Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures rose 2.00% to 20.8% in Poland in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures in Poland reached an all time high of 31.6% in 2003 and an all time low of 20.4% in 2017.
Poland has been ranked 7th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as a share of total health care expenditures.
| Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (As % of Total Health Care Expenditures) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Austria | % | 12.1% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 14.4% | 14.3% | |||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Czechia | % | 21.5% | 18.1% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 17.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 14.5% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.6% | 13.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 14.1% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | 32.6% | 30.3% | 30.1% | 29.8% | 29.5% | |||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.8% | 19.7% | 18.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.3% | 21.7% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 21.0% | ||||||||||||
| Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.9% | 28.8% | ... | ... |
| Slovakia | % | ... | 26.5% | 26.5% | 27.0% | 26.9% | 26.6% | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 11.6% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.4% | 12.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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