Consumption

Drug consumption statistics

Sales figures are based on the amount of medicines sold by drug wholesalers to pharmacies and hospitals.

Drug consumption is expressed as defined daily doses (DDD) per 1 000 inhabitants and per day. The figure offers estimation of what proportion of the population theoretically receives a certain drug treatment. E.g. consumption of 10 DDD/1 000 inhabitants/day corresponds to a daily use of this drug by 1% of the population.

Drug sales figures are given as wholesale prices (excl. VAT).

In the statistics drugs are sorted using the latest Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification.

Reports

Drug consumption 2021
Printable version, Drug consumption 2021 (pdf)

Drug consumption in years 2018-2021
DDD/1 000 inhabitants/day
Printable version, Drug consumption in years 2018-2021 (pdf)

Drug sales in years 2018-2021
Wholesale price
Printable version, Drug sales in years 2018-2021 (pdf)

Links

Statistics on reimbursements of medicine costs
KELA

ATC/DDD classification
WHO