Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices rose 2.14% to USD 578 in Hungary in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Hungary reached an all time high of USD 614 in 2011 and an all time low of USD 177 in 1991. When compared to Hungary's main peers, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Austria amounted to USD 665 , USD 508 in Czech Republic, USD 440 in Poland and USD 547 in Slovakia in 2018.
Hungary has been ranked 13th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices, 4 places above 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 |
| Austria | USD | 567 | 590 | 608 | 622 | 647 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | USD | 444 | 443 | 444 | 466 | 491 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD | 692 | 738 | 759 | 817 | 855 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | USD | ... | ... | 552 | 561 | 564 | 589 | 565 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Italy | USD | 519 | 516 | 552 | 578 | 599 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | USD | ... | ... | ... | 363 | 362 | 386 | 411 | 422 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Russia | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 365 | 375 | ... | ... | ... |
| Slovakia | USD | 571 | 543 | 553 | 542 | 541 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD | 699 | 715 | 757 | 812 | 846 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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