Provisional Health Expenditure Estimates for 2024 System of Health Accounts 2023

Provisional Health Expenditure Estimates for 2024

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CSO statistical release, 23 June 2025, 11am

Preliminary estimates for 2024 show that healthcare expenditure was approximately €36.6 billion, an increase of 9% compared to 2023.

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	Health Care Expenditure by Financing Scheme Provisional Estimates 2024
Voluntary Health Care Payments	11.9701709676662
Govt and compulsory	77.3564205653276
Household Out of Pocket Payments	10.6734084670062

Table 2.1: Current Health Care Expenditure by Health Care Financing Scheme, Estimates 2024

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Table 2.1: Current Health Care Expenditure by Health Care Financing Scheme, Estimates 2024
		€ million		% of Total	% change
ICHA Code		2023	2024	2024	2023 - 2024
HF.1	Govt Financing Schemes and Compulsory Contributory Health Care Financing Schemes	25,683	28,395	77	11
HF.2	Voluntary Health Care Payment Schemes	4,060	4,290	12	6
HF.3	Household Out-of-Pocket Payments	3,789	3,878	11	2
	Total	33,531	36,563	100	9