The
pharmaceutical industry is incredibly valuable and is continuing to grow. But
just how much of the world’s imports and exports involve pharmaceuticals? To
understand the impact of the pharmaceutical industry on the world’s economy, we
created two visualizations to demonstrate pharmaceutical imports and exports by
country in 2018.
The United States is, by far, the world’s
biggest importer of pharmaceuticals at $99.7 billion. As the opioid crisis in
the United States carries on, pharmaceutical companies are being scrutinized,
as was demonstrated in the Johnson and Johnson settlement.