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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* 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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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (July 7, 2023). Average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/578763/netherlands-average-pharmacy-costs-per-person-under-the-dutch-health-insurance-act-zvw/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in euros)." Chart. July 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/578763/netherlands-average-pharmacy-costs-per-person-under-the-dutch-health-insurance-act-zvw/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2023). Average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/578763/netherlands-average-pharmacy-costs-per-person-under-the-dutch-health-insurance-act-zvw/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Average Pharmacy Costs per Person under The Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/578763/netherlands-average-pharmacy-costs-per-person-under-the-dutch-health-insurance-act-zvw/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/578763/netherlands-average-pharmacy-costs-per-person-under-the-dutch-health-insurance-act-zvw/ (last visited February 18, 2025)
Average pharmacy costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2021 (in euros) [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, July 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/578763/netherlands-average-pharmacy-costs-per-person-under-the-dutch-health-insurance-act-zvw/
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