Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices rose 5.63% to USD 894 in Switzerland in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Switzerland reached an all time high of USD 894 in 2018 and an all time low of USD 167 in 1985. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices in Austria amounted to USD 665 , USD 671 in France, USD 884 in Germany and USD 624 in Italy in 2018.
Switzerland has been ranked 2nd within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in PPP prices, 14 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | 629 | 632 | 668 | 685 | 710 | ... | |||||||||||
| France | USD | 637 | 648 | 638 | 660 | 667 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Slovenia | USD | ... | ... | ... | 501 | 463 | 471 | 500 | 525 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Spain | USD | 450 | 446 | 462 | 500 | 514 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD | 699 | 715 | 757 | 812 | 846 | ... |
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