List of countries by pharmaceutical exports

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%).

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

References

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  2. ^ "Trade Map - List of importers for the selected product in 2024 (Pharmaceutical products)". www.trademap.org. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  3. ^ "Which countries export Pharmaceutical products? (2023)". The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
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