Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2014, South Korea ranked the highest in expenditure on pharmaceuticals with USD 20,283,800 mil followed by Japan and Chile. On the other end of the scale was Estonia with USD 210 mil, Luxembourg with USD 267 mil and Latvia with USD 344 mil.
Data for more countries are available at Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (Local Currency) indicator page.
| Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (Local Currency) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | AUD mil | 11,820 | 11,888 | 12,284 | 15,300 | 14,774 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | EUR mil | ... | ... | ... | 5,948 | 5,948 | 6,192 | 6,243 | 6,543 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | CAD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24,579 | 25,517 | 27,126 | 28,334 | 29,776 | |||
| France | EUR mil | 26,800 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | EUR mil | 31,524 | 33,565 | 35,350 | 36,119 | 37,189 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | EUR mil | 5,087 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | EUR mil | 19,445 | 19,888 | 22,614 | 22,781 | 22,619 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | JPY mil | 6,894,014 | 6,589,762 | 6,748,121 | 6,623,860 | 6,721,317 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | MXN mil | 90,739 | 88,240 | 92,644 | 98,073 | 100,426 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | EUR mil | 4,301 | 4,328 | 4,463 | 4,532 | 4,561 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | PLN mil | ... | ... | ... | 22,927 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| South Korea | KRW mil | 22,556,710 | 23,669,148 | 24,607,410 | 25,393,661 | 26,957,165 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | EUR mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,670 | 11,303 | 11,404 | 11,833 | 12,065 | ... | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | CHF mil | 5,931 | 5,931 | 6,184 | 6,380 | 6,520 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 326,988 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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