Made in Nigeria
How much of Nigeria's registered medicine supply is actually manufactured here? We count it straight from the factory country the NAFDAC Greenbook records for each registration — no estimates, no surveys.
26%
of the 2,929 active medicine registrations we track (those whose factory country our October 2026 Greenbook copy records) are manufactured in Nigeria — 753 products.
Local share by category
Most locally made medicines
| Medicine | Local share |
|---|---|
| Co-trimoxazole (Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim) | 100% (33/33) |
| Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine | 100% (10/10) |
| Folic Acid | 100% (5/5) |
| Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) | 95% (55/58) |
| Ferrous Fumarate | 91% (10/11) |
| Ferrous Sulfate | 91% (10/11) |
| Metronidazole | 82% (50/61) |
| Zinc Supplement | 75% (9/12) |
| Ibuprofen | 73% (37/51) |
| Paracetamol | 71% (55/77) |
Who makes medicines in Nigeria
The registration holders with the most products whose recorded factory is in Nigeria — medicines made here rather than imported. Counts current registrations, not sales volumes. A company may own the plant or have the work done by another Nigerian factory under contract; each company's profile names the plant where the Greenbook records it.
Where the imports come from
The factory countries behind the 2,176 imported registrations we track. This counts registrations, not sales volumes — but it shows where Nigeria's medicine supply lines run.
Leading foreign manufacturers
The overseas factories behind the most active drug listings in our October 2026 Greenbook copy (factory name recorded on 100% of imported listings). Counts registrations, not sales volumes.
| Manufacturer | Country | Active listings |
|---|---|---|
| Alpa Laboratories Pvt Ltd | India | 176 |
| Impulse Pharma Pvt. Ltd | India | 82 |
| Claroid Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd | India | 73 |
| Mancare Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd | India | 67 |
| Globela Pharma Pvt Ltd | India | 62 |
| Swiss Pharma Pvt. Ltd | India | 61 |
| Stallion Laboratories Pvt Ltd | India | 60 |
| Astamed Healthcare (I) Pvt. Ltd | India | 57 |
| Lesanto Laboratories | India | 55 |
| Bharat Parenterals Limited | India | 48 |
Beyond medicines: the whole register
The same count across everything NAFDAC registers, where our copy records a factory country. The pattern inverts by product class: conventional medicines are mostly imported, herbal products are mostly made at home, and none of the recorded vaccines are manufactured in Nigeria.
Medical devices (1,006 active, factory country recorded on 21), Veterinary (93 active, factory country recorded on 0) are omitted: our copy records too few factory countries there for a share to be honest rather than a guess.
How we count this
For every medicine we cover, we take its active, single-ingredient registrations in our October 2026 copy of the NAFDAC Greenbook and read the manufacturer country recorded on each listing. Only registrations with a recorded country are counted — some listings don't carry one, so the true totals are larger than shown here. A locally made product means the factory is in Nigeria; the brand owner or registration holder may still be a foreign company, and vice versa. Figures update automatically with each monthly registry refresh.
Explore the companies behind these numbers on our manufacturer profiles, or check any product's registration with the NAFDAC checker.