Pharmaceutical expenditure as share of public healthcare spending in Italy 1990-2021
The public expenditure on pharmaceuticals in Italy in 2021 reached 14.3 percent of the total public expenditure on healthcare. This figure was the lowest since 2015. However, the share of public health expenditure on pharmaceuticals registered in 2021 was significantly higher compared to the lowest value recorded in 1995, when it was just 11 percent of total public health expenditure.
This statistic shows the share of public health expenditure on pharmaceuticals in Italy in selected years from 1990 to 2021.