Netherlands: Zvw pharmacy costs per capita

This statistic shows the average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021. The Dutch health insurance system as it is now was introduced in 2006 and combines elements of both public as well as private insurance. It is mandatory to have at least a basic health insurance (in Dutch: basisverzekering) when you work in the Netherlands, because healthcare is funded through taxation of income. In 2021, pharmacy costs for someone in the Netherlands amounted to an average of 277 euros per person.

Average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in euros)

Characteristic	Average costs per person in euros
2021*	277
2020	281
2019	276
2018	268
2017	265
2016	267
2015	263
2014	256
2013	256
2012	273
2011	311
2010	315
2009	309

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Release date

2023

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2009 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* The figure provided is provisional; The average is calculated by dividing the total costs by the amount of people who can get the healthcare, whether or not they actually received it; No numbers are available from before 2009. The Zvw, the law that covers the mandatory health insurance in the Netherlands, came into effect in 2006.

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