Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals rose 8.94% to USD 3,511 mil in Austria in 2017, according to OECD.
Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals in Austria reached an all time high of USD 3,593 mil in 2014 and an all time low of USD 3,223 mil in 2016. When compared to Austria's main peers, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals in Germany amounted to USD 41,757 mil, USD 1,785 mil in Hungary, USD 25,398 mil in Italy and USD 6,543 mil in Switzerland in 2017.
Austria has been ranked 16th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals, 16 places below 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 | |||||||||||||
| Czechia | USD mil | 4,074 | 3,794 | 3,538 | 3,459 | 3,916 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Slovakia | USD mil | 2,032 | 2,006 | 1,873 | 1,855 | 1,928 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 599 | 557 | 511 | 500 | 544 | ... | |||||||
| Switzerland | USD mil | 6,399 | 6,301 | 6,228 | 6,349 | 6,543 |
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