Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) fell 1.32% to 13.0% in France in 2018

Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures fell 1.32% to 13.0% in France in 2018, according to OECD.

Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in France reached an all time high of 24.6% in 1965 and an all time low of 13.0% in 2018. When compared to France's main peers, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Belgium amounted to 14.6%, 14.2% in Germany, 17.9% in Italy and 15.3% in Spain in 2018.

France has been ranked 18th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.