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%).
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of drugs and medicines from 2019 to 2020 were: Slovenia (up 42.2%), Ireland (up 28.8%), India (up 13.5%) and Italy (up 11.2%).
Currently the top ten countries are listed, which account for more than 75% of the total market value, estimated to be $US 354 billions.
Note: The total was calculated excluding the figures for individual member states (for this purpose these include the UK) in order to avoid double-counting.