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. See also  Calculating drug consumption.

Drug sales figures are given as wholesale prices (excl. VAT). Multiplying them by 1.6 gives an approximate idea of retail prices.

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

Reports

Drug consumption 2009
Printable version (pdf)

Drug consumption in years 2005-2008
DDD/1 000 inhabitants/day
Printable version (pdf)

Drug sales in years 2005-2008
Wholesale price
Printable version  (pdf)

Updated 16.7.2009