Share of countries who reported medicine shortages Europe 2023

According to a survey conducted at late 2023 and early 2024, all 26 European countries included in the survey reported experiencing medicine shortages in their countries during the preceding 12 months. This statistic illustrates the percentage of European countries who reported drug shortages.

Percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2023

Characteristic	Percentage of countries
Yes	100%
No	0%

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Release date

2024

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

December 4, 2023 to January 17, 2024

Number of respondents

26 PGEU member countries

Supplementary notes

Original question: "In the last 12 months, have you experienced medicine shortages in community pharmacy in your country?"
PGEU member countries who participated in the survey include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
Medicine shortage was defined as every (temporary) inability for a community or hospital pharmacy to supply patients with the medicinal product requested as a result of factors beyond their control, requiring the dispensing of an alternative agent or even discontinuation of an ongoing medical therapy.

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