The overall cost of imported hearing aids increased by an average 38.9% since 5 years earlier in 2019 when imported hearing aids purchased were valued at $5.13 billion.
Year over year, global spending on imported hearing aids grew via a 15.3% advance compared to $6.18 billion during 2022.
The 5 biggest spenders on imported hearing aids in 2023 were the United States of America, Germany, Netherlands, France and Poland. Collectively, that quintet of leading importers were responsible for almost three-fifths (58.4%) of total spending on all hearing aids imported during 2023.
From a continental perspective, buyers in North America spent the most on imported hearing aids during 2023 with purchases costing $2.97 billion or 41.7% of the world’s total. In second place were importers located in Europe at 38.9% while another 12.2% of the world’s imported hearing aids was delivered to buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Latin America (3.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (2.9%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (1.2%).
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for hearing aids is 902140. That 6-digit code excludes parts and accessories for hearing aids.
Hearing Aids Importers by Country
Below are the 15 countries that spent the most on imported hearing aids during 2023.
- United States: US$2.6 billion (35.8% of imported hearing aids)
- Germany: $435.3 million (6.1%)
- Netherlands: $430.7 million (6%)
- France: $405.2 million (5.7%)
- Poland: $339.7 million (4.8%)
- United Kingdom: $260.1 million (3.7%)
- Canada: $215 million (3%)
- Mexico: $201.3 million (2.8%)
- Japan: $157.1 million (2.2%)
- Spain: $156.7 million (2.2%)
- Singapore: $117.2 million (1.6%)
- Belgium: $107.4 million (1.5%)
- Brazil: $104.8 million (1.5%)
- Australia: $103.7 million (1.5%)
- New Zealand: $102.8 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased almost four-fifths (79.8%) of all hearing aids imported in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for hearing aids since 2022 were: Mexico (up 193.6%), Poland (up 28.2%), United States (up 26.5%) and Brazil (up 22.9%).
Three listed buyer countries posted declines in their imported hearing aids purchases, specifically: Singapore (down -18.9% from 2022), Germany (down -10.4%) and France (down -6.2%).
Hearing Aids Imports into United States of America
America’s global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$2.55 billion in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which United States imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2022.
- Poland: US$676.7 million (up 49.6% from 2022)
- Mexico: $393 million (up 35.1%)
- Vietnam: $339.4 million (down -9.2%)
- Australia: $312.5 million (up 8.4%)
- Denmark: $266.9 million (up 56.6%)
- Switzerland: $212.9 million (up 31.6%)
- mainland China: $136.8 million (up 12.9%)
- Singapore: $103.5 million (down -1.6%)
- Malaysia: $69 million (up 272.4%)
- Sweden: $33.9 million (up 16.2%)
- Thailand: $2.9 million (up 121.3%)
- Belgium: $1.6 million (up 1037.9%)
- Germany: $994,000 (up 37.7%)
- Philippines: $634,000 (down -34%)
- Italy: $350,000 (down -26.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.97% of hearing aids imported by the United States of America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to the United States since 2022 were: Malaysia (up 234.6%), Philippines (up 183.5%), Mexico (up 41.7%) and Poland (up 9.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to American importers included: Germany (down -96.9% from 2022), Thailand (down -78.6%), Sweden (down -22.6%) and Vietnam (down -14.2%).
Overall, the value of the United States’ imported hearing aids rose by an average 3% from all supplying countries since 2022 when hearing aids purchased cost $2 billion.
Hearing Aids Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$435.3 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2022.
- Poland: US$109.8 million (up 6.1% from 2022)
- mainland China: $79.7 million (down -28.7%)
- Vietnam: $78.5 million (up 27.8%)
- Singapore: $63.4 million (down -18.5%)
- Denmark: $32.7 million (up 27.7%)
- Mexico: $26.1 million (down -12.4%)
- United States: $24.8 million (down -7.4%)
- Spain: $13.7 million (down -27.9%)
- Switzerland: $3.6 million (down -46.4%)
- United Kingdom: $2.1 million (down -90.7%)
- Türkiye: $246,000 (up 64%)
- Czech Republic: $154,000 (up 7,600%)
- Austria: $69,000 (up 146.4%)
- Malaysia: $67,000 (up 26.4%)
- Australia: $58,000 (down -49.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.95% of hearing aids imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to Germany since 2022 were: Czech Republic (up 7,600%), Austria (up 146.4%), Türkiye (up 64%) and Vietnam (up 27.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to German importers included: United Kingdom (down -90.7%), Australia (down -49.6%), Switzerland (down -46.4%) and mainland China (down -28.7%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported hearing aids fell by an average -10.4% from all supplying countries since 2022 when hearing aids purchased cost $486.1 million.
Hearing Aids Imports into the Netherlands
The Netherlands’ global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$430.7 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2022.
- mainland China: US$150.5 million (down -12% from 2022)
- Vietnam: $141.8 million (up 18.3%)
- Poland: $53.7 million (down -11.4%)
- United States: $20.6 million (up 15,407%)
- Malaysia: $18.1 million (up 1,174%)
- Switzerland: $9.5 million (down -25.4%)
- France: $8.5 million (down -6.5%)
- Germany: $7.7 million (up 474.5%)
- Norway: $4.8 million (down -25.4%)
- United Kingdom: $4.8 million (up 0.5%)
- Italy: $2.8 million (up 2245.5%)
- New Zealand: $2 million (up 101,950%)
- Belgium: $1.7 million (up 412.6%)
- Spain: $1.6 million (up 22.3%)
- Singapore: $498,000 (up 7,014%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.6% of hearing aids imported by the Netherlands in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to the Netherlands since 2022 were: New Zealand (up 101,950%), United States of America (up 15,407%), Singapore (up 7,014%) and Italy (up 2,246%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to Dutch importers included: Switzerland (down -25.4%), Norway (down -25.4%), mainland China (down -12%) and Poland (down -11.4%).
Overall, the value of Netherlands’s imported hearing aids grew by an average 10.4% from all supplying countries since 2022 when hearing aids purchased cost $390 million.
Hearing Aids Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$405.2 million in 2023. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2022.
- Poland: US$99.4 million (up 4% from 2022)
- Singapore: $92.3 million (up 7.6%)
- mainland China: $81.5 million (down -12.4%)
- Vietnam: $47.8 million (up 38.4%)
- United States: $39.7 million (down -39.4%)
- Mexico: $22.2 million (down -7.2%)
- Denmark: $15.2 million (down -0.7%)
- Switzerland: $2.8 million (down -59.2%)
- Spain: $2.3 million (down -14.4%)
- Germany: $597,000 (up 141.7%)
- Philippines: $364,000 (up 12,033%)
- Brazil: $72,000 (up 105.7%)
- United Kingdom: $57,000 (down -88.6%)
- New Caledonia: $34,000 (down -19%)
- Andorra: $18,000 (up 800%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 77% of hearing aids imported by France in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to France since 2022 were: Philippines (up 12,033%), Andorra (up 800%), Germany (up 141.7%) and Brazil (up 105.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to French importers included: United Kingdom (down -88.6%), Switzerland (down -59.2%), United States of America (down -39.4%) and New Caledonia (down -19%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported hearing aids fell by an average -6.2% from all supplying countries since 2022 when hearing aids purchased cost $432 million.
Searchable List of Hearing Aids Importing Countries in 2023
The 100 leading import nations showcased in the automated database below spent 99.9% of the total amount for globally imported hearing aids.
| Rank | Importer | Hearing Aid Imports | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $2,551,893,000 | +26.5% |
| 2. | Germany | $435,338,000 | -10.4% |
| 3. | Netherlands | $430,666,000 | +10.4% |
| 4. | France | $405,175,000 | -6.2% |
| 5. | Poland | $339,741,000 | +28.2% |
| 6. | United Kingdom | $260,148,000 | +5.2% |
| 7. | Canada | $215,011,000 | +20.5% |
| 8. | Mexico | $201,290,000 | +193.6% |
| 9. | Japan | $157,059,000 | +7.8% |
| 10. | Spain | $156,707,000 | +16.3% |
| 11. | Singapore | $117,189,000 | -18.9% |
| 12. | Belgium | $107,404,000 | +9.5% |
| 13. | Brazil | $104,821,000 | +22.9% |
| 14. | Australia | $103,675,000 | +4.6% |
| 15. | New Zealand | $102,848,000 | +14.4% |
| 16. | India | $97,713,000 | +27.7% |
| 17. | Denmark | $91,344,000 | +3.1% |
| 18. | Philippines | $89,261,000 | +13.3% |
| 19. | Switzerland | $70,229,000 | -4.9% |
| 20. | Italy | $67,215,000 | -2.2% |
| 21. | Türkiye | $65,955,000 | +67.6% |
| 22. | Austria | $63,866,000 | +1.1% |
| 23. | Israel | $63,684,000 | +19.7% |
| 24. | Norway | $56,763,000 | -4.2% |
| 25. | mainland China | $52,762,000 | -4.1% |
| 26. | South Korea | $43,407,000 | +5.9% |
| 27. | Sweden | $42,054,000 | +6.7% |
| 28. | Czech Republic | $30,709,000 | +30.5% |
| 29. | Portugal | $30,494,000 | -5% |
| 30. | Saudi Arabia | $30,368,000 | +83.9% |
| 31. | Argentina | $29,930,000 | -8.6% |
| 32. | South Africa | $29,218,000 | +20.2% |
| 33. | Russia | $28,030,000 | +20.9% |
| 34. | Finland | $27,343,000 | +51.3% |
| 35. | Ireland | $22,439,000 | +23.3% |
| 36. | Taiwan | $22,307,000 | +17% |
| 37. | Malaysia | $21,598,000 | -0.6% |
| 38. | Iran | $20,794,000 | -6.3% |
| 39. | Colombia | $20,515,000 | +0.2% |
| 40. | Chile | $18,844,000 | -0.8% |
| 41. | Egypt | $18,555,000 | -9.3% |
| 42. | Slovakia | $15,352,000 | +65% |
| 43. | Panama | $14,713,000 | +25.9% |
| 44. | Kazakhstan | $13,523,000 | +4393% |
| 45. | Hungary | $13,168,000 | +15.5% |
| 46. | Morocco | $11,672,000 | +15.9% |
| 47. | Romania | $11,195,000 | -13.8% |
| 48. | Hong Kong | $10,651,000 | +2.8% |
| 49. | Algeria | $10,555,000 | +37.1% |
| 50. | United Arab Emirates | $9,285,000 | 0% |
| 51. | Ecuador | $8,689,000 | +19.5% |
| 52. | Croatia | $8,503,000 | +5.9% |
| 53. | Greece | $8,435,000 | +21.4% |
| 54. | Lithuania | $8,417,000 | +76.7% |
| 55. | Thailand | $8,285,000 | +14.4% |
| 56. | Vietnam | $8,004,000 | -26.5% |
| 57. | Ukraine | $6,897,000 | -2.8% |
| 58. | Uzbekistan | $6,658,000 | -33.6% |
| 59. | Angola | $6,357,000 | +10.2% |
| 60. | Pakistan | $5,369,000 | -7.1% |
| 61. | Peru | $5,275,000 | -19.9% |
| 62. | Slovenia | $4,990,000 | +21.1% |
| 63. | Costa Rica | $4,724,000 | +5.3% |
| 64. | Belarus | $4,344,000 | +161.8% |
| 65. | Iceland | $4,146,000 | +32.2% |
| 66. | Guatemala | $3,959,000 | +29% |
| 67. | Bulgaria | $3,777,000 | +37.2% |
| 68. | Luxembourg | $3,740,000 | +9.4% |
| 69. | Serbia | $3,444,000 | -5.3% |
| 70. | Jordan | $3,060,000 | +0.2% |
| 71. | Uruguay | $3,031,000 | -16.1% |
| 72. | Tunisia | $2,915,000 | +6.6% |
| 73. | Cyprus | $2,785,000 | +36.1% |
| 74. | Indonesia | $2,662,000 | -1.9% |
| 75. | Lebanon | $2,528,000 | +2.9% |
| 76. | Armenia | $1,898,000 | +58% |
| 77. | Sri Lanka | $1,840,000 | +21.6% |
| 78. | Kuwait | $1,816,000 | +17.5% |
| 79. | North Macedonia | $1,538,000 | +27.6% |
| 80. | Bangladesh | $1,429,000 | +13.6% |
| 81. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,373,000 | +17.8% |
| 82. | Qatar | $1,364,000 | +7.3% |
| 83. | Bolivia | $1,354,000 | -8.9% |
| 84. | Iraq | $1,323,000 | -67.2% |
| 85. | Azerbaijan | $1,271,000 | -12.8% |
| 86. | Dominican Republic | $1,271,000 | -22.7% |
| 87. | Oman | $1,266,000 | -35.7% |
| 88. | Estonia | $1,150,000 | -17.3% |
| 89. | Moldova | $1,127,000 | +51.1% |
| 90. | Latvia | $1,000,000 | -22.9% |
| 91. | Mongolia | $980,000 | +0.7% |
| 92. | Libya | $917,000 | -25.7% |
| 93. | Kyrgyzstan | $903,000 | +48.8% |
| 94. | Syria | $765,000 | +99.2% |
| 95. | Mauritius | $757,000 | +16.5% |
| 96. | Trinidad/Tobago | $728,000 | -11.3% |
| 97. | Namibia | $695,000 | -13% |
| 98. | El Salvador | $675,000 | -7.5% |
| 99. | Turkmenistan | $656,000 | +334.4% |
| 100. | Faroe Islands | $649,000 | +18% |
Among these leading importers of hearing aids, the fastest growers from 2022 to 2023 were Kazakhstan (up 4,393%), Turkmenistan (up 334.4%), Mexico (up 193.6%), Belarus (up 161.8%) and Syria (up 99.2%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means 2022 data was unavailable.
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on December 13, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on December 13, 2024
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on December 13, 2024