Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) fell 1.90% to 14.7% in Portugal in 2018

Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures fell 1.90% to 14.7% in Portugal in 2018, according to OECD.

Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Portugal reached an all time high of 26.2% in 1993 and an all time low of 14.2% in 1970.

Portugal has been ranked 15th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.