Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
Get in touch with us now| Characteristic | Africa | Eastern Mediterranean | Europe | Americas | South-East Asia | Western Pacific |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 260 | 151 | - | 0 | 7 | - |
| 2023 | 505 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | - |
| 2022 | 694 | 168 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 543 | 120 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 563 | 547 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 328 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 2018 | 65 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2017 | 22 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 18 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 19 | 342 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 93 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 168 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 398 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2010 | 709 | 175 | 478 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 2009 | 855 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 756 | 0 |
| 2008 | 996 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 565 | 0 |
| 2007 | 438 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 894 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1,213 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 702 | 1 |
| 2005 | 885 | 728 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 1 |
| 2004 | 934 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 2 |
| 2003 | 446 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 0 |
| 2002 | 212 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 1,600 | 0 |
| 2001 | 70 | 143 | 3 | 9 | 268 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1,863 | 505 | 0 | 12 | 591 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2,861 | 914 | 0 | 0 | 3,365 | 1 |
| 1998 | 991 | 555 | 26 | 0 | 4,775 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1,088 | 1,255 | 7 | 0 | 2,827 | 9 |
| 1996 | 1,949 | 532 | 193 | 0 | 1,203 | 193 |
| 1995 | 2,198 | 789 | 216 | 0 | 3,360 | 480 |
| 1994 | 1,594 | 1,015 | 239 | 0 | 5,120 | 698 |
| 1993 | 2,015 | 2,451 | 213 | 0 | 4,556 | 1,265 |
| 1992 | 1,555 | 1,900 | 176 | 0 | 9,754 | 1,919 |
| 1991 | 1,728 | 2,126 | 305 | 9 | 6,470 | 2,636 |
| 1990 | 4,228 | 1,498 | 33 | 18 | 11,313 | 5,963 |
| 1989 | 3,096 | 2,307 | 28 | 110 | 15,078 | 5,485 |
| 1988 | 4,543 | 2,339 | 41 | 314 | 25,253 | 2,127 |
| 1987 | 2,782 | 2,988 | 22 | 599 | 29,756 | 3,536 |
| 1986 | 3,425 | 3,935 | 39 | 905 | 20,542 | 4,000 |
| 1985 | 3,935 | 5,604 | 102 | 715 | 22,964 | 5,163 |
| 1984 | 2,968 | 3,467 | 132 | 579 | 23,708 | 4,230 |
| 1983 | 3,066 | 5,307 | 251 | 1,073 | 25,330 | 4,946 |
| 1982 | 3,897 | 8,797 | 332 | 996 | 27,564 | 10,042 |
| 1981 | 4,191 | 8,688 | 336 | 1,442 | 39,936 | 11,144 |
| 1980 | 5,126 | 12,622 | 384 | 2,989 | 20,089 | 11,420 |
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Release date
October 2025
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Worldwide
Survey time period
1980 to 2024
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