Denmark (2025)
11.8
% of current health expenditure
-0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
10
years of data

Data

Denmark Pharmaceutical and Medical Goods Expenditure Share (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of current health expenditure YoY Change
2025 11.8 -0.2pp
2024 12 -0.2pp
2023 12.2 +1.6pp
2022 10.6 unchanged
2021 10.6 +0.2pp
2020 10.4 -0.4pp
2019 10.8 +0.2pp
2018 10.6 +0.1pp
2017 10.5 unchanged
2016 10.5 n/a

About this Dataset

Denmark recorded 11.8 % of current health expenditure in 2025. The latest change was -0.2pp. Across 2016–2025 the series ranges from 10.4 in 2020 to 12.2 in 2023.

This page tracks the share of current health expenditure devoted to pharmaceuticals and medical goods in Denmark.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the share of current health expenditure devoted to pharmaceuticals and medical goods in Denmark. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2016–2025 (10 observations).

The series peaked at 12.2 % of current health expenditure in 2023 and reached its lowest recorded value of 10.4 in 2020. The latest reading of 11.8 in 2025 represents a change of -0.2pp.