Drug shortages in the Czech Republic by year: supply interruptions and their length
Number of supply interruptions and discontinuations of medicinal products reported to the Czech regulator SÚKL each year since 2007, median interruption length in days and the number still ongoing.
- Data as of
- 9 November 2026
- Rows
- 22
- Columns
- 5
- How to cite
- Source: SÚKL, the Czech State Institute for Drug Control (supply reports); processed by czechdatasets.com, https://czechdatasets.com/en/otevrena-data/vypadky-leku-podle-let
Data
The page shows every row of the table (22).
| rok | preruseni | ukonceni | median_dni_preruseni | preruseni_trva |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1910 | 623 | 42 | 678 |
| 2025 | 2034 | 765 | 52 | 137 |
| 2024 | 2567 | 910 | 50 | 70 |
| 2023 | 3054 | 1008 | 42 | 98 |
| 2022 | 2353 | 1017 | 48 | 34 |
| 2021 | 1548 | 908 | 37 | 21 |
| 2020 | 1744 | 754 | 45 | 29 |
| 2019 | 2039 | 1180 | 51 | 28 |
| 2018 | 1625 | 866 | 36 | 17 |
| 2017 | 1372 | 623 | 40 | 60 |
| 2016 | 1040 | 879 | 37 | 11 |
| 2015 | 1144 | 735 | 48 | 37 |
| 2014 | 906 | 681 | 50 | 31 |
| 2013 | 820 | 704 | 55 | 30 |
| 2012 | 852 | 568 | 77 | 71 |
| 2011 | 524 | 589 | 65 | 50 |
| 2010 | 416 | 495 | 183 | 81 |
| 2009 | 138 | 329 | 354 | 30 |
| 2008 | 56 | 123 | 161 | 11 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | 811 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 5691 | 0 |
Columns
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
rok | Year the interruption started |
preruseni | Number of supply interruptions |
ukonceni | Number of supply discontinuations |
median_dni_preruseni | Median length of finished interruptions, days |
preruseni_trva | Interruptions from that year still ongoing on the data date |
How it was counted
A shortage = the interval from a reported interruption or discontinuation to the reported renewal. Counted per SÚKL code (pack variant); one medicine can have several. The latest year is incomplete.
Full dataset
This table is an extract from the dataset Medicine shortages and availability, which holds all rows, years and formats (PostgreSQL, Parquet, CSV, JSON).
Every supply report for medicines since 2008 (start, interruption, resumption, end), the shortages derived from them with start and end, and the medicines missing right now. Plus monthly distributor deliveries to pharmacies since 2020. Joins the medicines database on the SÚKL code.