Current health expenditure in the UK was 8.46% of GDP in 2013. This compares to 16.43 % in the USA; 11.12% in the Netherlands; 10.98% in Germany; 10.95% in France; 10.40% in Denmark; 10.16% in Canada and 8.77% in Italy.The UK had 2.8 physicians per 1,000 people in 2013, compared to 4.1 in Germany, 3.9 in Italy, 3.8 in Spain, 3.4 in Australia, 3.3 in France, 2.8 in New Zealand and 2.6 in Canada.
The UK had 2.8 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2013, compared to 8.3 in Germany, 6.3 in France, 3.1 in Denmark, 3.0 in Spain and 2.8 in New Zealand.
Despite this the fact is In 2014 the Commonwealth Fund declared that in comparison with the healthcare systems of 10 other countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the US) the NHS was the most impressive overall. The NHS was rated as the best system in terms of efficient, effective care, safe care, co-ordinated care, patient-centred care and cost-related problems.