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Life expectancy at birth, total (years). The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in France was 81.97 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.11 in 2011 and a minimum value of 69.87 in 1960.
Expenditure as a percentage of GDP: 11.6% (3rd highest). Life expectancy: 82.2 years. Although nine countries in the OECD spent more on health care per person than Franceâs $4,118, only two countries exceeded Franceâs health care expense as a percent of GDP of 11.6%.orway spent $4,813 in public funds per person on health care, the most of any country considered. One thing that may allow Norway to spend so much on health care: the nation is one of the worldâs largest oil exporters and, as a result, has a massive budget surplus, and has built up over $700 billion in savings.