Expenditure on healthcare
Total health care expenditure increased more than twice from 2010 to 2024, from CZK 302 billion to almost CZK 697 billion. Health insurance companies have the largest share of total expenditure. In 2024, they spent CZK 514.2 billion on health care. The average expenditure on health care per capita in 2024 was 64 thousand CZK. Households out-of-pocket payment was on average 8,681 CZK per capita.
Total health care expenditure
Publication date: 24. 09. 2026
Year 2024
696.8 CZK billion
Healthcare expenditure of health insurance companies
Publication date: 24. 09. 2026
Year 2024
514.2 CZK billion
Healthcare expenditure of government schemes
Publication date: 24. 09. 2026
Year 2024
81.9 CZK billion
Household out-of-pocket payment on health care
Publication date: 24. 09. 2026
Year 2024
94.5 CZK billion
Healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP
Publication date: 24. 09. 2026
Year 2024
8.6%
Healthcare expenditure per capita
Publication date: 24. 09. 2026
Year 2024
CZK 64,007
Data and time series
CZK bn
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curative care | 190.4 | 205.7 | 225.5 | 274.5 | 293.9 | 317.2 | 347.2 | 375.4 |
| Rehabilitative care | 18.6 | 20.6 | 23.4 | 21.8 | 24.6 | 30.6 | 35.1 | 37.8 |
| Long-term care (health) | 47.3 | 53.4 | 58.9 | 67.1 | 73.3 | 75.9 | 86.8 | 94.3 |
| Laboratory services | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 17.2 |
| Imaging services | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Patient transportation | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 14.7 |
| Medical goods | 73.9 | 76.4 | 80.8 | 91.9 | 90.4 | 96.3 | 103.7 | 108.6 |
| Preventive care | 12.6 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 20.5 | 48.6 | 31.1 | 17.6 | 21.9 |
| Governance, and health system and financing administration | 8.6 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.9 |
| Other or not elsewhere classified | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 10.0 |
| Total | 375.1 | 403.7 | 440.9 | 522.8 | 577.4 | 597.2 | 642.0 | 696.8 |
CZK million
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | 25,503 | 27,743 | 30,887 | 35,258 | 40,339 | 44,590 | 49,629 | 55,825 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 8,639 | 9,982 | 11,178 | 13,270 | 15,178 | 17,442 | 19,474 | 21,071 |
| Mental and behavioural disorders | 10,302 | 11,378 | 12,511 | 14,484 | 16,479 | 18,599 | 21,779 | 25,370 |
| Diseases of the nervous systém | 10,109 | 11,253 | 12,615 | 14,380 | 15,475 | 16,719 | 20,041 | 22,278 |
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 4,574 | 4,991 | 5,573 | 6,177 | 7,003 | 8,004 | 8,748 | 9,482 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 30,266 | 33,086 | 36,303 | 41,818 | 41,078 | 45,043 | 51,174 | 54,211 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 10,732 | 12,333 | 13,552 | 18,475 | 29,385 | 22,777 | 22,412 | 25,097 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 17,497 | 18,708 | 20,898 | 23,271 | 24,871 | 27,693 | 30,580 | 34,157 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 19,177 | 20,993 | 23,121 | 24,479 | 24,917 | 29,484 | 33,843 | 36,804 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 15,964 | 17,102 | 18,606 | 20,823 | 21,358 | 23,662 | 25,979 | 27,887 |
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 12,822 | 14,039 | 15,168 | 17,756 | 17,746 | 20,409 | 22,971 | 24,728 |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality | 96 | 106 | 113 | 136 | 126 | 141 | 171 | 185 |
| Factors influencing health status and contact with health services | 25,031 | 26,645 | 28,141 | 35,034 | 50,366 | 40,231 | 40,974 | 34,611 |