Pharmaceutical consumption of analgesics rose 6.37% to DDD 16.7 in Netherlands in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of analgesics in Netherlands reached an all time high of DDD 16.7 in 2018 and an all time low of DDD 9.30 in 2004.
Netherlands has been ranked 16th within the group of 26 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of analgesics, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Pharmaceutical Consumption of Analgesics | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.7 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | DDD | 18.4 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 22.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | DDD | 95.9 | 90.0 | 94.8 | 96.2 | 96.1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Germany | DDD | 24.1 | 24.7 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 25.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ireland | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Luxembourg | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.3 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 33.5 | 33.2 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | DDD | ... | ... | 12.1 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 15.7 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Norway | DDD | 61.6 | 62.5 | 63.7 | 65.6 | 67.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sweden | DDD | ... | 76.9 | 75.0 | 74.9 | 74.3 | 73.7 | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.4 | 44.2 | 43.9 | 43.1 | 41.7 | ... | ... |
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