Netherlands (2025)
9.7
% of current health expenditure
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
10
years of data

Data

Netherlands Pharmaceutical and Medical Goods Expenditure Share (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of current health expenditure YoY Change
2025 9.7 -0.1pp
2024 9.8 -0.1pp
2023 9.9 -0.2pp
2022 10.1 +0.2pp
2021 9.9 -0.7pp
2020 10.6 -0.6pp
2019 11.2 -0.2pp
2018 11.4 -0.3pp
2017 11.7 -0.3pp
2016 12 n/a

About this Dataset

Netherlands recorded 9.7 % of current health expenditure in 2025. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 2016–2025 the series ranges from 9.7 in 2025 to 12 in 2016.

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

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 Netherlands. 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 % of current health expenditure in 2016 and reached its lowest recorded value of 9.7 in 2025. The latest reading of 9.7 in 2025 represents a change of -0.1pp.