# Retail prescription drug spending (US) in United States

Retail prescription drug spending (US) in United States was $466.97 billion in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `prescription_drug_expenditure_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: US spending on prescription drugs bought in retail outlets (community pharmacies, mail order and other retail), from all sources of funds, in USD million. Drugs given in hospitals, nursing homes and doctors' offices are counted with those services.
- Note: Part of national health expenditure (national_health_expenditure_usd), at current prices. CMS revises earlier years with each annual release.
- Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total prescription drug expenditures, millions, calendar years from 1960 (https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Public domain (US government work, 17 USC 105)
- Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total prescription drug expenditures, millions, calendar years from 1960. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/prescription-drug-spending-us/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=prescription_drug_expenditure_usd&place=us

| Period | USD million |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 466,968 |
| 2023 | 432,946 |
| 2022 | 390,611 |
| 2021 | 365,871 |
| 2020 | 345,475 |
| 2019 | 333,763 |
| 2018 | 321,313 |
| 2017 | 316,219 |
| 2016 | 313,764 |
| 2015 | 312,464 |
| 2014 | 290,866 |
| 2013 | 259,484 |
| 2012 | 257,062 |
| 2011 | 256,404 |
| 2010 | 253,371 |
| 2009 | 254,254 |
| 2008 | 244,324 |
| 2007 | 239,335 |
| 2006 | 228,099 |
| 2005 | 208,595 |
| 2004 | 195,638 |
| 2003 | 179,654 |
| 2002 | 159,812 |
| 2001 | 140,583 |
| 2000 | 122,003 |
| 1999 | 105,294 |
| 1998 | 88,523 |
| 1997 | 77,636 |
| 1996 | 68,084 |
| 1995 | 59,766 |
| 1994 | 53,019 |
| 1993 | 49,551 |
| 1992 | 46,972 |
| 1991 | 44,381 |
| 1990 | 40,290 |
| 1989 | 34,757 |
| 1988 | 30,646 |
| 1987 | 26,888 |
| 1986 | 24,290 |
| 1985 | 21,795 |
| 1984 | 19,617 |
| 1983 | 17,323 |
| 1982 | 15,029 |
| 1981 | 13,398 |
| 1980 | 12,049 |
| 1979 | 10,744 |
| 1978 | 9,891 |
| 1977 | 9,196 |
| 1976 | 8,722 |
| 1975 | 8,052 |
| 1974 | 7,422 |
| 1973 | 6,817 |
| 1972 | 6,324 |
| 1971 | 5,877 |
| 1970 | 5,497 |
| 1969 | 5,149 |
| 1968 | 4,742 |
| 1967 | 4,227 |
| 1966 | 3,985 |
| 1965 | 3,715 |
| 1964 | 3,347 |
| 1963 | 3,159 |
| 1962 | 3,029 |
| 1961 | 2,718 |
| 1960 | 2,676 |