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Where does Sweden get its medicines? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Sweden imported $3.8 billion of medicines (40 thousand tonnes), 0.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Denmark (27%), Germany (16%) and Belgium (14%). Sweden was the world’s 27th-largest importer of medicines.

Summary

Value
$3.8billion
Tonnes
40thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.8%
World rank
27th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Denmark1Tonnes: 4,802USD per tonne: $216,47927.3%Air
Germany0.6Tonnes: 7,470USD per tonne: $80,03715.7%Air
Belgium re-exports0.54Tonnes: 5,815USD per tonne: $93,69714.3%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.32Tonnes: 1,564USD per tonne: $202,7568.3%Air
Italy0.26Tonnes: 3,115USD per tonne: $82,9286.8%Air
France0.17Tonnes: 3,114USD per tonne: $53,4434.4%Sea
Ireland0.16Tonnes: 1,534USD per tonne: $107,3654.3%Air
Switzerland0.16Tonnes: 192USD per tonne: $845,6904.3%Air
Spain0.09Tonnes: 5,909USD per tonne: $14,9052.3%Sea
Malta0.07Tonnes: 506USD per tonne: $135,2561.8%Air
Poland0.07Tonnes: 382USD per tonne: $174,3111.8%Air
United States0.06Tonnes: 173USD per tonne: $322,8801.5%Air
Finland0.05Tonnes: 276USD per tonne: $175,5471.3%Land
India0.04Tonnes: 1,465USD per tonne: $25,0250.96%Sea
Austria0.03Tonnes: 445USD per tonne: $69,1600.81%Air
Hungary0.03Tonnes: 231USD per tonne: $125,0700.76%Air
Czechia0.02Tonnes: 431USD per tonne: $48,0200.54%Air
China0.02Tonnes: 166USD per tonne: $93,0300.41%Air
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 194USD per tonne: $75,0880.38%Air
Romania0.01Tonnes: 881USD per tonne: $14,5220.34%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Denmark has been its main source since 2000

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

  • Denmark 1
  • Germany 0.6
  • Belgium 0.54
  • Netherlands 0.32
  • Italy 0.26

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Denmark0.171
Germany0.090.6
Belgium0.080.54
Netherlands0.090.32
Italy0.020.26

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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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