Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) rose 1.17% to 6.40% in Denmark in 2018

Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures rose 1.17% to 6.40% in Denmark in 2018, according to OECD.

Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Denmark reached an all time high of 10.4% in 1998 and an all time low of 6.15% in 1981. When compared to Denmark's main peers, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Germany amounted to 14.2%, 7.44% in Netherlands, 7.41% in Norway and 9.83% in Sweden in 2018.

Denmark has been ranked 30th 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 above the position seen 10 years ago.