As of November 2021, the total value of the pharmaceutical sector in the United States was around 2.8 trillion U.S. dollars, while the value in China stood at around 840 billion U.S. dollars. This statistic illustrates the pharmaceutical value worldwide in 2021, by major countries.
Value of the pharmaceutical sector worldwide as of November 2021, by major country*
(in million U.S. dollars)
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* Value means value of the commercial side of the drug sector. Torreya estimates it at approximately $7.03 trillion. Of this, $6.1 trillion is associated with publicly-traded companies.
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Torreya Partners. (November 8, 2021). Value of the pharmaceutical sector worldwide as of November 2021, by major country* (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246608/total-pharmaceutical-value-worldwide-by-country/
Torreya Partners. "Value of the pharmaceutical sector worldwide as of November 2021, by major country* (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246608/total-pharmaceutical-value-worldwide-by-country/
Torreya Partners. (2021). Value of the pharmaceutical sector worldwide as of November 2021, by major country* (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246608/total-pharmaceutical-value-worldwide-by-country/
Torreya Partners. "Value of The Pharmaceutical Sector Worldwide as of November 2021, by Major Country* (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246608/total-pharmaceutical-value-worldwide-by-country/
Torreya Partners, Value of the pharmaceutical sector worldwide as of November 2021, by major country* (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246608/total-pharmaceutical-value-worldwide-by-country/ (last visited April 03, 2025)
Value of the pharmaceutical sector worldwide as of November 2021, by major country* (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Torreya Partners, November 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246608/total-pharmaceutical-value-worldwide-by-country/
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