Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals rose 3.06% to USD 6,543 mil in Switzerland in 2017, according to OECD.
Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals in Switzerland reached an all time high of USD 6,543 mil in 2017 and an all time low of USD 1,564 mil in 1987.
Switzerland has been ranked 11th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals (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 mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,498 | 3,593 | 3,357 | 3,223 | 3,511 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | 7,896 | 7,666 | 7,098 | 6,693 | 7,347 | |||||||||||||
| France | USD mil | 35,577 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD mil | 41,848 | 43,265 | 40,522 | 38,723 | 41,757 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | USD mil | 1,923 | 1,857 | 1,702 | 1,719 | 1,785 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD mil | 25,813 | 25,635 | 25,923 | 24,423 | 25,398 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | 7,254 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Slovenia | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 599 | 557 | 511 | 500 | 544 | ... | |||||||
| Spain | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14,164 | 14,569 | 13,072 | 12,686 | 13,547 | ... | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD mil | 6,399 | 6,301 | 6,228 | 6,349 | 6,543 |
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