The overall cost of imported hearing aids increased by an average 26.2% since 2018 when imported hearing aids purchased were valued at $4.95 billion.
Year over year, global spending on imported hearing aids flatlined via a 1% upturn compared to $6.18 billion during 2021.
The 5 biggest spenders on imported hearing aids in 2022 were the United States of America, Germany, France, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Collectively, that quintet of leading importers were responsible for almost three-fifths (57.5%) of total spending on all hearing aids imported during 2022.
From a continental perspective, buyers in Europe spent the most on imported hearing aids during 2022 with purchases costing $2.65 billion or 42.4% of the world’s total. In second place were North American importers at 36.3% while another 13.9% of the world’s imported hearing aids was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Latin America (3.2%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (3%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (1.1%).
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 2022.
- United States: US$2 billion (32.3% of imported hearing aids)
- Germany: $486.1 million (7.8%)
- France: $432 million (6.9%)
- Netherlands: $390.1 million (6.2%)
- Poland: $265.1 million (4.2%)
- United Kingdom: $247.2 million (4%)
- Canada: $178.5 million (2.9%)
- Japan: $145.7 million (2.3%)
- Singapore: $144.5 million (2.3%)
- Spain: $134.7 million (2.2%)
- Australia: $99.1 million (1.6%)
- Belgium: $98.1 million (1.6%)
- New Zealand: $89.9 million (1.4%)
- Denmark: $88.6 million (1.4%)
- Brazil: $85.3 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased over three-quarters (78.5%) of all hearing aids imported in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for hearing aid imports since 2021 were: New Zealand (up 106.5%), Brazil (up 11.6%), Singapore (up 10.9%) and Spain (up 6.8%).
Major buyer countries that posted declines in their purchases of imported hearing aids were led by: France (down -18.3% from 2021), Australia (down -12.4%), Japan (down -12.1%) and the United Kingdom (down -7.3%).
Hearing Aids Imports into United States of America
America’s global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$2.02 billion in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which United States imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2021.
- Poland: US$452.4 million (up 9.7% from 2021)
- Vietnam: $373.9 million (down -14.2%)
- Mexico: $290.9 million (up 41.7%)
- Australia: $288.4 million (up 5.4%)
- Denmark: $170.4 million (up 7.7%)
- Switzerland: $161.8 million (up 0.4%)
- China: $121.2 million (up 0.2%)
- Singapore: $105.2 million (down -10.5%)
- Sweden: $29.1 million (down -22.6%)
- Malaysia: $18.5 million (up 234.6%)
- Thailand: $1.3 million (down -78.6%)
- Philippines: $961,000 (up 183.5%)
- Greece: $839,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- Germany: $722,000 (down -96.9%)
- Canada: $605,000 (down -3.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.99% of hearing aids imported by the United States of America in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to the United States since 2021 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 2021), Thailand (down -78.6%), Sweden (down -22.6%) and Vietnam (down -14.2%).
Overall, the value of United States’s imported hearing aids rose by an average 3% from all supplying countries since 2021 when hearing aids purchased cost $2 billion.
Hearing Aids Imports into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$486.1 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2021.
- China: US$111.9 million (down -1% from 2021)
- Poland: $103.5 million (up 24%)
- Singapore: $77.7 million (down -23.7%)
- Vietnam: $61.5 million (down -17.7%)
- Mexico: $29.8 million (up 8.8%)
- United States: $26.8 million (down -16%)
- Denmark: $25.6 million (down -10.6%)
- United Kingdom: $22.9 million (down -7.3%)
- Spain: $19 million (down -17.2%)
- Switzerland: $6.7 million (up 66.3%)
- Belgium: $156,000 (down 0%)
- Türkiye: $150,000 (up 3.4%)
- Australia: $115,000 (down -6.5%)
- France: $61,000 (up 205%)
- Malaysia: $53,000 (up 71%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.98% of hearing aids imported by Germany in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to Germany since 2021 were: France (up 205%), Malaysia (up 71%), Switzerland (up 66.3%) and Poland (up 24%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to German importers included: Singapore (down -23.7% from 2021), Vietnam (down -17.7%), Spain (down -17.2%) and the United States of America (down -16%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported hearing aids fell by an average -5.3% from all supplying countries since 2021 when hearing aids purchased cost $513.3 million.
Hearing Aids Imports into France
France’s global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$432 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2021.
- Poland: US$95.6 million (down -7.2% from 2021)
- China: $93.1 million (up 39.8%)
- Singapore: $85.8 million (down -43.2%)
- United States: $65.6 million (down -6.1%)
- Vietnam: $34.5 million (down -48.5%)
- Mexico: $23.9 million (down -9.4%)
- Denmark: $15.4 million (down -36.6%)
- Switzerland: $7 million (up 131.7%)
- Area Nes: $6.8 million (down -36.4%)
- Spain: $2.7 million (down -15.1%)
- United Kingdom: $499,000 (down -47.4%)
- Morocco: $386,000 (up 9,550%)
- Germany: $247,000 (down -76.2%)
- Egypt: $122,000 (2021 data unavailable)
- Kazakhstan: $85,000 (down -58.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.3% of hearing aids imported by France in 2022.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of hearing aids to France since 2021 were: Morocco (up 9,550%), Switzerland (up 131.7%) and mainland China (up 39.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to French importers included: Germany (down -76.2% from 2021), Kazakhstan (down -58.3%), Vietnam (down -48.5%) and the United Kingdom (down -47.4%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported hearing aids fell by an average -18.3% from all supplying countries since 2021 when hearing aids purchased cost $529.1 million.
Hearing Aids Imports into the Netherlands
Netherlands’ global purchases of imported hearing aids totaled US$390.1 million in 2022. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the Netherlands imported the highest dollar value worth of hearing aids during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country since 2021.
- China: US$171 million (down -8.5% from 2021)
- Vietnam: $119.9 million (up 3.73%)
- Poland: $60.7 million (up 28.6%)
- Switzerland: $12.7 million (up 95.1%)
- France: $9.1 million (up 916.1%)
- Norway: $6.5 million (up 30.2%)
- United Kingdom: $4.8 million (down -53.4%)
- Malaysia: $1.4 million (up 3,640%)
- Germany: $1.4 million (down -76.7%)
- Spain: $1.3 million (down -28.3%)
- Belgium: $403,000 (up 57.4%)
- Japan: $205,000 (down -52.3%)
- United States: $133,000 (down -70.7%)
- Italy: $117,000 (down -95.7%)
- South Africa: $63,000 (up 46.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of hearing aids imported by the Netherlands in 2022.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of hearing aids to the Netherlands since 2021 were: Malaysia (up 3,640%), France (up 916.1%), Switzerland (up 95.1%) and Belgium (up 57.4%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their hearing aids supplied to Dutch importers included: Italy (down -95.7% from 2021), Germany (down -76.7%), United States of America (down -70.7%) and the United Kingdom (down -53.4%).
Overall, the value of Netherlands’ imported hearing aids increased by an average 1.6% from all supplying countries since 2021 when hearing aids purchased cost $384.1 million.
Searchable List of Hearing Aids Importing Countries in 2022
The 100 leading import nations showcased in the automated database below spent 99.8% of the total amount for globally imported hearing aids.
| Rank | Importer | Hearing Aid Imports | 2021-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $2,017,637,000 | +3% |
| 2. | Germany | $486,050,000 | -5.3% |
| 3. | France | $432,010,000 | -18.3% |
| 4. | Netherlands | $390,129,000 | +1.6% |
| 5. | Poland | $265,100,000 | +2.8% |
| 6. | United Kingdom | $247,183,000 | -7.3% |
| 7. | Canada | $178,451,000 | +6.1% |
| 8. | Japan | $145,685,000 | -12.1% |
| 9. | Singapore | $144,514,000 | +10.9% |
| 10. | Spain | $134,749,000 | +6.8% |
| 11. | Australia | $99,075,000 | -12.4% |
| 12. | Belgium | $98,090,000 | -4.1% |
| 13. | New Zealand | $89,891,000 | +106.5% |
| 14. | Denmark | $88,551,000 | +5.3% |
| 15. | Brazil | $85,255,000 | +11.6% |
| 16. | Vietnam | $83,735,000 | +163.9% |
| 17. | Philippines | $78,781,000 | +94.9% |
| 18. | India | $76,514,000 | +38.2% |
| 19. | Switzerland | $73,822,000 | -6.8% |
| 20. | Italy | $71,938,000 | -16.6% |
| 21. | Mexico | $68,552,000 | +73.3% |
| 22. | Austria | $63,147,000 | -6.4% |
| 23. | Norway | $59,271,000 | -10.6% |
| 24. | China | $55,007,000 | -17.7% |
| 25. | Israel | $53,224,000 | -9.5% |
| 26. | South Korea | $40,975,000 | +0.1% |
| 27. | Türkiye | $39,346,000 | +5.3% |
| 28. | Sweden | $39,044,000 | -9.5% |
| 29. | Argentina | $32,753,000 | +37.5% |
| 30. | Portugal | $31,827,000 | -3.9% |
| 31. | South Africa | $24,306,000 | +10.9% |
| 32. | Czech Republic | $23,530,000 | -0.3% |
| 33. | Russia | $23,028,000 | -34.7% |
| 34. | Malaysia | $21,723,000 | +21.4% |
| 35. | Colombia | $20,466,000 | +7.9% |
| 36. | Taiwan | $19,069,000 | +4.1% |
| 37. | Chile | $18,997,000 | +19.1% |
| 38. | Ireland | $17,878,000 | -0.3% |
| 39. | Saudi Arabia | $14,998,000 | -61.9% |
| 40. | Egypt | $14,250,000 | -1.9% |
| 41. | Finland | $14,204,000 | +2.3% |
| 42. | Romania | $12,987,000 | +10.9% |
| 43. | Panama | $11,690,000 | -25.7% |
| 44. | Hungary | $11,404,000 | -5.9% |
| 45. | Iran | $11,164,000 | -54.8% |
| 46. | Kazakhstan | $10,713,000 | +112.7% |
| 47. | United Arab Emirates | $10,710,000 | +12.7% |
| 48. | Slovakia | $10,388,000 | +66.3% |
| 49. | Hong Kong | $10,363,000 | -34.9% |
| 50. | Morocco | $10,071,000 | +6.7% |
| 51. | Uzbekistan | $10,022,000 | +46.2% |
| 52. | Croatia | $8,026,000 | +33.8% |
| 53. | Algeria | $7,699,000 | +35.1% |
| 54. | Ecuador | $7,270,000 | +57.8% |
| 55. | Thailand | $7,239,000 | +20.2% |
| 56. | Ukraine | $7,097,000 | -4% |
| 57. | Greece | $6,950,000 | -4.1% |
| 58. | Peru | $6,588,000 | +38.6% |
| 59. | Pakistan | $5,781,000 | +38.5% |
| 60. | Angola | $5,767,000 | +7693% |
| 61. | Lithuania | $4,764,000 | +35.9% |
| 62. | Costa Rica | $4,487,000 | +15.3% |
| 63. | Slovenia | $4,121,000 | +4.9% |
| 64. | Serbia | $3,636,000 | +25.8% |
| 65. | Iraq | $3,614,000 | -76.4% |
| 66. | Uruguay | $3,613,000 | +22.3% |
| 67. | Luxembourg | $3,330,000 | -12.1% |
| 68. | Iceland | $3,135,000 | -2.8% |
| 69. | Guatemala | $3,070,000 | +19.6% |
| 70. | Bulgaria | $2,753,000 | +26.6% |
| 71. | Indonesia | $2,713,000 | +55.7% |
| 72. | Lebanon | $2,456,000 | +94.5% |
| 73. | Tunisia | $2,280,000 | -15.6% |
| 74. | Jordan | $2,169,000 | -19.5% |
| 75. | Cyprus | $2,047,000 | -2.8% |
| 76. | Oman | $1,942,000 | +108.6% |
| 77. | Cuba | $1,666,000 | +93.7% |
| 78. | Belarus | $1,659,000 | -37.1% |
| 79. | Dominican Republic | $1,644,000 | +23.9% |
| 80. | Sri Lanka | $1,513,000 | -46.7% |
| 81. | Bolivia | $1,486,000 | +4.9% |
| 82. | Kuwait | $1,460,000 | -10.3% |
| 83. | Azerbaijan | $1,457,000 | -5.6% |
| 84. | Estonia | $1,390,000 | +33.5% |
| 85. | Latvia | $1,297,000 | +127.9% |
| 86. | Qatar | $1,271,000 | +46.4% |
| 87. | Bangladesh | $1,258,000 | +67.5% |
| 88. | Libya | $1,225,000 | +22.9% |
| 89. | North Macedonia | $1,205,000 | +5.9% |
| 90. | Armenia | $1,201,000 | +35.4% |
| 91. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,166,000 | +67% |
| 92. | Mongolia | $973,000 | +39.2% |
| 93. | Trinidad/Tobago | $821,000 | +300.5% |
| 94. | Namibia | $799,000 | -2.2% |
| 95. | Moldova | $746,000 | +1.4% |
| 96. | El Salvador | $730,000 | +32% |
| 97. | Yemen | $723,000 | +61% |
| 98. | Mauritius | $650,000 | +1.2% |
| 99. | Kyrgyzstan | $607,000 | +100.3% |
| 100. | Malta | $584,000 | +17.3% |
Among these leading importers of hearing aids, the fastest growers from 2021 to 2022 were Angola (up 7,693%), Trinidad and Tobago (up 300.5%), Vietnam (up 163.9%), Latvia (up 127.9%), Kazakhstan (up 112.7%), Oman (up 108.6%), New Zealand (up 106.5%) and Kyrgyzstan (up 100.3%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means 2021 data was unavailable.
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Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 22, 2023
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 22, 2023
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 22, 2023