Number of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines sold overseas 2020-2022, by region
Between December 2020 and December 2022, China sold almost 1.6 billion Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccines internationally. Countries in the Asia-Pacific region purchased almost one billion doses alone, while a significant number of doses were also exported to Latin America, Africa, and Eastern European countries. Chinese vaccines were made with conventional technology and were considered as a more cost-efficient solution to the general vaccine shortages in 2021.
