Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures fell 2.00% to 12.3% in the United Kingdom in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 16.9% in 1997 and an all time low of 12.3% in 2018. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Belgium amounted to 14.6%, 13.0% in France, 14.2% in Germany and 12.4% in Ireland in 2018.
United Kingdom has been ranked 22nd within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures, 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | % | 11.9% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 12.0% | 12.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 14.0% | 14.4% | 14.3% | 14.2% | ... | |||||||||||
| Canada | % | 17.1% | 16.6% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.6% | 13.4% | 13.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 14.0% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 14.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 13.9% | 13.0% | 12.6% | 11.6% | 10.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 13.5% | 13.1% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 12.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 17.1% | 17.0% | 17.9% | 17.6% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 12.2% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 11.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 7.67% | 7.52% | 7.73% | 7.74% | 7.61% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | 21.7% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 21.0% | 20.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 16.3% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.9% | 15.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.7% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.5% | ... |
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