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Taiwan Health Spending Reached US$2,352 per Person in 2023

Commonwealth Fund reports US$2,352 per person and 7.3% of GDP in 2023.

What the Data Shows

Health spending per person shows how much Taiwan’s universal system costs in dollar terms. Commonwealth Fund reports Taiwan at US$2,352 per person in 2023, while Reuters reported U.S. spending at about US$14,423 per person. The comparison is not a full quality ranking, but it frames Taiwan’s universal coverage against a much higher-spending system.

Data table

Health spending US$2,352 per person, 2023
Taiwan total US$55bn 2023
GDP share 7.3% Taiwan
U.S. per capita US$14.4k 2023
U.S./Taiwan 6.1× derived
Since 2020 +14.5% per capita

Data notes & caveats

This is a source-labelled cross-country comparison because Taiwan and U.S. values are from different source families and health-accounting definitions may differ.

Methodology

Taiwan values use Commonwealth Fund’s 2026 Taiwan profile. U.S. per-capita spending uses Reuters reporting of CMS projections. The multiple is U.S. spending divided by Taiwan spending.