Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita rose 8.80% to USD 413 in Austria in 2017, according to OECD.
Historically, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in Austria reached an all time high of USD 424 in 2014 and an all time low of USD 379 in 2016. When compared to Austria's main peers, expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita in Germany amounted to USD 513 , USD 183 in Hungary, USD 420 in Italy and USD 789 in Switzerland in 2017.
Austria has been ranked 15th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita, 15 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals Per Capita (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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 413 | 424 | 395 | 379 | 413 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | USD | ... | ... | ... | 714 | 692 | 640 | 602 | 661 | |||||||||||||
| Czechia | USD | 382 | 356 | 331 | 324 | 366 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | USD | 556 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD | 508 | 526 | 494 | 474 | 513 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | USD | 194 | 188 | 173 | 176 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD | 425 | 422 | 427 | 403 | 420 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | USD | ... | ... | ... | 191 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Slovakia | USD | 375 | 370 | 347 | 344 | 358 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 290 | 270 | 248 | 243 | 264 | ... | |||||||
| Switzerland | USD | 795 | 777 | 762 | 771 | 789 |
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