01/12/2025
On 1st December, the SIP Medical Family Office published its SIP Health Cost Index 2025, a global benchmark for the true cost of private healthcare and international private medical insurance.
This is the only comprehensive, systematic assessment of the real cost of private healthcare across 50 of the most relevant countries for expat executives and affluent families. Unlike conventional measures that focus on public expenditure or theoretical affordability, the SIP HCI reflects private, high quality, and cross-border healthcare cost on the basis of actual premiums paid for International Private Medical Insurance. As a result, the SIP HCI offers one of the most accurate comparative analyses and rankings for international individuals, families, and companies related to effective healthcare costs in the most relevant countries.
Full report: www.sip.ch/HCI
Key findings: USA leads the SIP HCI ranking of most expensive private healthcare markets, followed by Hong Kong and Singapore. Emerging Asia shows unexpectedly high costs in China, Thailand and Taiwan. Health costs in Europe vary, with the United Kingdom ranking 5th, Greece 11th, and Switzerland 15th. The United Arab Emirates rank 10th as the healthcare excellence hub in the Middle East. Africa and Latin America remain relatively affordable, with the exception of Brazil ranking 7th in the SIP HCI.