Industries · Health & pharma · Australia · Sunday, 4 October 2026

Health & pharma in Australia

What people here follow in this industry today, what they spend on it and what it costs, from public data.

Health & pharma

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In the news here

0.5% of the news here today

Health
4.6% of the news

The numbers

Health

How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 194.0 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$6,544 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

How big the sector is

Share of the economy · services: 67.5% 2025 · World Bank
Share of jobs · services: 78.5% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)
Share of the economy · industry: 23.9% 2025 · World Bank
Share of jobs · industry: 19.3% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)
Share of the economy · manufacturing: 5.3% 2025 · World Bank

Spending and price levels are the World Bank’s latest benchmark (ICP 2021); price rises are the latest month from the OECD and Eurostat. Whole spending categories, not single products.

What we can and can’t see

1 topic people read, search, watch or download
What households spend per person
How pricey it is against the world
The sector’s share of the economy
The sector’s share of jobs
Related issues in the news

We can’t see sales, the price of single products, company figures or what people buy in shops.

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Pulse

Pulse: what readers say

Over the next year, do you think health & pharma will grow, stay the same or shrink where you live?

Readers who answered, not a representative sample.