Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices rose 0.023% to USD 610 in Ireland in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Ireland reached an all time high of USD 628 in 2012 and an all time low of USD 37.2 in 1975. When compared to Ireland's main peers, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Canada amounted to USD 865 , USD 671 in France, USD 476 in Iceland and USD 516 in United Kingdom in 2018.
Ireland has been ranked 10th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals Per Capita, PPP (USD) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | USD | 613 | 603 | 635 | 678 | 651 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | 629 | 632 | 668 | 685 | 710 | ... | |||||||||||
| Canada | USD | 751 | 751 | 772 | 835 | 852 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | USD | 309 | 311 | 317 | 320 | 323 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | USD | 637 | 648 | 638 | 660 | 667 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD | 692 | 738 | 759 | 817 | 855 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | USD | 486 | 467 | 472 | 456 | 456 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ireland | USD | 582 | 555 | 561 | 591 | 610 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD | 519 | 516 | 552 | 578 | 599 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | USD | 280 | 270 | 290 | 246 | 254 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | USD | 416 | 427 | 440 | 447 | 464 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | USD | 450 | 446 | 462 | 500 | 514 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | USD | 475 | 487 | 504 | 523 | 521 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | USD | 994 | 1,099 | 1,177 | 1,192 | 1,203 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 468 | 476 | 481 | 493 |
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