PUBLIC SOCIAL EXPENDITURE																																																
4. HEALTH																																																
In percentage of GDP																																																
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001																																				
Italy	6.4	6.6	6.5	6.2	5.9	5.3	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.6	6.0	6.3																																				
Portugal	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.6	5.1	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.9	6.2	6.3																																				
Spain	5.3	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4																																				
																																																
OECD-21 *	5.4	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.1																																				
																																																
EU-15	5.7	5.9	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.1																																				
																																																
																																																
*  1999 data for Turkey for 2000 and 2001 OECD averages.																																																
																																																
"Source: OECD (2004), Social Expenditure Database (SOCX, www.oecd.org/els/social/expenditure)."