In order is Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, German, Netherlands, UK, Canada, Belgium, France, US, Japan, Australia, with Norway so far ahead they have a different font color.

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (20 children)

Keep in mind this is per capita. Overall the U.S. provides the most foreign aid by a wide margin. Over 10 billion dollars more compared to Germany and over 30 billion more compared to Norway.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I dont understand how anyone could criticize a per-capita statistic. It is completely logical to compare coutries by size. Or if not, we need to start talking about China being number one in almost everything in the world. Just having many people who contribute relatively little doesnt make your country more generous.

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  • [+] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)
  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    US government spends more per capital on healthcare than all those nations with fancy universal healthcare.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    twice as much, per capita, in fact. and the u.s. fails to cover everyone or everything that should be (like it is elsewhere at half the cost).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    The US some how manages to spend more on public healthcare per person than countries with universal coverage, then spends even more than that on private healthcare on top.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A lot of which goes towards research. Turns out developing vaccines costs money.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh but you need to consider the overall spending on healthcare, not per-capita. That would be around 100-10000 times more than any other cointry. /s
    Also I hope that its clear that spending money on healthcare while not providing healthcare does not make it any better.

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  • [+] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)