South Korea: pharmaceutical spending per capita 2021

In 2021, pharmaceutical spending in South Korea lay at 728.43 U.S. dollars per capita. Per capita spending has been increasing over the last two decades, up by around 311 percent since 2000. The year 2021 saw the highest per capita spending recorded so far.

Pharmaceutical spending per capita in South Korea from 2000 to 2021 in U.S. dollars

Characteristic	Per capita spending in U.S. dollars
2021	728.43$
2020	713$
2019	635.72$
2018	613.28$
2017	570.4$
2016	553.11$
2015	517.21$
2014	478.42$
2013	471.79$
2012	483.09$
2011	475.84$
2010	463.48$
2009	426.77$
2008	398.13$
2007	380.79$
2006	350.41$
2005	307.44$
2004	285.68$
2003	268.34$
2002	236.5$
2001	221.07$
2000	177.34$

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Supplementary notes

According to the source, pharmaceutical spending covers expenditure on prescription medicines and self-medication (over-the-counter products) and excludes pharmaceuticals consumed in hospitals and other health care settings.

Figures have been rounded.

The source did not provide a date of publication. The date used here is the access date.

Several figures updated based on new reports.

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