Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures rose 2.11% to 12.3% in Switzerland in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Switzerland reached an all time high of 12.3% in 2010 and an all time low of 9.69% in 1992. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Austria amounted to 12.0%, 13.0% in France, 14.2% in Germany and 17.9% in Italy in 2018.
Switzerland has been ranked 21st within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures, 8 places above 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% | ... | |||||||||||
| France | % | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.6% | 13.4% | 13.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 14.0% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 14.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | 30.3% | 30.1% | 29.8% | 29.5% | 27.9% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 17.1% | 17.0% | 17.9% | 17.6% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | 21.7% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 21.0% | 20.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 20.1% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 18.3% | 18.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 16.3% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.9% | 15.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.0% | ... |
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