Statista 24 March 2021 - by Niall McCarthy
Soaring demand for Covid-19 vaccines has resulted in massive changes in vaccine production.
Companies have drastically ramped up production and 413 million doses of nine different
vaccines had been produced by early March, according to an analysis by predictive science
intelligence company Airfinity. Out of that total, 43 percent have been mRNA, 35 percent are whole
virus and 22 percent are viral vector. With 119 million doses, Pfizer is the company that has produced
the highest quantity of Covid-19 vaccine, ahead of Sinovac with 91 million and AstraZeneca with
83 million.
Airfinity's data shows that an estimated 9.5 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be produced in 2021. Putting that number into perspective, it is nearly twice the volume of the five billion vaccine doses of all types produced across the world before the pandemic struck. Despite the scale of that figure, it is still less than the 11.5 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine needed to meet global demand this year.
Predictive science intelligence company Airfinity has released new data about global Covid-19 vaccine
production. Companies are starting to scale up production rapidly and so far, Pfizer has produced the
most doses with 119 million, ahead of Sinovac's 91 million and AstraZeneca's 83 million.
In total, some 413 million doses had been produced up to March 03, 2021. China has produced the highest number with 141.6 million while the United States has manufactured some 103 million. Together, Germany and Belgium have churned out a further 70.5 million while India has produced 42.4 million.
