A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private
health insurance
Health insurance or medical insurance (also known as medical aid in South Africa) is a type of insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses. As with other types of insurance, risk is shared among ma ...
, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries ...
(OECD)
member countries.
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OECD data from 2016)
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! Rank
! Country
! data-sort-type="number" , Total public
and primary
private health insurance
! data-sort-type="number" , Government /
social health insurance
! data-sort-type="number" , Primary
private health insurance
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 99.5 , , align="right" , 0.5
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 84.0 , , align="right" , 16.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 1 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 100.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 22 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 22 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 22 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 89.3 , , align="right" , 10.7
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, align="center" , 22 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 22 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 99.9 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 27 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.5 , , align="right" , 99.5 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 28 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 99.0 , , align="right" , 99.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 29 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 97.2 , , align="right" , 97.2 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 38 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 98.4 , , align="right" , 90.6 , , align="right" , 7.8
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, align="center" , 30 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 94.5 , , align="right" , 94.5 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 31 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 94.3 , , align="right" , 74.4 , , align="right" , 19.0
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, align="center" , 32 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 94.1 , , align="right" , 94.1 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 33 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 91.5 , , align="right" , 91.5 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 34 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 91.2 , , align="right" , 73 , , align="right" , 18.2
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, align="center" , 35 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 90.2 , , align="right" , 90.2 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 36 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 90.0 , , align="right" , 90.0 , , align="right" , 0.0
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, align="center" , 37 , , align="left" , , , align="right" , 55.0 , , align="right" , 43.8 , , align="right" , 11.1
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, align="center" , 38 , , align="left" ,
, , align="right" , 27.0 , , align="right" , 20.0 , , align="right" , 7.0
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References
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Health insurance by country