Table 1:

Characteristics of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries with high attachment rates

CharacteristicCanadaFranceGermanyNew ZealandUnited KingdomDenmarkNetherlandsFinlandItalyNorway
Population, million people* (11)3867.3583.165.0967.085.8317.445.5359.455.38
Rural population, % of total population (12)1819221316127142917
Gini coefficient (13)0.30.290.290.320.370.260.340.270.330.26
Life expectancy, males§ (14)79.579.378.780.578.479.679.979.380.681.7
Life expectancy, females (14)8485.583.584.182.483.383.184.785.184.7
Maternal mortality, per 100 000 live births** (15)8.47.63.513.65.502.84.02.93.7
Infant mortality, deaths per 1000 live births†† (16)4.53.63.14.33.63.23.81.82.41.6
Health care spending, US $ per capita** (17)5370.45274.365184198.54500.15477.55739.24561.43653.46744.6
Public health care spending, %** (17)3768.3 (70)4415 (83.7)5514.2 (84.6)3355.2 (79.9)3533.2 (78.5)4562.2 (83.2)4743 (82.6)3550.3 (77.8)2700.6 (73.9)5788.2 (85.8)
Private health care spending, %** (17)1602.1 (30)859.3 (16.3)1003.6 (15.4)843.3 (20.1)966.9 (21.5)915.3 (16.8)996.2 (17.4)1011.4 (22.2)952.8 (26.1)956.4 (14.2)
No. of hospital beds, per 1000 inhabitants‡‡ (18)2.555.737.822.672.342.522.912.833.193.4
No. of physicians, per 10 000 inhabitants§§ (19)24.4332.7444.3536.1830.0442.2540.7946.439.4850.47
No. of GPs, per 10 000 inhabitants¶¶,*** (11), (20)12.1414.0210.0612.017.767.9817.0812.368.599.87
  • Note: GP = general practitioner.

  • * Based on data from 2020.

  • Based on data from 2021.

  • Based on data from 2020 for New Zealand; 2019 for Canada, France, Netherlands, Norway and the UK; and 2018 for Denmark, Finland, Germany and Italy.

  • § Based on data from 2021 for Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands and Norway, and 2020 for Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the UK.

  • Based on data from 2021 for Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, and Norway, and 2020 for Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand and the UK.

  • ** Based on data from 2022 for Norway; 2021 for Germany, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands; 2020 for Canada and Italy; 2018 for New Zealand; 2017 for the UK; and 2015 for France.

  • †† Based on data from 2021 for France; 2020 for Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and the UK; and 2018 for New Zealand.

  • ‡‡ Based on data from 2021 for Denmark, New Zealand and the UK, and 2020 for Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Norway.

  • §§ Based on data from 2020 for Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the UK; 2019 for Canada, France and Germany; and 2018 for Denmark and Finland.

  • ¶¶ Based on data from 2020 (population) and 2019 (number of GPs/10 000 inhabitants) for Canada; 2020 (population) and 2018 (number of GPs/10 000 inhabitants) for Denmark; 2020 (population) and 2015 (number of GPs/10 000 inhabitants) for Finland; 2020 (population) and 2019 (number of GPs/10 000 inhabitants) for France; 2020 (population) and 2019 (number of GPs/10 000 inhabitants) for Germany; 2020 (population) and 2019 (number of GPs/10 000 inhabitants) for Italy; 2020 (population) and 2019 for Netherlands; 2020 for New Zealand; 2020 for Norway; and 2020 for the UK.

  • *** The number GPs per 10 000 was calculated by dividing the number of GPs by population.