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The total expenditure on health as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in Ireland amounted to almost Ìýpercent in 2024, an increase from the previous year. Between 2009 and 2013, spending on health in Ireland was over *** percent of its GDP before declining again since 2014.

Health expenditure in Ireland compared to Europe

In comparison to other European countries in 2024, Ireland ranked considerably low in terms of health spending as a share of GDP. At the top of the list was Germany, which spent **** percent of its GDP on healthcare in this year.  The UK, Ireland’s closest neighbor, spent **Ìýpercent of its GDP on health.Ìý

Trend of healthcare workers in Ireland

In 2022, there were over *Ìýindividuals employed at hospitals in Ireland, since the year 2000 this figure has increased by nearly *. Similarly, in the period since 2000, the number of general practitioners in Ireland more than doubled to someÌý*in 2021.