Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2019, Hungary ranked the highest in expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures with 26.9% followed by Latvia and Greece. On the other end of the scale was Denmark with 6.40%, Norway with 7.12% and Netherlands with 7.46%.
Data for more countries are available at Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) indicator page.
| Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Canada | % | 17.1% | 16.6% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 18.1% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 17.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | 19.3% | 18.7% | 18.2% | 19.0% | 17.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 27.8% | 26.9% | 26.9% | 26.7% | 27.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | 30.3% | 30.1% | 29.8% | 29.5% | 27.9% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 17.1% | 17.0% | 17.9% | 17.6% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 18.9% | 18.8% | 19.7% | 18.6% | 18.3% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.3% | 27.0% | 27.6% | 28.3% | 27.4% | ... | ||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.2% | 27.8% | 26.9% | 27.2% | 24.0% | ... | ||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 27.4% | 27.0% | 27.2% | 22.7% | 22.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | 21.7% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 21.0% | 20.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 26.5% | 27.0% | 26.9% | 26.6% | 26.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 20.1% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 18.3% | 18.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 22.2% | 21.4% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 20.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 16.3% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.9% | 15.5% | ... |
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