Share of substance abuse treatment spending in the U.S. 2009-2020

This statistic describes a projection of the share of spending on substance use disorder treatments to the total health spending in the United States from 2009 to 2020. In 2009, expenditures on the treatment of substance use disorders accounted for 1 percent of the total health spending. Since the 1980s, expenditure on mental health has increased but the slow in growth in recent years may be linked to closures of specialty hospitals.