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. 7,102 facilities across 78 countries. US sites are also listed by state.

01United States1,878 cos2,931 sites 02China943 cos1,022 sites 03India645 cos1,027 sites 04Germany155 cos252 sites 05South Korea128 cos138 sites 06Canada124 cos148 sites 07France116 cos180 sites 08Spain104 cos127 sites 09Italy98 cos166 sites 10Japan96 cos150 sites 11United Kingdom78 cos124 sites 12Mexico68 cos75 sites 13Switzerland66 cos97 sites 14Taiwan49 cos51 sites 15Israel30 cos37 sites 16Turkey29 cos30 sites 17Australia28 cos31 sites 18Netherlands28 cos34 sites 19Ireland27 cos40 sites 20Hong Kong22 cos22 sites 21Brazil21 cos22 sites 22Czechia20 cos26 sites 23Belgium19 cos23 sites 24Denmark18 cos35 sites 25Portugal17 cos17 sites 26Austria16 cos35 sites 27Poland15 cos16 sites 28Sweden15 cos18 sites 29Singapore14 cos15 sites 30Malaysia14 cos14 sites 31Finland11 cos15 sites 32Argentina11 cos11 sites 33South Africa10 cos11 sites 34Slovenia9 cos10 sites 35Colombia8 cos8 sites 36Bangladesh8 cos9 sites 37Greece8 cos9 sites 38Hungary7 cos9 sites 39New Zealand7 cos7 sites 40Norway7 cos11 sites 41Thailand6 cos6 sites 42Slovakia6 cos6 sites 43Pakistan6 cos6 sites 44UAE5 cos5 sites 45Romania5 cos6 sites 46Dominican Republic5 cos5 sites 47Lithuania4 cos4 sites 48Malta4 cos4 sites 49Egypt4 cos4 sites 50Philippines4 cos4 sites 51Indonesia4 cos4 sites 52Costa Rica3 cos3 sites 53Iceland3 cos3 sites 54Estonia3 cos3 sites 55Bulgaria3 cos3 sites 56Vietnam3 cos3 sites 57Latvia3 cos3 sites 58Croatia2 cos2 sites 59Uruguay2 cos2 sites 60ECU2 cos2 sites 61Macau2 cos2 sites 62Jordan2 cos2 sites 63HND2 cos2 sites 64BRB1 cos1 sites 65BOL1 cos1 sites 66OMN1 cos1 sites 67SLV1 cos1 sites 68COG1 cos1 sites 69Serbia1 cos1 sites 70Ukraine1 cos1 sites 71Guatemala1 cos1 sites 72KHM1 cos1 sites 73ABW1 cos1 sites 74RWA1 cos1 sites 75Peru1 cos1 sites 76Chile1 cos1 sites 77Saudi Arabia1 cos1 sites 78PRY1 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.

Where drugs areactually made

Where drugs are
actually made