Pharmaceutical Drug Spending by countries

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/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/

├ .gitignore

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├ README.md

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/README.md

├ UPDATE_SCRIPT_MAINTENANCE_REPORT.md

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/UPDATE_SCRIPT_MAINTENANCE_REPORT.md

├ archive/merge-all.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/merge-all.csv

├ archive/merge-health-gdp.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/merge-health-gdp.csv

├ archive/perc-gdp.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/perc-gdp.csv

├ archive/perc-health-spend.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/perc-health-spend.csv

├ archive/pharma-spending.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/pharma-spending.csv

├ archive/population.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/population.csv

├ archive/usd-cap.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/archive/usd-cap.csv

├ data/data.csv

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/data/data.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/datapackage.json

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datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/core/pharmaceutical-drug-spending/_r/-/README.md

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Data Files

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Field	Type	Description
LOCATION	string	Country code
TIME	year	Year of observation in the form YYYY
PC_HEALTHXP	number	% of Health spending
PC_GDP	number	% of GDP
USD_CAP	number	in USD per capita (using economy-wide PPPs)
TOTAL_SPEND	number	Total spending in millions of USD, calculated as USD_CAP multiplied by country population divided by 1,000,000

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Annual pharmaceutical drug spending per country, combining OECD expenditure data with UN population figures. Each row represents one country-year combination. TOTAL_SPEND is derived by multiplying USD_CAP by the country's population and dividing by 1,000,000.
Last updated: 9 February 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 51.2 kB
Sources: Pharmaceutical Drug Spending from Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; Population data from the datasets/population GitHub repository
License: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL)

About this dataset

Update Script Maintenance Report

Date: 2026-03-04

Root cause: automation was tied to mixed triggers and lacked explicit write permission.
Fixes made: simplified workflow to scheduled/manual execution, upgraded action versions, added permissions: contents: write, and kept safe commit guard.
Validation: reviewed workflow syntax and commit path targeting for generated data/ and archive/ outputs.
Known blockers: none identified in this remediation pass.