# 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
- **Source:** [SÚKL, the Czech State Institute for Drug Control (supply reports)](https://opendata.sukl.gov.cz/katalog-otevrenych-dat/hlaseni-o-uvedeni-preruseni-ukonceni-obnoveni-dodavek-leciveho-pripravku-na-trh)
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- **Full dataset:** [Medicine shortages and availability](https://czechdatasets.com/en/data/sukl-vypadky)

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.

## 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 |

## Data

| 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 |