The Italian health care system is now considered the third most efficient globally, as judged by Bloomberg Rankings. In the last year, the universal health care system has moved from 6th to 3rd place. Recognizing that an efficient health care sector is vital to the longterm fiscal health of a nation, this is good news for Italy and her citizens who are universally covered.

The average annual cost per capita of health care in Italy is $3,032 (9.0% of GDP) compared to Singapore that placed 1st at $2,426 (4.5% of GDP). For the full results click here. As a side note, Italy has one of the highest life expectancies in the world at 82.5 years.

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Source: http://sanfranciscoitaly.com/