Medicine spending growth rate upper bound

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCF-5037JCNPDK-KT7NMM

8%
forecast

Global · 2026–2030

IQVIA projects medicine spending growth rate upper bound worldwide at 8% in 2026–2030.

Original source

Medicine spending growth rate upper bound: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IQVIA
Authority tier
T3 Research
Locator
Exhibit 15: Global medicine market size and growth including estimated COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic spending, 2016–2030
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Global medicine spending — the amount spent purchasing medicines from manufacturers before off-invoice discounts and rebates — is expected to exceed $2.6Tn by 2030 and increasing at a rate of 5–8% per year.

IQVIA Institute, Global Medicine Use Trends 2026, Exhibit 15: Global medicine market size and growth including estimated COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic spending, 2016–2030

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APA

IQVIA Institute. (2030). Global Medicine Use Trends 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-medicine-use-trends-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NMM

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MLA
IQVIA Institute. "Global Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2030, https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NMM.
Chicago
IQVIA Institute. "Global Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2030. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NMM.
BibTeX
@misc{iqvia2030medicinekt7nmm, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {Global Medicine Use Trends 2026}, year = {2030}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NMM}, note = {Original source: https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-01M2KJ7XCF-5037JCNPDK-KT7NMM T3 Research

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Publisher
IQVIA Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 3 · Research and companies
Report
Global Medicine Use Trends 2026
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Exhibit 15: Global medicine market size and growth including estimated COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic spending, 2016–2030
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NMM