Number of Pharmacies
In Estonia, there are three types of pharmacies: general pharmacies, hospital pharmacies and veterinary pharmacies. Pharmacies may have branch pharmacies and a pharmacy-bus as structural units. Licensed general pharmacies can also offer the e-pharmacy service.
No of pharmacies in the beginning of the year
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
General pharmacies |
495 |
494 |
498 |
479 |
475 |
476 |
Hospital pharmacies |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
Veterinary pharmacies |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
In the beginning of 2022, the activity licences had been issued to 500 pharmacies:
- 476 general pharmacies, including 97 branch pharmacies;
- 23 hospital pharmacies, including 1 branch pharmacy;
- 1 veterinary pharmacy.
Number of inhabitants per pharmacy,
in the beginning of 2022 in major cities and counties compared to the Estonian average
General Pharmacies
Turnover of general pharmacies in 2018–2022
The turnover of prescription medicines can in turn be divided into turnover of medicines reimbursed by the Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) or not.
Turnover of reimbursed medicines in general pharmacies in 2018–2022
In 2022, 11.6 million prescriptions were handled in general pharmacies. The prescriptions reimbursed by EHIF has the largest proportion (9.8 million prescriptions), and the number of prescriptions without discounts was 1.7 million.
Prescriptions handled by general pharmacies in 2022
Hospital Pharmacies
In 2022, the total turnover of hospital pharmacies was 137 million euros, with an increase by 3% in total (calculated without VAT).
Turnover of hospital pharmacies in 2018–2022
Expenditure on medicines per inhabitant per year, in 2018–2022
Last updated: 24.03.2023