List of countries by pharmaceutical exports

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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:

  • 3003 for medicaments consisting of two or more constituents mixed together (4.3% of global total)
  • 3004 for medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products (95.7%).

International Trade Centre

Data is for 2024, in thousands of United States dollars. Template:Srn

List of countries by pharmaceutical exports (2024)[1][2]
Country Value exported
(thousands USD)
Value imported
(thousands USD)
Trade balance
(thousands USD)
 World 928,975,232 976,677,484 −47,702,252
 Germany 129,088,980 79,237,877 49,851,103
 Switzerland 110,678,748 68,285,831 42,392,917
 United States 102,488,068 217,320,782 −114,832,714
 Ireland 89,815,222 16,650,911 73,164,311
 Belgium 84,934,569 66,194,364 18,740,205
 Italy 55,552,143 33,048,343 22,503,800
 France 40,322,238 34,683,115 5,639,123
 Netherlands 38,541,479 27,063,777 11,477,702
 United Kingdom 29,103,095 31,087,682 −1,984,587
 Slovenia 27,196,651 10,999,363 16,197,288
 India 23,427,774 3,292,984 20,134,790
 Denmark 21,824,168 6,724,953 15,099,215
 Austria 21,211,914 11,776,542 9,435,372
 Spain 18,260,920 22,754,657 −4,493,737
 China 13,702,663 46,697,335 −32,994,672
 Sweden 13,493,707 7,380,861 6,112,846
 Canada 11,873,874 19,690,138 −7,816,264
 Hungary 10,972,609 8,018,791 2,953,818
 Singapore 9,559,148 6,110,402 3,448,746
 South Korea 8,499,876 10,128,546 −1,628,670
 Japan 8,423,103 31,347,839 −22,924,736
 Poland 6,978,302 14,287,579 −7,309,277
 Czech Republic 4,415,386 7,893,177 −3,477,791
 Portugal 3,612,606 4,184,907 −572,301
 Australia 3,254,149 11,447,613 −8,193,464
 Greece 3,042,868 4,300,459 −1,257,591
 Mexico 2,742,639 8,818,795 −6,076,156
 Finland 2,450,748 2,645,009 −194,261
 Turkey 2,315,473 5,669,979 −3,354,506
 Panama 2,308,559 2,558,535 −249,976
 Romania 2,056,243 6,582,943 −4,526,700
 Hong Kong 2,008,408 3,815,150 −1,806,742
 Israel 1,845,373 3,641,872 −1,796,499
 Norway 1,524,111 3,174,523 −1,650,412
 Lithuania 1,351,383 1,929,237 −577,854
 Croatia 1,339,394 2,065,168 −725,774
 Bulgaria 1,310,610 2,250,752 −940,142
 Brazil 1,230,170 12,779,962 −11,549,792
 Taiwan 1,160,640 6,008,821 −4,848,181
 Slovakia 876,232 3,072,503 −2,196,271
 Indonesia 748,916 1,429,908 −680,992
 Latvia 700,554 1,048,023 −347,469
 Thailand 688,782 3,201,646 −2,512,864
 Russia 665,338 12,655,426 −11,990,088
 South Africa 601,707 2,633,041 −2,031,334
 Saudi Arabia 580,395 9,807,895 −9,227,500
 Dominican Republic 535,523 1,047,439 −511,916
 Serbia 474,451 1,735,746 −1,261,295
 Cyprus 470,897 552,854 −81,957
 Malta 458,989 521,288 −62,299
 Costa Rica 456,107 1,172,707 −716,600
 Malaysia 451,183 2,354,228 −1,903,045
 Egypt 448,712 3,611,926 −3,163,214
 Jordan 439,144 824,100 −384,956
 Guatemala 422,791 1,120,242 −697,451
 Pakistan 421,722 834,505 −412,783
 New Zealand 410,267 1,487,296 −1,077,029
 Colombia 396,271 4,038,381 −3,642,110
 Ukraine 362,592 2,507,054 −2,144,462
 United Arab Emirates 343,450 4,669,623 −4,326,173
 Vietnam 336,021 3,629,048 −3,293,027
 Argentina 317,561 2,610,223 −2,292,662
 Luxembourg 253,866 842,053 −588,187
 Uruguay 198,098 453,933 −255,835
 North Macedonia 197,068 290,566 −93,498
 Chile 184,928 2,515,863 −2,330,935
 El Salvador 182,846 675,917 −493,071
 Kenya 175,224 793,474 −618,250
 Bangladesh 160,613 388,756 −228,143
 Estonia 153,357 896,332 −742,975
 Iceland 128,972 283,579 −154,607
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 108,028 545,997 −437,969
 Peru 98,725 1,212,262 −1,113,537
 Iran 97,536 1,002,441 −904,905
 Kazakhstan 81,407 2,434,319 −2,352,912
 Morocco 79,914 953,534 −873,620
 Belarus 77,342 729,559 −652,217
 Paraguay 74,707 512,039 −437,332
 Georgia 67,312 579,667 −512,355
 Oman 65,550 473,159 −407,609
 Tunisia 53,765 531,026 −477,261
 Moldova 52,872 323,866 −270,994
 Kuwait 50,193 2,481,573 −2,431,380
 Honduras 46,671 785,511 −738,840
 Montenegro 41,940 224,803 −182,863
 Philippines 38,559 2,451,564 −2,413,005
 Armenia 35,717 250,768 −215,051
 Uganda 33,752 385,815 −352,063
 Ecuador 32,189 1,224,337 −1,192,148
 Uzbekistan 31,574 2,784,482 −2,752,908
 Mauritius 30,607 189,537 −158,930
 Barbados 30,246 48,500 −18,254
 Algeria 23,113 1,578,262 −1,555,149
 Cambodia 15,759 273,569 −257,810
 Botswana 15,582 157,887 −142,305
 Ghana 14,804 466,083 −451,279
   Nepal 14,717 284,850 −270,133
 Cuba 14,185 86,967 −72,782
 Nicaragua 12,593 571,600 −559,007
 Fiji 11,717 37,860 −26,143
 Albania 11,627 302,386 −290,759
 Lebanon 11,376 511,517 −500,141
 Côte d'Ivoire 10,462 553,376 −542,914
 Sri Lanka 8,068 476,634 −468,566
 Venezuela 7,395 331,357 −323,962
 Eritrea 6,098 9,684 −3,586
 Mali 5,917 214,880 −208,963
 Brunei 5,626 112,519 −106,893
 Guyana 5,536 34,475 −28,939
 Togo 5,523 125,562 −120,039
 Zimbabwe 5,157 212,532 −207,375
 Djibouti 4,316 37,760 −33,444
 Jamaica 4,241 172,474 −168,233
 North Korea 4,188 28,205 −24,017
 Zambia 4,177 381,467 −377,290
 Tanzania 3,922 421,464 −417,542
 Namibia 3,211 173,200 −169,989
 Trinidad and Tobago 3,075 198,093 −195,018
 Azerbaijan 2,915 529,967 −527,052
 Senegal 2,837 361,779 −358,942
Template:Country data United States Minor Outlying Islands 2,752 684 2,068
 Syria 2,583 79,027 −76,444
 Sierra Leone 2,431 109,893 −107,462
 Cameroon 2,359 282,974 −280,615
 Andorra 2,246 49,460 −47,214
 Qatar 2,181 723,230 −721,049
 Kyrgyzstan 2,171 238,652 −236,481
 Bolivia 2,054 269,078 −267,024
 Eswatini 1,768 34,541 −32,773
 Ethiopia 1,536 461,087 −459,551
 Benin 1,515 161,708 −160,193
 Mozambique 1,409 257,087 −255,678
 Aruba 1,315 48,358 −47,043
 Nigeria 1,164 1,026,539 −1,025,375
 Laos 1,063 68,506 −67,443
 Burkina Faso 960 287,968 −287,008
 Myanmar 678 341,039 −340,361
 French Southern and
 Antarctic Territories
675 241 434
 Tokelau 641 120 521
 Dominica 619 2,637 −2,018
 Belize 533 20,081 −19,548
 Macao 521 493,691 −493,170
 Palestine 472 76,364 −75,892
 Bahrain 443 293,942 −293,499
 Afghanistan 423 392,676 −392,253
 Yemen 420 278,261 −277,841
 Madagascar 398 197,032 −196,634
 Antigua and Barbuda 391 9,244 −8,853
 Curaçao 389 47,078 −46,689
 Saint Helena 371 864 −493
 Iraq 342 1,681,765 −1,681,423
 New Caledonia 321 126,469 −126,148
 Congo 301 66,572 −66,271
 Bahamas 287 72,022 −71,735
 Niger 276 133,728 −133,452
 Mongolia 263 200,020 −199,757
 Angola 249 264,355 −264,106
 Cayman Islands 241 32,637 −32,396
 Lesotho 232 36,597 −36,365
 Saint Lucia 225 9,122 −8,897
 Rwanda 217 93,179 −92,962
 Greenland 214 2,625 −2,411
 Haiti 210 42,201 −41,991
 Central African Republic 194 65,474 −65,280
 Papua New Guinea 189 46,597 −46,408
 Sudan 179 246,096 −245,917
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands 168 15 153
 Guinea 145 76,360 −76,215
 Solomon Islands 142 5,196 −5,054
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 109 6,545 −6,436
 Micronesia 107 1,032 −925
 DR Congo 103 366,488 −366,385
 Grenada 96 9,266 −9,170
 Comoros 87 9,587 −9,500
 Turkmenistan 84 124,956 −124,872
 Faroe Islands 68 38,091 −38,023
 Falkland Islands 68 1,841 −1,773
 Burundi 59 46,165 −46,106
 Gabon 56 66,338 −66,282
 Suriname 48 15,481 −15,433
 Somalia 46 130,715 −130,669
Template:Country data Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 45 10,434 −10,389
 Mauritania 45 109,666 −109,621
 Vanuatu 42 5,137 −5,095
 Nauru 38 641 −603
 Libya 36 434,781 −434,745
 Turks and Caicos Islands 35 6,349 −6,314
 Malawi 34 175,983 −175,949
 British Virgin Islands 30 4,882 −4,852
 British Indian Ocean Territory 25 7,505 −7,480
 Guinea-Bissau 24 8,124 −8,100
 Liberia 23 41,252 −41,229
 Anguilla 22 621 −599
 Tajikistan 20 92,348 −92,328
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 17 4,732 −4,715
 Kiribati 17 1,859 −1,842
Template:Country data Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 11 9,954 −9,943
 Sao Tome and Principe 8 1,832 −1,824
 Chad 7 114,320 −114,313
 Bermuda 7 39,019 −39,012
 Cook Islands 6 1,629 −1,623
 Northern Mariana Islands 6 47 −41
 Gambia 5 7,232 −7,227
 Seychelles 5 20,050 −20,045
 Samoa 3 6,041 −6,038
 Bhutan 3 10,523 −10,520
 Equatorial Guinea 1 8,718 −8,717
 Palau 1 624 −623
 Gibraltar 1 1,511 −1,510
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 5,791 −5,790

Observatory of Economic Complexity

Data is for 2023, in United States dollars.

List of countries by pharmaceutical exports (2023)[3]
Country Trade value
 Germany 116,845,883,345
 United States 91,343,281,207
 Ireland 86,198,572,374
 Switzerland 81,028,562,071
 Belgium 52,685,297,073
 Italy 50,735,824,856
 France 38,485,364,971
 Netherlands 32,822,862,900
 United Kingdom 26,837,515,169
 Spain 25,352,568,760
 India 24,123,265,597
 Denmark 20,837,002,856
 Singapore 20,641,813,264
 Austria 18,718,595,357
 Slovenia 18,031,196,851
 Sweden 14,640,392,962
 Japan 13,068,866,431
 South Korea 12,448,628,651
 China 11,820,100,212
 Hungary 10,059,862,799
 Canada 9,735,132,771
 Poland 3,858,025,682
 Czech Republic 3,710,874,025
 Portugal 2,966,468,959
 Greece 2,923,093,488
 Australia 2,648,049,172
 Finland 2,556,512,247
 Mexico 2,520,325,371
 Turkey 2,464,241,358
 Israel 2,119,184,945
 Romania 1,510,237,593
 United Arab Emirates 1,454,719,395
 Brazil 1,400,629,854
 Bulgaria 1,398,228,108
 Taiwan 1,304,754,136
 Croatia 1,224,587,612
 Lithuania 1,218,632,380
 Argentina 1,038,006,381
 Norway 1,033,627,430
 Hong Kong 956,031,481
 Jordan 893,019,746
 Thailand 760,061,446
 Slovakia 746,524,017
 Malta 722,794,273
 Indonesia 715,782,318
 Latvia 697,919,175
 Malaysia 592,015,160
 Russia 569,623,259
 Saudi Arabia 552,570,829
 Cyprus 502,675,174
 Egypt 490,079,014
 Colombia 479,287,514
 New Zealand 473,503,404
 Serbia 466,296,107
 South Africa 457,660,266
 Dominican Republic 454,044,813
 Costa Rica 440,242,425
 Guatemala 402,739,113
 Kenya 370,105,056
 Pakistan 359,605,590
 Ukraine 283,127,969
 Chile 262,758,585
 Vietnam 239,076,223
 El Salvador 183,523,571
 North Macedonia 182,290,551
 Uruguay 174,925,818
 Estonia 174,097,936
 Panama 158,314,330
 Luxembourg 155,832,506
 Morocco 151,608,177
 Qatar 149,566,386
 Peru 119,192,168
 Bangladesh 117,485,060
 Georgia 116,375,810
 Oman 111,356,291
 Iceland 110,270,010
 Tunisia 107,881,051
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96,501,212
 Paraguay 90,218,537
 Iran 82,328,554
 Philippines 64,261,077
 Montenegro 63,416,053
 Belarus 59,079,900
 Kazakhstan 49,234,550
 Mauritius 47,645,934
 Lebanon 45,427,862
 Kuwait 44,361,390
 Moldova 43,444,078
 Ecuador 43,095,405
 Uganda 37,131,173
 Armenia 34,092,219
 Honduras 33,757,223
 Uzbekistan 23,498,824
 Nicaragua 21,394,826
 San Marino 17,803,616
 Cambodia 17,254,470
 Azerbaijan 14,777,675
 Sri Lanka 14,393,705
 Cuba 14,375,127
 Macau 14,329,587
 Mali 12,990,216
 Botswana 12,387,976
   Nepal 11,225,227
 Bahrain 10,777,834
 Fiji 10,278,314
 Albania 9,358,187
 Anguilla 7,921,816
 Ghana 7,568,096
 Jamaica 7,250,235
 Venezuela 6,225,425
 Barbados 5,863,615
 Zimbabwe 5,829,850
 Curacao 5,398,918
 Togo 5,185,494
 Algeria 4,545,237
 Cote d'Ivoire 4,348,371
 Tanzania 4,209,563
 Zambia 3,811,928
 North Korea 3,736,675
 Kyrgyzstan 3,679,808
 Senegal 3,382,646
 Eswatini 3,126,771
 Benin 2,951,710
 Ethiopia 2,916,642
 Bolivia 2,701,765
 Nigeria 2,595,892
 Niger 2,460,829
 Aruba 2,268,305
 Namibia 2,215,602
 Palestine 2,211,256
 Sierra Leone 2,146,694
 Syria 2,134,310
 Myanmar 1,998,522
 Cameroon 1,799,187
 Angola 1,622,498
 Dominica 1,586,444
 Brunei 1,510,399
 Burkina Faso 1,333,687
 Rwanda 1,089,989
 Seychelles 1,087,748
 Belize 963,472
 Iraq 912,491
 Tokelau 654,450
 Nauru 583,645
 Trinidad and Tobago 552,828
 Guyana 532,847
 Liberia 499,779
 Madagascar 407,061
 Grenada 363,104
 Bahamas 315,242
 Saint Helena 309,739
 Bermuda 304,741
 Lesotho 280,422
Template:Country data Saint Barthelemy 274,466
 Guinea 255,438
 Andorra 234,203
 Mongolia 225,480
 Antigua and Barbuda 206,988
 Mozambique 193,887
 Afghanistan 165,536
 Turkmenistan 152,085
 Laos 139,856
 Suriname 136,422
 Pitcairn Islands 134,655
 Yemen 134,251
 Gabon 130,325
 Mauritania 111,660
 New Caledonia 101,678
 Eritrea 97,562
 Sudan 95,265
 French Polynesia 89,239
 Cook Islands 89,113
 Montserrat 85,659
 Marshall Islands 80,250
 Samoa 75,364
 American Samoa 72,868
 Chad 70,872
 Turks and Caicos Islands 67,330
 DR Congo 63,076
 Bhutan 62,096
 Cayman Islands 46,230
 Timor-Leste 43,583
 Malawi 43,402
 Congo 39,958
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36,869
 Saint Martin 33,536
 Djibouti 33,393
 Cape Verde 28,723
 South Sudan 26,653
 Maldives 25,500
 Haiti 22,472
 Saint Lucia 18,517
 Gambia 18,366
 Bonaire 14,834
 Libya 14,402
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13,818
 Somalia 12,169
 British Virgin Islands 9,529
 Greenland 9,062
 Central African Republic 7,164
 Sao Tome and Principe 6,592
 Papua New Guinea 6,179
 British Indian Ocean Territory 5,588
 Vanuatu 5,338
 Gibraltar 5,033
 Niue 4,584
 Tuvalu 4,019
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3,248
 Wallis and Futuna 2,422
 Tonga 2,265
 Tajikistan 2,053
 Guam 1,957
 Burundi 1,386
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,318
 Falkland Islands 1,243
 French South Antarctic Territory 959
 Comoros 539
 Kiribati 413
 Equatorial Guinea 178
 Christmas Island 95
 Micronesia 94
 Guinea-Bissau 73
 Solomon Islands 47
 Northern Mariana Islands 1

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