Geography
Where drugs are
actually made
Any site making drugs for the US market must register with the FDA regardless of where it sits, which makes this the closest thing to a global census of pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. 7,149 facilities across 78 countries.
01United States1,906 cos2,955 sites02China957 cos1,037 sites03India640 cos1,023 sites04Germany156 cos254 sites05South Korea129 cos139 sites06Canada128 cos149 sites07France116 cos179 sites08Spain103 cos126 sites09Italy100 cos169 sites10Japan96 cos150 sites11United Kingdom78 cos125 sites12Mexico67 cos74 sites13Switzerland66 cos97 sites14Taiwan49 cos51 sites15Israel30 cos37 sites16Turkey30 cos32 sites17Netherlands29 cos37 sites18Australia28 cos31 sites19Ireland27 cos40 sites20Brazil21 cos22 sites21Belgium20 cos30 sites22Czechia20 cos26 sites23Hong Kong19 cos19 sites24Denmark18 cos35 sites25Portugal16 cos16 sites26Poland15 cos16 sites27Malaysia15 cos15 sites28Austria15 cos30 sites29Singapore14 cos15 sites30Sweden14 cos17 sites31Finland11 cos15 sites32Argentina11 cos11 sites33South Africa10 cos11 sites34New Zealand9 cos10 sites35Slovenia9 cos10 sites36Bangladesh8 cos9 sites37Greece8 cos9 sites38Norway7 cos11 sites39Colombia7 cos7 sites40Thailand6 cos6 sites41Slovakia6 cos6 sites42Hungary6 cos8 sites43UAE6 cos6 sites44Pakistan6 cos6 sites45Vietnam5 cos5 sites46Romania5 cos6 sites47Dominican Republic5 cos5 sites48Malta4 cos4 sites49Philippines4 cos4 sites50Lithuania4 cos4 sites51Egypt4 cos4 sites52Indonesia4 cos4 sites53Latvia3 cos3 sites54Estonia3 cos3 sites55Jordan3 cos3 sites56Costa Rica3 cos3 sites57Iceland3 cos3 sites58Bulgaria3 cos3 sites59Uruguay2 cos2 sites60Croatia2 cos2 sites61Macau2 cos2 sites62HND2 cos2 sites63RWA1 cos1 sites64PRY1 cos1 sites65BOL1 cos1 sites66BRB1 cos1 sites67KHM1 cos1 sites68ECU1 cos1 sites69Peru1 cos1 sites70Chile1 cos1 sites71Saudi Arabia1 cos1 sites72Ukraine1 cos1 sites73Serbia1 cos1 sites74Guatemala1 cos1 sites75COG1 cos1 sites76SLV1 cos1 sites77OMN1 cos1 sites78ABW1 cos1 sites
Provenance
Country is taken from the registered address of each establishment. A company’s listed country is where most of its registered sites are, which is not necessarily where it is headquartered or incorporated.