64.0	-0.5
Belgium	63.5	64.1	-0.6
United Kingdom	63.3	62.0	1.3
Bulgaria	62.9	66.2	-3.3
France	62.5	64.9	-2.4
Netherlands	62.3	57.5	4.8
Czech Republic	60.6	62.4	-1.8
Poland	60.6	63.5	-2.9
Luxembourg	60.1	58.1	2.0
Portugal	60.1	57.0	3.1
Denmark	59.8	59.7	0.1
Hungary	59.6	60.8	-1.2
Romania	59.2	58.3	0.9
Finland	58.3	56.4	1.9
Austria	57.4	56.8	0.6
Croatia	57.3	58.0	-0.7
Lithuania	56.4	59.8	-3.4
Slovakia	55.6	55.6	0.0
Slovenia	55.3	54.6	0.7
Estonia	54.7	57.2	-2.5
Latvia	50.6	52.2	-1.6
			Source: Eurostat
¹ Sorted by males, descending

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In 2017, females in Ireland had a healthy life expectancy of 69.3 years, 5.3 years higher than the EU28 average of 64 years and the fourth highest in the EU28.
Males in Ireland had a healthy life expectancy of 67.9 years, the fourth highest in the EU28 and above the EU28 average of 63.5 years.
Ten countries in the EU28 reported a higher number of healthy life years for males than females, namely the Netherlands, Portugal, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Romania, Slovenia, Austria and Denmark.
The Netherlands had the highest number of healthy life years for males compared to females, with a differential of 4.8 years. Conversely, Lithuania had the highest gender differential for females compared to males at 3.4 years.
Only Slovakia had a gender differential of zero; both males and females had the same healthy life expectancy of 55.6 years.

EU: Proportion of life expectancy in poor health for males

Table 5.6 EU28: Proportion of life expectancy in poor health for males, 2017¹
Country	Life Expectancy	Healthy Life Years	Number of Years in Poor Health	Proportion of Life Expectancy in Poor Health
Country	Years			%
Sweden	80.8	73.2	7.6	9.4
Malta	80.2	71.9	8.3	10.3
Bulgaria	71.4	62.9	8.5	11.9
Spain	80.6	69.0	11.6	14.4
Ireland	80.4	67.9	12.5	15.5
Germany	78.7	65.1	13.6	17.3
Romania	71.7	59.2	12.5	17.4
Hungary	72.5	59.6	12.9	17.8
Poland	73.9	60.6	13.3	18.0
Italy	80.8	66.2	14.6	18.1
Greece	78.8	64.4	14.4	18.3
EU28	78.3	63.5	14.8	18.9
Cyprus	80.2	64.7	15.5	19.3
Belgium	79.2	63.5	15.7	19.8
Lithuania	70.7	56.4	14.3	20.2
Czech Republic	76.1	60.6	15.5	20.4
United Kingdom	79.5	63.3	16.2	20.4
France	79.6	62.5	17.1	21.5
Netherlands	80.2	62.3	17.9	22.3
Portugal	78.4	60.1	18.3	23.3
Croatia	74.9	57.3	17.6	23.5
Denmark	79.2	59.8	19.4	24.5
Slovakia	73.8	55.6	18.2	24.7
Luxembourg	79.9	60.1	19.8	24.8
Estonia	73.8	54.7	19.1	25.9
Finland	78.9	58.3	20.6	26.1
Latvia	69.8	50.6	19.2	27.5
Austria	79.4	57.4	22.0	27.7
Slovenia	78.2	55.3	22.9	29.3
				Source: Eurostat
¹ Sorted by proportion of life expectancy in poor health, ascending.

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Men in Ireland in 2017 could expect to live 67.9 healthy life years, and 12.5 years in poor health, out of a total life expectancy of 80.4 years. This is equivalent to a proportion of life expectancy in poor health of 15.5%.
Ireland had the fifth lowest proportion of life expectancy in poor health for males in the EU28, after Sweden (9.4%), Malta (10.3%), Bulgaria (11.9%) and Spain (14.4%).
The EU28 average for male healthy life years in 2017 was 63.5 years, while the expected number of years in poor health was 14.8 years. The average proportion of male life expectancy in poor health was 18.9%.
Slovenia had the highest proportion of life expectancy in poor health in the EU28, at 29.3%.

Country	Healthy life years	Poor health
Sweden	73.2	7.59999999999999
Malta	71.9	8.3
Bulgaria	62.9	8.50000000000001
Norway	72.4	8.59999999999999
Spain	69	11.6
Ireland	67.9	12.5
Romania	59.2	12.5
Hungary	59.6	12.9
Poland	60.6	13.3
Germany	65.1	13.6
Lithuania	56.4	14.3
Greece	64.4	14.4
Italy	66.2	14.6
EU28	63.5	14.8
Czech Republic	60.6	15.5
Cyprus	64.7	15.5
Belgium	63.5	15.7
United Kingdom	63.3	16.2
France	62.5	17.1
Croatia	57.3	17.6
Netherlands	62.3	17.9
Slovakia	55.6	18.2
Portugal	60.1	18.3
Estonia	54.7	19.1
Latvia	50.6	19.2
Denmark	59.8	19.4
Luxembourg	60.1	19.8
Finland	58.3	20.6
Austria	57.4	22
Slovenia	55.3	22.9

EU: Proportion of life expectancy in poor health for females

Table 5.7 EU28: Proportion of life expectancy in poor health for females, 2017¹
Country	Life Expectancy	Healthy Life Years	Number of Years in Poor Health	Proportion of Life Expectancy in Poor Health
	Years			%
Malta	84.6	73.6	11.0	13.0
Sweden	84.1	71.9	12.2	14.5
Bulgaria	78.4	66.2	12.2	15.6
Ireland	84.0	69.3	14.7	17.5
Spain	86.1	69.9	16.2	18.8
Germany	83.4	66.7	16.7	20.0
Cyprus	84.2	65.8	18.4	21.9
Italy	85.2	66.4	18.8	22.1
Poland	81.8	63.5	18.3	22.4
Greece	83.9	65.1	18.8	22.4
Hungary	79.3	60.8	18.5	23.3
EU28	83.5	64.0	19.5	23.4
Belgium	83.9	64.1	19.8	23.6
Czech Republic	82.0	62.4	19.6	23.9
France	85.6	64.9	20.7	24.2
United Kingdom	83.1	62.0	21.1	25.4
Lithuania	80.5	59.8	20.7	25.7
Romania	79.1	58.3	20.8	26.3
Denmark	83.1	59.7	23.4	28.2
Croatia	81.0	58.0	23.0	28.4
Estonia	82.6	57.2	25.4	30.8
Netherlands	83.4	57.5	25.9	31.1
Slovakia	80.7	55.6	25.1	31.1
Luxembourg	84.4	58.1	26.3	31.2
Austria	84.0	56.8	27.2	32.4
Portugal	84.6	57.0	27.6	32.6
Finland	84.5	56.4	28.1	33.3
Latvia	79.7	52.2	27.5	34.5
Slovenia	84.0	54.6	29.4	35.0
Source: Eurostat
¹Sorted by proportion of life expectancy in poor health, ascending.

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In 2017, females in Ireland could expect to experience 69.3 healthy life years and 14.7 years in poor health, out of a total life expectancy of 84.0 years.
In the EU28, Ireland had the fourth lowest proportion of life expectancy in poor health for females in 2017 at 17.5%. Malta had the lowest proportion of life expectancy in poor health (13.0%), followed by Sweden (14.5%) and Bulgaria (15.6%).
The EU28 average for female healthy life expectancy in 2017 was 64.0 years, while the number of years in poor health was 19.5 years. The proportion of female life expectancy in poor health was 23.4%.
Slovenia had the highest proportion of life expectancy in poor health at 35.0%.

Country	Healthy Years	Poor Health
Malta	73.6	11
Sweden	71.9	12.2
Bulgaria	66.2	12.2
Norway	70.5	13.8
Ireland	69.3	14.7
Spain	69.9	16.2
Germany	66.7	16.7
Poland	63.5	18.3
Cyprus	65.8	18.4
Hungary	60.8	18.5
Italy	66.4	18.8
Greece	65.1	18.8
EU 28	64	19.5
Czech Republic	62.4	19.6
Belgium	64.1	19.8
France	64.9	20.7
Lithuania	59.8	20.7
Romania	58.3	20.8
United Kingdom	62	21.1
Croatia	58	23
Denmark	59.7	23.4
Slovakia	55.6	25.1
Estonia	57.2	25.4
Netherlands	57.5	25.9
Luxembourg	58.1	26.3
Austria	56.8	27.2
Latvia	52.2	27.5
Portugal	57	27.6
Finland	56.4	28.1
Slovenia	54.6	29.4

Measuring Ireland's Progress 2018

Health

Ireland: Current public expenditure on health care

EU: Total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP

Ireland: Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex

EU: Life expectancy at birth by sex

EU: Healthy life years at birth by sex

EU: Proportion of life expectancy in poor health for males

EU: Proportion of life expectancy in poor health for females

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