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.
+List of countries by pharmaceutical exports (2024)CountryValue exported(thousands USD)Value imported(thousands USD)Trade balance(thousands USD)World928,975,232976,677,484 −47,702,252129,088,98079,237,87749,851,103110,678,74868,285,83142,392,917102,488,068217,320,782 −114,832,71489,815,22216,650,91173,164,31184,934,56966,194,36418,740,20555,552,14333,048,34322,503,80040,322,23834,683,1155,639,12338,541,47927,063,77711,477,70229,103,09531,087,682 −1,984,58727,196,65110,999,36316,197,28823,427,7743,292,98420,134,79021,824,1686,724,95315,099,21521,211,91411,776,5429,435,37218,260,92022,754,657 −4,493,73713,702,66346,697,335 −32,994,67213,493,7077,380,8616,112,84611,873,87419,690,138 −7,816,26410,972,6098,018,7912,953,8189,559,1486,110,4023,448,7468,499,87610,128,546 −1,628,6708,423,10331,347,839 −22,924,7366,978,30214,287,579 −7,309,2774,415,3867,893,177 −3,477,7913,612,6064,184,907 −572,3013,254,14911,447,613 −8,193,4643,042,8684,300,459 −1,257,5912,742,6398,818,795 −6,076,1562,450,7482,645,009 −194,2612,315,4735,669,979 −3,354,5062,308,5592,558,535 −249,9762,056,2436,582,943 −4,526,7002,008,4083,815,150 −1,806,7421,845,3733,641,872 −1,796,4991,524,1113,174,523 −1,650,4121,351,3831,929,237 −577,8541,339,3942,065,168 −725,7741,310,6102,250,752 −940,1421,230,17012,779,962 −11,549,7921,160,6406,008,821 −4,848,181876,2323,072,503 −2,196,271748,9161,429,908 −680,992700,5541,048,023 −347,469688,7823,201,646 −2,512,864665,33812,655,426 −11,990,088601,7072,633,041 −2,031,334580,3959,807,895 −9,227,500535,5231,047,439 −511,916474,4511,735,746 −1,261,295470,897552,854 −81,957458,989521,288 −62,299456,1071,172,707 −716,600451,1832,354,228 −1,903,045448,7123,611,926 −3,163,214439,144824,100 −384,956422,7911,120,242 −697,451421,722834,505 −412,783410,2671,487,296 −1,077,029396,2714,038,381 −3,642,110362,5922,507,054 −2,144,462343,4504,669,623 −4,326,173336,0213,629,048 −3,293,027317,5612,610,223 −2,292,662253,866842,053 −588,187198,098453,933 −255,835197,068290,566 −93,498184,9282,515,863 −2,330,935182,846675,917 −493,071175,224793,474 −618,250160,613388,756 −228,143153,357896,332 −742,975128,972283,579 −154,607108,028545,997 −437,96998,7251,212,262 −1,113,53797,5361,002,441 −904,90581,4072,434,319 −2,352,91279,914953,534 −873,62077,342729,559 −652,21774,707512,039 −437,33267,312579,667 −512,35565,550473,159 −407,60953,765531,026 −477,26152,872323,866 −270,99450,1932,481,573 −2,431,38046,671785,511 −738,84041,940224,803 −182,86338,5592,451,564 −2,413,00535,717250,768 −215,05133,752385,815 −352,06332,1891,224,337 −1,192,14831,5742,784,482 −2,752,90830,607189,537 −158,93030,24648,500 −18,25423,1131,578,262 −1,555,14915,759273,569 −257,81015,582157,887 −142,30514,804466,083 −451,27914,717284,850 −270,13314,18586,967 −72,78212,593571,600 −559,00711,71737,860 −26,14311,627302,386 −290,75911,376511,517 −500,14110,462553,376 −542,9148,068476,634 −468,5667,395331,357 −323,9626,0989,684 −3,5865,917214,880 −208,9635,626112,519 −106,8935,53634,475 −28,9395,523125,562 −120,0395,157212,532 −207,3754,31637,760 −33,4444,241172,474 −168,2334,18828,205 −24,0174,177381,467 −377,2903,922421,464 −417,5423,211173,200 −169,9893,075198,093 −195,0182,915529,967 −527,0522,837361,779 −358,9422,7526842,0682,58379,027 −76,4442,431109,893 −107,4622,359282,974 −280,6152,24649,460 −47,2142,181723,230 −721,0492,171238,652 −236,4812,054269,078 −267,0241,76834,541 −32,7731,536461,087 −459,5511,515161,708 −160,1931,409257,087 −255,6781,31548,358 −47,0431,1641,026,539 −1,025,3751,06368,506 −67,443960287,968 −287,008678341,039 −340,361French Southern andAntarctic Territories6752414346411205216192,637 −2,01853320,081 −19,548521493,691 −493,17047276,364 −75,892443293,942 −293,499423392,676 −392,253420278,261 −277,841398197,032 −196,6343919,244 −8,85338947,078 −46,689371864 −4933421,681,765 −1,681,423321126,469 −126,14830166,572 −66,27128772,022 −71,735276133,728 −133,452263200,020 −199,757249264,355 −264,10624132,637 −32,39623236,597 −36,3652259,122 −8,89721793,179 −92,9622142,625 −2,41121042,201 −41,99119465,474 −65,28018946,597 −46,408179246,096 −245,9171681515314576,360 −76,2151425,196 −5,0541096,545 −6,4361071,032 −925103366,488 −366,385969,266 −9,170879,587 −9,50084124,956 −124,8726838,091 −38,023681,841 −1,7735946,165 −46,1065666,338 −66,2824815,481 −15,43346130,715 −130,6694510,434 −10,38945109,666 −109,621425,137 −5,09538641 −60336434,781 −434,745356,349 −6,31434175,983 −175,949304,882 −4,852257,505 −7,480248,124 −8,1002341,252 −41,22922621 −5992092,348 −92,328174,732 −4,715171,859 −1,842119,954 −9,94381,832 −1,8247114,320 −114,313739,019 −39,01261,629 −1,623647 −4157,232 −7,227520,050 −20,04536,041 −6,038310,523 −10,52018,718 −8,7171624 −62311,511 −1,51015,791 −5,790
Observatory of Economic Complexity Data is for 2023, in United States dollars. +List of countries by pharmaceutical exports (2023)CountryTrade value116,845,883,34591,343,281,20786,198,572,37481,028,562,07152,685,297,07350,735,824,85638,485,364,97132,822,862,90026,837,515,16925,352,568,76024,123,265,59720,837,002,85620,641,813,26418,718,595,35718,031,196,85114,640,392,96213,068,866,43112,448,628,65111,820,100,21210,059,862,7999,735,132,7713,858,025,6823,710,874,0252,966,468,9592,923,093,4882,648,049,1722,556,512,2472,520,325,3712,464,241,3582,119,184,9451,510,237,5931,454,719,3951,400,629,8541,398,228,1081,304,754,1361,224,587,6121,218,632,3801,038,006,3811,033,627,430956,031,481893,019,746760,061,446746,524,017722,794,273715,782,318697,919,175592,015,160569,623,259552,570,829502,675,174490,079,014479,287,514473,503,404466,296,107457,660,266454,044,813440,242,425402,739,113370,105,056359,605,590283,127,969262,758,585239,076,223183,523,571182,290,551174,925,818174,097,936158,314,330155,832,506151,608,177149,566,386119,192,168117,485,060116,375,810111,356,291110,270,010107,881,05196,501,21290,218,53782,328,55464,261,07763,416,05359,079,90049,234,55047,645,93445,427,86244,361,39043,444,07843,095,40537,131,17334,092,21933,757,22323,498,82421,394,82617,803,61617,254,47014,777,67514,393,70514,375,12714,329,58712,990,21612,387,97611,225,22710,777,83410,278,3149,358,1877,921,8167,568,0967,250,2356,225,4255,863,6155,829,8505,398,9185,185,4944,545,2374,348,3714,209,5633,811,9283,736,6753,679,8083,382,6463,126,7712,951,7102,916,6422,701,7652,595,8922,460,8292,268,3052,215,6022,211,2562,146,6942,134,3101,998,5221,799,1871,622,4981,586,4441,510,3991,333,6871,089,9891,087,748963,472912,491654,450583,645552,828532,847499,779407,061363,104315,242309,739304,741280,422274,466255,438234,203225,480206,988193,887165,536152,085139,856136,422134,655134,251130,325111,660101,67897,56295,26589,23989,11385,65980,25075,36472,86870,87267,33063,07662,09646,23043,58343,40239,95836,86933,53633,39328,72326,65325,50022,47218,51718,36614,83414,40213,81812,1699,5299,0627,1646,5926,1795,5885,3385,0334,5844,0193,2482,4222,2652,0531,9571,3861,3181,243French South Antarctic Territory959539413178959473471
References
External links Observatory of Economic complexity − Countries that export Packaged Medicaments (2014)'