INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mexico allocates a mere 5.5% of its GDP to healthcare, significantly lower than the OECD average of 9.2%, and expends only $1,811 on health
the OECD in many health areas
These include the quality of care and how easy it is to get health services.However, Colombia has fewer doctors and hospital beds for each
person compared to the OECD.Even though Colombians live longer on average, 76.8 years, they still live 3.5 years less than the OECD
Expectancy and Health Care: Latin America vs
only 14%, compared to the OECD.Colombia also beats the OECD average in half of the health access measures
But it spends less on health per person, $1,640, and a smaller part of its GDP, 8.1%.Colombia also has fewer doctors and hospital beds than
the OECD average, with only 2.5 doctors and 1.7 beds for every 1,000 people.
