$27.1 billion (5.0% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source auditAll sources · source collection
National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary · 2024
Population measured
US resident population and total national health spending (all payers)
Source notes & limitations
CMS NHE tables cover calendar years 1960-2024. Table 01: aggregate amounts, per capita, percent of GDP. Table 02: by type of service and source of funds. Dollar amounts in current (nominal) dollars. Updated annually. Source files: NHE24_Summary.csv, NHE2024.csv. URL CORRECTION 2026-07-28: CMS changed the page slug from statistics-trends-reports to statistics-trends-and-reports (old URL 404s); content re-verified as the NHE data page.
Where this source appears
43 records across 7 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
0 of 43 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1960s
47.1% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$146 per capita ($124 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit$0 — Medicare did not exist until 1966
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$2,676 million (9.9% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$8,985 million (33.1% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source auditUS · 1970s
$74.1 billion (6.9% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit32.7% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$353 per capita ($297 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit$7,672 million (10.4% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$5,290 million (7.1% of NHE); Federal $2,842M, State/Local $2,447M
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$5,497 million (7.4% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source auditUS · 1980s
$253.2 billion (8.9% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit21.8% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$1,099 per capita ($930 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit$37,387 million (14.8% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$26,032 million (10.3% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$12,049 million (4.8% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source auditUS · 1990s
$718.7 billion (12.1% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit18.6% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$2,835 per capita ($2,413 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit$110,182 million (15.3% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$73,661 million (10.2% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$40,290 million (5.6% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source auditUS · 2000s
$1,365.2 billion (13.3% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit14.5% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$4,842 per capita ($4,101 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit$224,829 million (16.5% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$200,367 million (14.7% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$122,003 million (8.9% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source auditUS · 2010s
$2,588.7 billion (17.2% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit11.7% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$8,377 per capita ($7,054 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit$519,534 million (20.1% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$397,425 million (15.4% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$253,371 million (9.8% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source auditUS · 2020s
$5,278.6 billion (18.0% of GDP)
USD billions, nominal; NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit10.5% of national health expenditures paid out of pocket
% of total NHE
No current source audit$15,474 per capita ($13,222 for personal health care)
USD per person, nominal
No current source audit5.0% (1960) → 18.0% (2024) — healthcare's GDP share more than tripled
NHE as % of GDP
No current source audit$1,118,000 million (21.2% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$931,692 million (17.6% of NHE); Federal $596,694M, State/Local $334,998M
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit$466,968 million (8.8% of NHE)
USD millions, nominal
No current source audit