The following is a list of countries by pharmaceutical exports, using the Harmonized System code 30.
Global sales from exported drugs and medicines by country total US$371.3 billion in 2018. Overall the value of drugs and medicine exports grew by an average 5.80% for all exporting countries since 2014 when drugs and medicines shipments were valued at $344.1 billion. Year over year, there was a 7.9% uptick from 2017 to 2018.
Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value worth of exported drugs and medicines during 2018 with shipments from Europe totalling $295.8 billion or 79.70% of the global total. In second place were Asian pharmaceutical exporters at 10.70% while 8.10% of worldwide drugs and medicine shipments originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from drugs and medicines suppliers in Latin America (0.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (0.5%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (0.2%).
The 4−digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefixes for drugs and medicines are:
Data is for 2024, in thousands of United States dollars.
Country | Value exported (thousands USD) | Value imported (thousands USD) | Trade balance (thousands USD) |
---|---|---|---|
World | 928,975,232 | 976,677,484 | −47,702,252 |
![]() | 129,088,980 | 79,237,877 | 49,851,103 |
![]() | 110,678,748 | 68,285,831 | 42,392,917 |
![]() | 102,488,068 | 217,320,782 | −114,832,714 |
![]() | 89,815,222 | 16,650,911 | 73,164,311 |
![]() | 84,934,569 | 66,194,364 | 18,740,205 |
![]() | 55,552,143 | 33,048,343 | 22,503,800 |
![]() | 40,322,238 | 34,683,115 | 5,639,123 |
![]() | 38,541,479 | 27,063,777 | 11,477,702 |
![]() | 29,103,095 | 31,087,682 | −1,984,587 |
![]() | 27,196,651 | 10,999,363 | 16,197,288 |
![]() | 23,427,774 | 3,292,984 | 20,134,790 |
![]() | 21,824,168 | 6,724,953 | 15,099,215 |
![]() | 21,211,914 | 11,776,542 | 9,435,372 |
![]() | 18,260,920 | 22,754,657 | −4,493,737 |
![]() | 13,702,663 | 46,697,335 | −32,994,672 |
![]() | 13,493,707 | 7,380,861 | 6,112,846 |
![]() | 11,873,874 | 19,690,138 | −7,816,264 |
![]() | 10,972,609 | 8,018,791 | 2,953,818 |
![]() | 9,559,148 | 6,110,402 | 3,448,746 |
![]() | 8,499,876 | 10,128,546 | −1,628,670 |
![]() | 8,423,103 | 31,347,839 | −22,924,736 |
![]() | 6,978,302 | 14,287,579 | −7,309,277 |
![]() | 4,415,386 | 7,893,177 | −3,477,791 |
![]() | 3,612,606 | 4,184,907 | −572,301 |
![]() | 3,254,149 | 11,447,613 | −8,193,464 |
![]() | 3,042,868 | 4,300,459 | −1,257,591 |
![]() | 2,742,639 | 8,818,795 | −6,076,156 |
![]() | 2,450,748 | 2,645,009 | −194,261 |
![]() | 2,315,473 | 5,669,979 | −3,354,506 |
![]() | 2,308,559 | 2,558,535 | −249,976 |
![]() | 2,056,243 | 6,582,943 | −4,526,700 |
![]() | 2,008,408 | 3,815,150 | −1,806,742 |
![]() | 1,845,373 | 3,641,872 | −1,796,499 |
![]() | 1,524,111 | 3,174,523 | −1,650,412 |
![]() | 1,351,383 | 1,929,237 | −577,854 |
![]() | 1,339,394 | 2,065,168 | −725,774 |
![]() | 1,310,610 | 2,250,752 | −940,142 |
![]() | 1,230,170 | 12,779,962 | −11,549,792 |
![]() | 1,160,640 | 6,008,821 | −4,848,181 |
![]() | 876,232 | 3,072,503 | −2,196,271 |
![]() | 748,916 | 1,429,908 | −680,992 |
![]() | 700,554 | 1,048,023 | −347,469 |
![]() | 688,782 | 3,201,646 | −2,512,864 |
![]() | 665,338 | 12,655,426 | −11,990,088 |
![]() | 601,707 | 2,633,041 | −2,031,334 |
![]() | 580,395 | 9,807,895 | −9,227,500 |
![]() | 535,523 | 1,047,439 | −511,916 |
![]() | 474,451 | 1,735,746 | −1,261,295 |
![]() | 470,897 | 552,854 | −81,957 |
![]() | 458,989 | 521,288 | −62,299 |
![]() | 456,107 | 1,172,707 | −716,600 |
![]() | 451,183 | 2,354,228 | −1,903,045 |
![]() | 448,712 | 3,611,926 | −3,163,214 |
![]() | 439,144 | 824,100 | −384,956 |
![]() | 422,791 | 1,120,242 | −697,451 |
![]() | 421,722 | 834,505 | −412,783 |
![]() | 410,267 | 1,487,296 | −1,077,029 |
![]() | 396,271 | 4,038,381 | −3,642,110 |
![]() | 362,592 | 2,507,054 | −2,144,462 |
![]() | 343,450 | 4,669,623 | −4,326,173 |
![]() | 336,021 | 3,629,048 | −3,293,027 |
![]() | 317,561 | 2,610,223 | −2,292,662 |
![]() | 253,866 | 842,053 | −588,187 |
![]() | 198,098 | 453,933 | −255,835 |
![]() | 197,068 | 290,566 | −93,498 |
![]() | 184,928 | 2,515,863 | −2,330,935 |
![]() | 182,846 | 675,917 | −493,071 |
![]() | 175,224 | 793,474 | −618,250 |
![]() | 160,613 | 388,756 | −228,143 |
![]() | 153,357 | 896,332 | −742,975 |
![]() | 128,972 | 283,579 | −154,607 |
![]() | 108,028 | 545,997 | −437,969 |
![]() | 98,725 | 1,212,262 | −1,113,537 |
![]() | 97,536 | 1,002,441 | −904,905 |
![]() | 81,407 | 2,434,319 | −2,352,912 |
![]() | 79,914 | 953,534 | −873,620 |
![]() | 77,342 | 729,559 | −652,217 |
![]() | 74,707 | 512,039 | −437,332 |
![]() | 67,312 | 579,667 | −512,355 |
![]() | 65,550 | 473,159 | −407,609 |
![]() | 53,765 | 531,026 | −477,261 |
![]() | 52,872 | 323,866 | −270,994 |
![]() | 50,193 | 2,481,573 | −2,431,380 |
![]() | 46,671 | 785,511 | −738,840 |
![]() | 41,940 | 224,803 | −182,863 |
![]() | 38,559 | 2,451,564 | −2,413,005 |
![]() | 35,717 | 250,768 | −215,051 |
![]() | 33,752 | 385,815 | −352,063 |
![]() | 32,189 | 1,224,337 | −1,192,148 |
![]() | 31,574 | 2,784,482 | −2,752,908 |
![]() | 30,607 | 189,537 | −158,930 |
![]() | 30,246 | 48,500 | −18,254 |
![]() | 23,113 | 1,578,262 | −1,555,149 |
![]() | 15,759 | 273,569 | −257,810 |
![]() | 15,582 | 157,887 | −142,305 |
![]() | 14,804 | 466,083 | −451,279 |
![]() | 14,717 | 284,850 | −270,133 |
![]() | 14,185 | 86,967 | −72,782 |
![]() | 12,593 | 571,600 | −559,007 |
![]() | 11,717 | 37,860 | −26,143 |
![]() | 11,627 | 302,386 | −290,759 |
![]() | 11,376 | 511,517 | −500,141 |
![]() | 10,462 | 553,376 | −542,914 |
![]() | 8,068 | 476,634 | −468,566 |
![]() | 7,395 | 331,357 | −323,962 |
![]() | 6,098 | 9,684 | −3,586 |
![]() | 5,917 | 214,880 | −208,963 |
![]() | 5,626 | 112,519 | −106,893 |
![]() | 5,536 | 34,475 | −28,939 |
![]() | 5,523 | 125,562 | −120,039 |
![]() | 5,157 | 212,532 | −207,375 |
![]() | 4,316 | 37,760 | −33,444 |
![]() | 4,241 | 172,474 | −168,233 |
![]() | 4,188 | 28,205 | −24,017 |
![]() | 4,177 | 381,467 | −377,290 |
![]() | 3,922 | 421,464 | −417,542 |
![]() | 3,211 | 173,200 | −169,989 |
![]() | 3,075 | 198,093 | −195,018 |
![]() | 2,915 | 529,967 | −527,052 |
![]() | 2,837 | 361,779 | −358,942 |
![]() | 2,752 | 684 | 2,068 |
![]() | 2,583 | 79,027 | −76,444 |
![]() | 2,431 | 109,893 | −107,462 |
![]() | 2,359 | 282,974 | −280,615 |
![]() | 2,246 | 49,460 | −47,214 |
![]() | 2,181 | 723,230 | −721,049 |
![]() | 2,171 | 238,652 | −236,481 |
![]() | 2,054 | 269,078 | −267,024 |
![]() | 1,768 | 34,541 | −32,773 |
![]() | 1,536 | 461,087 | −459,551 |
![]() | 1,515 | 161,708 | −160,193 |
![]() | 1,409 | 257,087 | −255,678 |
![]() | 1,315 | 48,358 | −47,043 |
![]() | 1,164 | 1,026,539 | −1,025,375 |
![]() | 1,063 | 68,506 | −67,443 |
![]() | 960 | 287,968 | −287,008 |
![]() | 678 | 341,039 | −340,361 |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 675 | 241 | 434 |
![]() | 641 | 120 | 521 |
![]() | 619 | 2,637 | −2,018 |
![]() | 533 | 20,081 | −19,548 |
![]() | 521 | 493,691 | −493,170 |
![]() | 472 | 76,364 | −75,892 |
![]() | 443 | 293,942 | −293,499 |
![]() | 423 | 392,676 | −392,253 |
![]() | 420 | 278,261 | −277,841 |
![]() | 398 | 197,032 | −196,634 |
![]() | 391 | 9,244 | −8,853 |
![]() | 389 | 47,078 | −46,689 |
![]() | 371 | 864 | −493 |
![]() | 342 | 1,681,765 | −1,681,423 |
![]() | 321 | 126,469 | −126,148 |
![]() | 301 | 66,572 | −66,271 |
![]() | 287 | 72,022 | −71,735 |
![]() | 276 | 133,728 | −133,452 |
![]() | 263 | 200,020 | −199,757 |
![]() | 249 | 264,355 | −264,106 |
![]() | 241 | 32,637 | −32,396 |
![]() | 232 | 36,597 | −36,365 |
![]() | 225 | 9,122 | −8,897 |
![]() | 217 | 93,179 | −92,962 |
![]() | 214 | 2,625 | −2,411 |
![]() | 210 | 42,201 | −41,991 |
![]() | 194 | 65,474 | −65,280 |
![]() | 189 | 46,597 | −46,408 |
![]() | 179 | 246,096 | −245,917 |
![]() | 168 | 15 | 153 |
![]() | 145 | 76,360 | −76,215 |
![]() | 142 | 5,196 | −5,054 |
![]() | 109 | 6,545 | −6,436 |
![]() | 107 | 1,032 | −925 |
![]() | 103 | 366,488 | −366,385 |
![]() | 96 | 9,266 | −9,170 |
![]() | 87 | 9,587 | −9,500 |
![]() | 84 | 124,956 | −124,872 |
![]() | 68 | 38,091 | −38,023 |
![]() | 68 | 1,841 | −1,773 |
![]() | 59 | 46,165 | −46,106 |
![]() | 56 | 66,338 | −66,282 |
![]() | 48 | 15,481 | −15,433 |
![]() | 46 | 130,715 | −130,669 |
![]() | 45 | 10,434 | −10,389 |
![]() | 45 | 109,666 | −109,621 |
![]() | 42 | 5,137 | −5,095 |
![]() | 38 | 641 | −603 |
![]() | 36 | 434,781 | −434,745 |
![]() | 35 | 6,349 | −6,314 |
![]() | 34 | 175,983 | −175,949 |
![]() | 30 | 4,882 | −4,852 |
![]() | 25 | 7,505 | −7,480 |
![]() | 24 | 8,124 | −8,100 |
![]() | 23 | 41,252 | −41,229 |
![]() | 22 | 621 | −599 |
![]() | 20 | 92,348 | −92,328 |
![]() | 17 | 4,732 | −4,715 |
![]() | 17 | 1,859 | −1,842 |
![]() | 11 | 9,954 | −9,943 |
![]() | 8 | 1,832 | −1,824 |
![]() | 7 | 114,320 | −114,313 |
![]() | 7 | 39,019 | −39,012 |
![]() | 6 | 1,629 | −1,623 |
![]() | 6 | 47 | −41 |
![]() | 5 | 7,232 | −7,227 |
![]() | 5 | 20,050 | −20,045 |
![]() | 3 | 6,041 | −6,038 |
![]() | 3 | 10,523 | −10,520 |
![]() | 1 | 8,718 | −8,717 |
![]() | 1 | 624 | −623 |
![]() | 1 | 1,511 | −1,510 |
![]() | 1 | 5,791 | −5,790 |
Data is for 2023, in United States dollars.
Country | Trade Value |
---|---|
![]() | 116,845,883,345 |
![]() | 91,343,281,207 |
![]() | 86,198,572,374 |
![]() | 81,028,562,071 |
![]() | 52,685,297,073 |
![]() | 50,735,824,856 |
![]() | 38,485,364,971 |
![]() | 32,822,862,900 |
![]() | 26,837,515,169 |
![]() | 25,352,568,760 |
![]() | 24,123,265,597 |
![]() | 20,837,002,856 |
![]() | 20,641,813,264 |
![]() | 18,718,595,357 |
![]() | 18,031,196,851 |
![]() | 14,640,392,962 |
![]() | 13,068,866,431 |
![]() | 12,448,628,651 |
![]() | 11,820,100,212 |
![]() | 10,059,862,799 |
![]() | 9,735,132,771 |
![]() | 3,858,025,682 |
![]() | 3,710,874,025 |
![]() | 2,966,468,959 |
![]() | 2,923,093,488 |
![]() | 2,648,049,172 |
![]() | 2,556,512,247 |
![]() | 2,520,325,371 |
![]() | 2,464,241,358 |
![]() | 2,119,184,945 |
![]() | 1,510,237,593 |
![]() | 1,454,719,395 |
![]() | 1,400,629,854 |
![]() | 1,398,228,108 |
![]() | 1,304,754,136 |
![]() | 1,224,587,612 |
![]() | 1,218,632,380 |
![]() | 1,038,006,381 |
![]() | 1,033,627,430 |
![]() | 956,031,481 |
![]() | 893,019,746 |
![]() | 760,061,446 |
![]() | 746,524,017 |
![]() | 722,794,273 |
![]() | 715,782,318 |
![]() | 697,919,175 |
![]() | 592,015,160 |
![]() | 569,623,259 |
![]() | 552,570,829 |
![]() | 502,675,174 |
![]() | 490,079,014 |
![]() | 479,287,514 |
![]() | 473,503,404 |
![]() | 466,296,107 |
![]() | 457,660,266 |
![]() | 454,044,813 |
![]() | 440,242,425 |
![]() | 402,739,113 |
![]() | 370,105,056 |
![]() | 359,605,590 |
![]() | 283,127,969 |
![]() | 262,758,585 |
![]() | 239,076,223 |
![]() | 183,523,571 |
![]() | 182,290,551 |
![]() | 174,925,818 |
![]() | 174,097,936 |
![]() | 158,314,330 |
![]() | 155,832,506 |
![]() | 151,608,177 |
![]() | 149,566,386 |
![]() | 119,192,168 |
![]() | 117,485,060 |
![]() | 116,375,810 |
![]() | 111,356,291 |
![]() | 110,270,010 |
![]() | 107,881,051 |
![]() | 96,501,212 |
![]() | 90,218,537 |
![]() | 82,328,554 |
![]() | 64,261,077 |
![]() | 63,416,053 |
![]() | 59,079,900 |
![]() | 49,234,550 |
![]() | 47,645,934 |
![]() | 45,427,862 |
![]() | 44,361,390 |
![]() | 43,444,078 |
![]() | 43,095,405 |
![]() | 37,131,173 |
![]() | 34,092,219 |
![]() | 33,757,223 |
![]() | 23,498,824 |
![]() | 21,394,826 |
![]() | 17,803,616 |
![]() | 17,254,470 |
![]() | 14,777,675 |
![]() | 14,393,705 |
![]() | 14,375,127 |
![]() | 14,329,587 |
![]() | 12,990,216 |
![]() | 12,387,976 |
![]() | 11,225,227 |
![]() | 10,777,834 |
![]() | 10,278,314 |
![]() | 9,358,187 |
![]() | 7,921,816 |
![]() | 7,568,096 |
![]() | 7,250,235 |
![]() | 6,225,425 |
![]() | 5,863,615 |
![]() | 5,829,850 |
![]() | 5,398,918 |
![]() | 5,185,494 |
![]() | 4,545,237 |
![]() | 4,348,371 |
![]() | 4,209,563 |
![]() | 3,811,928 |
![]() | 3,736,675 |
![]() | 3,679,808 |
![]() | 3,382,646 |
![]() | 3,126,771 |
![]() | 2,951,710 |
![]() | 2,916,642 |
![]() | 2,701,765 |
![]() | 2,595,892 |
![]() | 2,460,829 |
![]() | 2,268,305 |
![]() | 2,215,602 |
![]() | 2,211,256 |
![]() | 2,146,694 |
![]() | 2,134,310 |
![]() | 1,998,522 |
![]() | 1,799,187 |
![]() | 1,622,498 |
![]() | 1,586,444 |
![]() | 1,510,399 |
![]() | 1,333,687 |
![]() | 1,089,989 |
![]() | 1,087,748 |
![]() | 963,472 |
![]() | 912,491 |
![]() | 654,450 |
![]() | 583,645 |
![]() | 552,828 |
![]() | 532,847 |
![]() | 499,779 |
![]() | 407,061 |
![]() | 363,104 |
![]() | 315,242 |
![]() | 309,739 |
![]() | 304,741 |
![]() | 280,422 |
![]() | 274,466 |
![]() | 255,438 |
![]() | 234,203 |
![]() | 225,480 |
![]() | 206,988 |
![]() | 193,887 |
![]() | 165,536 |
![]() | 152,085 |
![]() | 139,856 |
![]() | 136,422 |
![]() | 134,655 |
![]() | 134,251 |
![]() | 130,325 |
![]() | 111,660 |
![]() | 101,678 |
![]() | 97,562 |
![]() | 95,265 |
![]() | 89,239 |
![]() | 89,113 |
![]() | 85,659 |
![]() | 80,250 |
![]() | 75,364 |
![]() | 72,868 |
![]() | 70,872 |
![]() | 67,330 |
![]() | 63,076 |
![]() | 62,096 |
![]() | 46,230 |
![]() | 43,583 |
![]() | 43,402 |
![]() | 39,958 |
![]() | 36,869 |
![]() | 33,536 |
![]() | 33,393 |
![]() | 28,723 |
![]() | 26,653 |
![]() | 25,500 |
![]() | 22,472 |
![]() | 18,517 |
![]() | 18,366 |
![]() | 14,834 |
![]() | 14,402 |
![]() | 13,818 |
![]() | 12,169 |
![]() | 9,529 |
![]() | 9,062 |
![]() | 7,164 |
![]() | 6,592 |
![]() | 6,179 |
![]() | 5,588 |
![]() | 5,338 |
![]() | 5,033 |
![]() | 4,584 |
![]() | 4,019 |
![]() | 3,248 |
![]() | 2,422 |
![]() | 2,265 |
![]() | 2,053 |
![]() | 1,957 |
![]() | 1,386 |
![]() | 1,318 |
![]() | 1,243 |
French South Antarctic Territory | 959 |
![]() | 539 |
![]() | 413 |
![]() | 178 |
![]() | 95 |
![]() | 94 |
![]() | 73 |
![]() | 47 |
![]() | 1 |