Health at a Glance 2021
OECD Indicators
Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. These cover health status, risk factors for health, access to and quality of health care, and health resources. Analysis draws from the latest comparable official national statistics and other sources.
Alongside indicator-by-indicator analysis, an overview chapter summarises the comparative performance of countries and major trends. This edition also has a special focus on the health impact of COVID-19 in OECD countries, including deaths and illness caused by the virus, adverse effects on access and quality of care, and the growing burden of mental ill-health.
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Health and social care workforce
In OECD countries, health and social care systems employ more workers now than at any other time in history. In 2019, one in every ten jobs (10%) was in health or social care, up from less than 9% in 2000 (). In Nordic countries and the Netherlands, more than 15% of all jobs are in health and social work. From 2000 to 2019, the share of health and social care workers increased in all countries except the Slovak Republic, where it decreased in the 2000s and has remained stable since 2010, and Sweden, where this share came down in recent years but remains among the highest. The share of health and social care workers increased particularly rapidly over the past two decades in Japan (by over 5 percentage points) and in Ireland and Luxembourg (by about 4 percentage points).
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