Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices rose 4.29% to USD 476 in Iceland in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Iceland reached an all time high of USD 553 in 2009 and an all time low of USD 10.6 in 1960. When compared to Iceland's main peers, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Denmark amounted to USD 339 , USD 466 in Norway, USD 534 in Sweden and USD 516 in United Kingdom in 2018.
Iceland has been ranked 23rd within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices, 11 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 |
| Belgium | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | 629 | 632 | 668 | 685 | 710 | ... | |||||||||||
| Denmark | USD | 309 | 311 | 317 | 320 | 323 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | USD | 473 | 467 | 484 | 516 | 517 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | USD | 378 | 371 | 381 | 393 | 401 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | USD | 416 | 427 | 440 | 447 | 464 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 365 | 375 | ... | ... | ... |
| Sweden | USD | 475 | 487 | 504 | 523 | 521 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 468 | 476 | 481 | 493 |
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