Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals rose 9.78% to USD 7,347 mil in Belgium in 2017, according to OECD.
Historically, total expenditure on pharmaceuticals in Belgium reached an all time high of USD 8,335 mil in 2011 and an all time low of USD 367 mil in 1970.
Belgium has been ranked 9th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of total expenditure on pharmaceuticals, 2 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 | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | USD mil | 3,561 | 3,628 | 3,303 | 3,114 | 3,380 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | USD mil | 35,577 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD mil | 41,848 | 43,265 | 40,522 | 38,723 | 41,757 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD mil | 25,813 | 25,635 | 25,923 | 24,423 | 25,398 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | USD mil | 259 | 247 | 221 | 209 | 218 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | USD mil | 5,710 | 5,579 | 5,116 | 4,859 | 5,122 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | 7,254 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Spain | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14,164 | 14,569 | 13,072 | 12,686 | 13,547 | ... | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD mil | 22,825 | 25,689 | 26,869 | 24,944 | 25,145 | ... |
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