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One of these has 4.8× the health spending of the other.
China vs Japan
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Health Spending

USD / person / yr
Japan
MEDICAL BILL
TOTAL $3,638
per person / yr
China
MEDICAL BILL
TOTAL $763
per person / yr
spends 4.77× more on health than

Doctors

per 1,000 people
China
1 doctor : 322 people
Japan
1 doctor : 377 people
1 grey figure = 25 people
has 1.17× more doctors per person than

Hospital Beds

per 1,000 people
Japan
12.6 beds / 1,000 people
China
5.6 beds / 1,000 people
1 bed = 1 hospital bed per 1,000 people
has 2.24× more hospital beds than

Obesity

% of adults
China
9.3% of adults are obese
Japan
5.9% of adults are obese
has 1.57× higher obesity than

Diabetes

% of ages 20-79
China
11.9% 1 cube = 1% with diabetes
Japan
8.1% 1 cube = 1% with diabetes
has 1.47× more diabetes than
The verdict
health spending Japan
doctors China
hospital beds Japan
obesity Japan
diabetes Japan
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China vs Japan — Health

One of these has 4.8× the health spending of the other. Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full comparison — World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.

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