Cost of Insulin by Country

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Introduction

Insulin is a naturally occurring hormone within the body; it is made by the pancreas and is designed to absorb glucose from the bloodstream and regulate sugar levels within the body. However, diabetes prevents the production and utilization of insulin within the body, which leaves sugar levels unregulated. Diabetes can occur through poor dietary habits or through previous genetic disposition, and currently affects 10% of the global population. Diabetes makes taking insulin shots a necessity for continued survival, thereby making the latter a valuable medical commodity.

Each country has different prices at which they sell insulin shots to those who need them. These costs may get subsidized through a health insurance scheme or government program, but more often than not the patient has to pay for them out of pocket. The U.S. is the country with the highest prices, with insulin shots often costing 4 times as much as in any other country.

#CountryInsulin PricesDiabetes RateHealth ScoreCare System Score
1United States of America$98.710.7%73.972.7
2Chile$21.4810.8%75.764.9
3Mexico$16.4816.9%72.756.5
4Japan$14.46.6%86.683.2
5Switzerland$12.364.6%81.582.4
6Canada$127.7%78.471.3
7Germany$116.9%81.181.1
8South Korea$10.36.8%84.175.1
9Luxembourg$10.155.9%81.577.6
10Italy$10.036.4%81.174.5
11Netherlands$9.984.5%82.277.3
12Ireland$9.853%79.577.1
13Estonia$9.616.5%77.372.2
14France$9.085.3%80.580.4
15Spain$9.0410.3%80.572.6
16Finland$8.946.1%81.480.9
17New Zealand$8.896.2%79.773.4
18Greece$8.656.4%76.864.9
19Latvia$8.395.9%73.868.5
20Belgium$8.33.6%80.683.8
21Czech Republic$8.187.1%7976.8
22Portugal$8.039.1%77.667.8
23Austria$7.924.6%79.677.1
24Lithuania$7.895.8%74.168.2
25Norway$7.793.6%8482.2
26Sweden$7.715%82.183.1
27United Kingdom$7.526.3%78.877.7
28Slovenia$7.435.8%80.274.4
29Australia$6.946.4%80.275.2
30Slovakia$6.915.8%7765.8
31Hungary$6.147%76.369.4
32Poland$5.286.8%75.258.4
33Turkey$2.6414.5%75.153.8

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$6.94

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#29

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#127

80.2

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#22

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#21

Austria

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$7.92

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#23

Ranked in the World

#174

79.6

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#25

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#16

Belgium

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$8.3

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#20

Ranked in the World

#185

80.6

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#18

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#1

Canada

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$12

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#6

Ranked in the World

#96

78.4

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#33

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#35

Chile

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$21.48

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#2

10.8%

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#52

75.7

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#53

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#49

Czech Republic

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$8.18

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#21

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#105

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#30

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#18

Estonia

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$9.61

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#13

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#122

77.3

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#40

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#33

Finland

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$8.94

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#16

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#136

81.4

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#14

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#8

France

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$9.08

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#14

Ranked in the World

#165

80.5

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#20

Ranked in the World

#9

Germany

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$11

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#7

Ranked in the World

#110

81.1

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#16

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#6

Greece

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$8.65

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#18

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#128

76.8

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#46

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#50

Hungary

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$6.14

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#31

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#108

76.3

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#50

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#36

Ireland

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$9.85

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#12

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#190

79.5

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#26

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#17

Italy

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$10.03

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#10

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#129

81.1

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#17

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#24

Japan

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$14.4

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#4

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#116

86.6

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#1

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#2

Latvia

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$8.39

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#19

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#140

73.8

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#72

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#37

Lithuania

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$7.89

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#24

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#145

74.1

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#66

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#38

Luxembourg

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$10.15

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#9

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#141

81.5

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#12

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#14

Mexico

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$16.48

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#3

16.9%

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#17

72.7

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#80

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#77

Netherlands

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$9.98

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#11

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#180

82.2

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#9

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#15

New Zealand

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$8.89

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#17

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#135

79.7

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#24

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#29

Norway

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$7.79

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#25

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#187

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#4

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#5

Poland

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$5.28

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#32

Ranked in the World

#112

75.2

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#57

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#69

Portugal

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$8.03

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#22

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#74

77.6

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#38

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#40

Slovakia

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$6.91

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#30

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#146

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#44

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#43

Slovenia

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$7.43

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#28

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#147

80.2

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#23

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#25

South Korea

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$10.3

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#8

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#113

84.1

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#3

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#22

Spain

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$9.04

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#15

10.3%

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#60

80.5

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#21

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#31

Sweden

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$7.71

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#26

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#170

82.1

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#10

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#3

Switzerland

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$12.36

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#5

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#178

81.5

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#13

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#4

Turkey

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$2.64

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#33

14.5%

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#26

75.1

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#58

Ranked in the World

#86

United Kingdom

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$7.52

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#27

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#132

78.8

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#31

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#12

United States of America

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$98.7

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#1

10.7%

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#55

73.9

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#69

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#30