Health spending will exceed 100 billion in 2025

Tuesday 19th November 2024 05:13 AM

KOF forecast –

The ETH Zurich’s economic research center anticipates a continued increase in medical spending in Switzerland. It is 4.4% this year.

Published today at 10:01 a.m.

Health spending will amount to 99.118 billion francs this year.

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Health spending will increase by 4.4% to 99.118 billion francs this year, according to KOF forecasts. They will amount to nearly 103 billion in 2025 and more than 106 billion in 2026.

Health spending will continue to increase in the coming years, the ETH Economic Research Center (KOF) said on Tuesday. The increase should be 4.4% in 2024 (3.8% in 2023), 3.7% in 2025 and 3.4% in 2026.

Health spending represents 11.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, compared to 11.6% the previous year. The KOF forecasts 12% in 2024, 12.1% in 2025 and 12.2% in 2026. This share was only 9.1% in 2000.

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