Healthcare industry is showing a tremendous growth. Most medical jobs have the highest pay of all. Which countries have a bright future in this race? Here I have a map made with the WHO data of 2010.

Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America seem far back in the list when it comes to total figures. North America, Europe, Australia and Japan seem to be doing pretty well. To be precise; USA spent $8233 and the closest one, Norway, spent $5391 per person. Among the puniest are Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Pakistan.

Bearing in mind that overall economic structure of most countries is different, this picture alone does not necessarily reflect how citizens benefit from healthcare organizations. Services, commodities and goods in general have different costs all over the world. Minimum wages and government policies all have a say in this comparison. On the other hand, these facts limit one’s capability of travelling to another country to get a better treatment in a specific field. Apparently, medical tourism is attracting a lot of Americans to other countries, every year.

The same page also includes OECD data and the data for health expenditure as a percentage of the country’s GDP. However, the results from both sources, for both comparisons give identical results. Therefore, I decided to only add the per capita figures.

Did anyone notice Greece shining there?