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Where does Saudi Arabia get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia imported $5.6 billion of medicines (56 thousand tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (16%), the United States (12%) and Ireland (8%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 17th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$5.6billion
Tonnes
56thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
17th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany906Tonnes: 7,302USD per tonne: $124,11716.1%Air
United States676Tonnes: 1,919USD per tonne: $352,35612%Air
Ireland462Tonnes: 2,720USD per tonne: $169,6928.2%Air
Denmark421Tonnes: 482USD per tonne: $874,0457.5%Air
Italy407Tonnes: 4,284USD per tonne: $95,0417.2%Air
France357Tonnes: 3,668USD per tonne: $97,2206.3%Air
Switzerland334Tonnes: 1,481USD per tonne: $225,1815.9%Air
United Kingdom288Tonnes: 3,500USD per tonne: $82,2195.1%Air
Sweden234Tonnes: 415USD per tonne: $563,7934.1%Air
United Arab Emirates199Tonnes: 5,444USD per tonne: $36,6393.5%Land
Belgium re-exports191Tonnes: 2,873USD per tonne: $66,4983.4%Sea
India155Tonnes: 1,898USD per tonne: $81,8212.8%Air
Jordan147Tonnes: 1,833USD per tonne: $80,0062.6%Land
Japan119Tonnes: 383USD per tonne: $311,0622.1%Air
Austria98.2Tonnes: 1,180USD per tonne: $83,1791.7%Air
Egypt87.6Tonnes: 4,309USD per tonne: $20,3431.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports77.6Tonnes: 519USD per tonne: $149,5211.4%Air
Canada72.7Tonnes: 989USD per tonne: $73,5221.3%Sea
Spain67.5Tonnes: 1,320USD per tonne: $51,1161.2%Air
Singapore re-exports57.6Tonnes: 217USD per tonne: $265,1591%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2023

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Germany 906
  • United States 676
  • Ireland 462
  • Denmark 421
  • Italy 407

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany64.1906
United States22.5676
Ireland1.4462
Denmark11.3421
Italy4.6407

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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