Figure 1.1.3 shows the relationship between life expectancy at birth and health expenditure per capita across OECD countries and emerging countries. Higher health spending
per capita is generally associated with higher life expectancy at birth, although this relationship tends to be less pronounced in countries with the highest health spending
per capita. Japan, Italy and Spain stand out as having relatively high life expectancies, and the United States and theRussian Federation relatively low life expectancies, given
their levels of health spending.