Global spending on medicines 2010-2022

The data displays total medicine expenditure worldwide in 2010 and 2017, and provides a forecast for 2022. In 2010, total spending on medicine was 887 billion USD. It is estimated that by 2022 the pharmaceutical market will increase to over 1.4 trillion USD. The global pharma market shows significant increase over years, with North America still being by far the biggest regional submarket.