In 2010, government health expenditure was around 14 percent of total government spending.
Thailand has a Health Promotion Foundation funded through "Sin Tax", collected as 2 percent
additional levy on top of the tobacco and alcohol excise tax. This amounted to around $120
million, or around 1.5 percent of total public spending on health. This fund is exclusively for
health promotion and disease prevention activities (non-clinical), focusing on social
determinants of health and major risk factors. The UCS has established more than 6,000
community health development funds funded equally from the local government and the UCS.
This amounted to about $200 million for community activities in health development.