Self-pay share of dental spend (%): Australia, 2023

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2023-06-30

In 2023, 60.7% of dental spending in Australia was self-pay, according to OECD Health Statistics. Basis: other.

Comparability A Confidence medium

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OECD (data supplied by AIHW for Australia). (2026). Self-pay share of dental spend (%): Australia, as of 2023-06-30 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2023/

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Record

Value: 60.7%
Unit: percent
As of: 2023-06-30
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: medium
Method: derived
Basis: other
Scope: other
Comparability: Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status: Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,XDC,HF3,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,7977.274,,,,,,6,1 | OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,XDC,_T,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,13152.275,,,,,,6,1

Locator: SDMX CSV rows AUS / XDC / HC132 / PROVIDER _T / PRICE_BASE V / 2023 for FINANCING_SCHEME HF3 and _T

Local definition

Household out-of-pocket payments (HF.3) as a share of current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (HC.1.3.2)

Source

OECD (data supplied by AIHW for Australia): OECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care. Registry entry: au-oecd-sha-dental.

Notes

Derived: 7,977.274 / 13,152.275 x 100 = 60.65 -> 60.7%. Out-of-pocket only; private health insurance is a separate scheme (HF.2). The dataset also gives HF2+HF3 (voluntary schemes + OOP) at 87.4% of dental spend (11,488.984 / 13,152.275). OECD-published shares: HF3 18.297% of all household OOP spend is dental (PT_EXP_FS).

Metric definition

Out-of-pocket / non-insured share of dental spending All markets for this metric.

History

Current records for Self-pay share of dental spend (%), Australia, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2023	60.7%	other	2023-06-30	Comparability A	OECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care

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