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Country Average Radiologist Salary Radiologist/Practice Pays for Insurance Average Insurance Premium Radiology Malpractice Rate Representative Radiologist Sued for Malpractice Fear of Being Sueda Practices Defensive Medicinea Malpractice Affects Practicea Africa Egypt $50,000 No Null 5% No 3 4 2 Americas Argentina $37,000 Yes $1200 5% Yes 1 2 2 Brazil $130,000 Yes $560 1% No 1 1 2 Canada $300,000 No $3000 5% Yes 2 2 2 Chile $120,000 Yes $1000 10% Yes 3 3 4 Guatemala $35,000 No Null 1% No 1 1 1 United States $340,000 Yes $21,000 46% No 4 4 Null Asia Indonesia $60,000 Yes $300 0% Yes 5 5 4 Japan $100,000 Yes $70 1% Yes 2 4 4 Malaysia $190,000 Yes $8400 0% No 2 2 2 Philippines $21,000 No Null 2% No 2 1 2 Singapore $200,000 Yes $1750 5% Yes 3 3 3 South Korea $200,000 Yes $5000 3% Yes 2 1 2 Sri Lanka $12,000 No Null 0% No 2 3 2 Taiwan $120,000 Yes $600 3% Yes 4 4 4 Australia/Oceania Australia $450,000 Yes $5000 5% No 2 2 2 New Zealand $240,000 Yes $1300 0.1% No 2 2 2 Europe Belgium $300,000 No Null 1% No 3 3 3 Bosnia/Herzegovina $17,000 No Null 2% No 3 2 2 Croatia $25,000 No Null 2% Null 2 3 2 Cyprus $84,000 Yes Null 5% Yes 2 2 3 Denmark $100,000 No Null 10% Yes 2 2 1 Finland $100,000 No Null 1% No 1 2 2 France $180,000 Yes $1360 5% Yes 3 5 4 Germany $300,000 Yes $1670 30% Yes 2 3 2 Greece $30,000 No $750 1% No 2 3 2 Ireland $235,000 Yes $8000 35% No 4 3 4 Italy $300,000 Yes $3000 50% Yes 3 3 4 Lithuania $14,000 No Null 3% No 3 4 4 The Netherlands $165,000 No Null 1% No 2 1 2 Norway $200,000 Yes $70 1% Yes 1 1 1 Portugal $150,000 Yes $2000 1% Yes 2 3 3 Spain $65,000 Yes $550 10% Yes 2 2 3 Sweden $130,000 No $550 10% Yes 2 2 1 Turkey $40,000 Yes $300 3% No 3 3.2 3.4 United Kingdom $175,000 Yes $1700 2% No 2 2 2 Middle East Iran $36,000 Yes $400 4% Yes 4 4 3 Iraq $19,200 No Null 0% Yes 3 4 5 Israel $72,000 Yes $330 2% No 2 2 2 Lebanon $120,000 Yes $200 1% Yes 4 4 3 Saudi Arabia $300,000 Yes $8500 10% Yes 5 4 3 Note:—Null indicates no response/not applicable.
↵a 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = always.