Countries · 2 Nov 2026

Medicine shortages by country

16 national registers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, each refreshed every morning.

Country	Region	Products short	Per million	Medicines	New 30d	Typical duration	No return date
US United States	North America	1,596	4.7	165	45	3.7 years	100%
CA Canada	North America	1,910	46.0	594	121	2.2 years	67%
DE Germany	Europe	860	10.3	207	40	11 months	0%
FR France	Europe	209	3.0	133	14	12 months	100%
IT Italy	Europe	2,025	34.3	581	154	8 months	80%
ES Spain	Europe	909	18.6	390	193	4 months	32%
IE Ireland	Europe	379	70.2	181	95	3 months	41%
AT Austria	Europe	664	72.2	269	93	5 months	59%
BE Belgium	Europe	682	57.3	306	146	3 months	3%
CH Switzerland	Europe	141	15.7	73	7	5 months	67%
CZ Czechia	Europe	1,092	100.2	359	186	4 months	8%
NO Norway	Europe	309	55.2	172	54	4 months	1%
SE Sweden	Europe	958	90.4	360	129	6 months	7%
JP Japan	Asia-Pacific	1,359	11.0	296	150	10 months	98%
NZ New Zealand	Asia-Pacific	74	14.0	49	12	5 months	100%
AU Australia	Asia-Pacific	530	19.2	202	76	5 months	2%

Registers differ in what they count (packs, presentations or products) and in what must be reported. Compare trends within a country rather than levels across countries.

Per million people

Medicines short, shared between countries

	US	CA	DE	FR	IT	ES	IE	AT	BE	CH	CZ	NO	SE	JP	NZ	AU
United States	–	75	25	22	69	51	27	39	41	20	33	19	48	25	7	31
Canada	75	–	99	60	268	188	95	148	156	38	184	91	183	122	40	120
Germany	25	99	–	35	118	93	42	71	65	15	76	41	84	45	15	49
France	22	60	35	–	61	45	33	41	37	14	42	20	47	29	8	33
Italy	69	268	118	61	–	262	113	174	194	52	227	100	223	127	32	117
Spain	51	188	93	45	262	–	91	140	138	32	156	77	165	85	24	92
Ireland	27	95	42	33	113	91	–	69	68	19	83	45	88	51	15	51
Austria	39	148	71	41	174	140	69	–	106	24	135	62	127	70	20	76
Belgium	41	156	65	37	194	138	68	106	–	31	116	58	124	77	24	79
Switzerland	20	38	15	14	52	32	19	24	31	–	32	13	41	10	2	19
Czechia	33	184	76	42	227	156	83	135	116	32	–	69	148	87	23	79
Norway	19	91	41	20	100	77	45	62	58	13	69	–	116	30	12	42
Sweden	48	183	84	47	223	165	88	127	124	41	148	116	–	74	34	93
Japan	25	122	45	29	127	85	51	70	77	10	87	30	74	–	23	57
New Zealand	7	40	15	8	32	24	15	20	24	2	23	12	34	23	–	25
Australia	31	120	49	33	117	92	51	76	79	19	79	42	93	57	25	–