RankCountryImports of Contact lenses in USD (2010)
1Japan$924,075,237
2United States$605,644,967
3United Kingdom$398,103,082
4Germany$262,766,217
5Singapore$254,634,399
6Netherlands$180,474,272
7Italy$168,584,059
8Canada$154,556,196
9France$151,857,191
10Spain$107,854,464
11Belgium$88,136,419
12Indonesia$85,672,253
13Russia$75,103,827
14Hong Kong$69,331,725
15Korea, South$69,066,528
16Sweden$68,810,438
17Norway$64,760,971
18Denmark$57,076,874
19Malaysia$55,728,740
20Switzerland$55,657,434
21Australia$54,929,136
22Ireland$54,477,210
23China$43,060,455
24Poland$25,726,824
25Mexico$24,620,472
26Austria$22,120,592
27Thailand$19,260,382
28New Zealand$17,881,877
29Saudi Arabia$17,067,221
30Portugal$16,437,306
31Brazil$16,145,398
32Turkey$14,164,616
33Israel$13,630,000
34Greece$13,451,683
35South Africa$13,260,810
36India$12,409,996
37Finland$12,139,664
38Ukraine$11,127,711
39Czech Republic$9,856,967
40Hungary$8,752,000
41Luxembourg$8,737,454
42Argentina$6,110,902
43Colombia$5,450,571
44Belarus$4,804,400
45Chile$4,737,151
46Iran$4,444,422
47Egypt$4,377,960
48Estonia$4,172,285
49Venezuela$4,170,916
50Lebanon$3,669,123
51Cyprus$2,999,973
52Slovenia$2,786,311
53Lithuania$2,681,393
54Macau$2,433,072
55Croatia$2,432,354
56Slovakia$2,402,214
57Qatar$2,357,542
58Peru$1,982,848
59Costa Rica$1,877,069
60Panama$1,853,299
61Romania$1,788,110
62Serbia$1,773,352
63Latvia$1,567,498
64Jordan$1,549,528
65Morocco$1,491,131
66Ecuador$1,403,556
67Vietnam$1,360,860
68Iceland$1,356,324
69Tunisia$858,175
70Guatemala$758,227
71Aruba$731,891
72Philippines$718,754
73Bahrain$712,083
74Bulgaria$681,843
75Paraguay$681,820
76Dominican Republic$654,852
77Oman$544,888
78Malta$500,784
79El Salvador$492,550
80Mauritius$473,490
81Bolivia$442,028
82Algeria$400,445
83Kenya$339,877
84Pakistan$338,503
85New Caledonia$332,125
86French Polynesia$306,094
87Syria$268,014
88Georgia$265,070
89Armenia$248,285
90Barbados$247,082
91Bosnia and Herzegovina$209,086
92Botswana$194,658
93Nicaragua$187,432
94Bahamas, The$149,481
95Moldova$144,351
96Nepal$117,793
97Jamaica$107,788
98Fiji$87,243
99Suriname$78,605
100Maldives$77,722
101Cambodia$70,181
102Azerbaijan$61,761
103Sri Lanka$51,284
104Albania$49,574
105Ethiopia$44,029
106Tanzania$30,602
107Trinidad and Tobago$29,516
108Yemen$27,321
109Zimbabwe$23,943
110Antigua and Barbuda$22,578
111Belize$21,163
112Malawi$18,848
113Kyrgyzstan$18,518
114Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15,889
115Ghana$13,707
116Madagascar$10,762
117Zambia$9,880
118Nigeria$8,884
119Guyana$6,611
120Dominica$6,405
121Bermuda$4,770
122Mozambique$4,741
123Senegal$4,669
124Uganda$2,264
125Cote d'Ivoire$1,991
126Mali$1,325
127Montenegro$1,320
128Samoa$255
129Bhutan$192
130Tonga$119
131Cape Verde$15
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$14,775$38,513$28,838$73,832$42,714$49,574$50,064
Algeria$590,958$398,247$371,913$402,708$455,376$400,445$428,007
Anguilla   $1,711   
Antigua and Barbuda$19,673$32,568$31,553 $27,415$22,578$15,046
Argentina$3,606,253$4,448,119$5,072,036$6,506,075$5,363,441$6,110,902$7,318,928
Armenia$10,148$20,367$56,835$105,512$145,257$248,285$287,918
Aruba    $543,595$731,891$731,575
Australia$24,577,524$31,994,239$33,582,825$48,551,725$47,146,164$54,929,136$61,097,706
Austria$17,748,126$17,772,008$23,039,355$24,631,013$24,768,717$22,120,592 
Azerbaijan$44,664$127,581$145,265$264,351$445,133$61,761$223,100
Bahamas, The$1,047$781$708$1,688$95,036$149,481$183,061
Bahrain$569,390$440,547$102,827$1,743,364$1,269,708$712,083$1,173,908
Bangladesh$13,349$52,912$25,277    
Barbados$288,857$268,188$402,742$411,734$309,003$247,082$278,723
Belarus$588,100$955,800$2,067,900$5,652,800$4,473,600$4,804,400$6,619,700
Belgium$18,660,588$21,009,623$54,639,356$82,610,940$76,380,465$88,136,419$86,505,950
Belize   $3,066$13,053$21,163 
Bermuda     $4,770 
Bhutan$1,498$151$2,737$375$1,185$192 
Bolivia$155,918$274,306$325,151$407,146$449,311$442,028$556,239
Bosnia and Herzegovina$114,680$159,422$230,053$368,579$277,019$209,086$350,451
Botswana$64,854$150,368$226,932$208,763$178,833$194,658$238,997
Brazil$9,387,518$11,579,982$12,302,856$12,305,800$12,095,031$16,145,398$17,209,319
Brunei $135,726     
Bulgaria$221,072$349,050$593,806$909,277$811,201$681,843$965,023
Burkina Faso$4,406      
Burundi$1,334$1,293$1,034$323$97  
Cambodia$15,119$8,076$59,920$98,892$71,547$70,181 
Cameroon   $994$769  
Canada$109,327,105$110,544,497$113,920,847$116,248,773$116,234,156$154,556,196$160,515,424
Cape Verde    $32$15$286
Chile$3,003,494$3,805,883$5,514,780$4,652,484$4,234,422$4,737,151$5,460,717
China$18,779,462$19,523,053$23,891,691$35,069,167$37,257,690$43,060,455$65,880,706
Colombia$2,291,604$3,075,212$3,898,462$4,942,774$5,114,672$5,450,571$6,618,220
Costa Rica$1,044,969$1,200,237$1,267,247$1,848,910$1,356,595$1,877,069$2,178,018
Cote d'Ivoire$410$5,938$4,731$30,430$58,203$1,991$6,844
Croatia$1,096,980$1,399,788$1,831,572$2,149,467$2,386,217$2,432,354$2,587,926
Cuba$2,355,761$296,665     
Cyprus$1,075,454$1,689,326$2,600,032$2,833,646$3,072,659$2,999,973$3,141,864
Czech Republic$4,917,210$5,461,470$6,947,381$10,097,689$9,892,319$9,856,967$14,434,740
Denmark$57,233,403$48,670,584$57,637,998$46,887,109$51,449,865$57,076,874$55,177,310
Dominica$5,696$9,785$7,357$7,088$7,969$6,405 
Dominican Republic$160,261$296,106$304,484$597,614$595,652$654,852$660,026
East Timor$75      
Ecuador$599,059$562,747$819,808$1,104,824$1,365,046$1,403,556$1,652,776
Egypt$1,262,538$313,901$248,004$3,159,487$3,234,443$4,377,960$5,293,758
El Salvador$266,672$324,976$336,104$560,101$404,352$492,550 
Estonia$538,529$899,157$1,026,142$1,710,734$1,933,931$4,172,285$4,304,015
Ethiopia$40,226$399$5,266$2,035$23,815$44,029$110,579
Faroe Islands$127,801$162,421$247,234$297,601$278,539  
Fiji$111,887$151,420$117,865$105,863$118,201$87,243 
Finland$6,233,941$7,233,146$8,299,373$7,708,402$21,549,389$12,139,664$10,973,328
France$131,901,645$119,860,869$134,043,557$153,494,937$154,524,006$151,857,191$162,283,358
French Polynesia$277,104$228,286$263,187$295,511$310,587$306,094$267,314
Gabon$2,191$33$245$5,418$1,093  
Georgia$72,405$118,365$354,759$237,993$228,544$265,070 
Germany$201,412,000$215,865,000$273,297,000$297,167,000$293,117,000$262,766,217$290,376,924
Ghana$594$7,097$5,264$1,941$5,643$13,707$4,275
Greece$7,262,237$10,664,288$14,745,902$20,157,613$16,280,439$13,451,683$10,910,934
Greenland$647$1,727$1,634    
Grenada$12,370$14,178$7,347$7,484$15,758  
Guatemala$377,563$485,288$465,391$734,456$759,526$758,227$915,828
Guyana$11,081$6,212$4,296$24,092$1,209$6,611$6,816
Honduras$97,533$120,795$131,625 $241,818  
Hong Kong$46,671,267$45,331,510$48,671,312$66,339,832$65,115,871$69,331,725$77,278,347
Hungary$5,522,000$5,125,000$7,115,000$7,221,000$6,506,000$8,752,000$10,230,000
Iceland$1,369,605$1,157,391$1,516,635$1,081,603$984,844$1,356,324$1,390,570
India$3,490,343$3,987,685$5,744,450$8,682,083$10,454,521$12,409,996$12,098,313
Indonesia$2,910,828$2,447,467$3,094,431$68,260,349$79,885,536$85,672,253$68,908,047
Iran$1,552,535    $4,444,422 
Ireland$7,989,392$9,045,876$9,656,439$6,880,981$23,101,068$54,477,210$71,124,748
Israel$6,649,000$8,465,000$9,084,000$10,325,000$11,482,000$13,630,000$15,708,000
Italy$122,653,806$117,111,127$149,293,550$166,424,678$162,703,875$168,584,059$190,523,725
Jamaica$185,211$173,267$129,300$195,348$126,677$107,788 
Japan$758,246,445$789,440,810$817,410,913$813,617,154$817,872,729$924,075,237$1,088,491,588
Jordan$820,873$1,182,600$1,562,909$1,716,048$1,569,109$1,549,528$2,041,834
Kazakhstan$102,811$915,639$1,247,661$1,491,532$1,271,405  
Kenya$294,587$156,842$250,521$216,038$270,757$339,877 
Korea, South$31,302,703$35,127,422$53,973,535$65,005,118$63,694,103$69,066,528$98,773,262
Kuwait $2,799,971$6,638,533$6,943,074   
Kyrgyzstan$2,318$1,185$600$14,608$2,908$18,518$44,985
Latvia$844,469$1,205,322$1,331,073$1,430,454$1,332,746$1,567,498$2,132,681
Lebanon$2,347,000$2,815,320$3,054,592$3,068,713$3,149,630$3,669,123$3,735,194
Lesotho   $1,798   
Lithuania$1,133,501$1,378,920$1,755,266$2,313,702$2,493,885$2,681,393$4,026,041
Luxembourg$3,316,054$4,446,494$6,834,742$8,240,426$9,415,327$8,737,454$10,829,322
Macau$556,128$909,379$1,229,819$2,103,072$1,409,644$2,433,072$2,318,233
Macedonia$92,325$103,937$138,033$186,526$167,237 $311,378
Madagascar$3,291$18,834$12,439$10,112$32,612$10,762 
Malawi$30,419$12,477$58,445$330,609$167,595$18,848$22,814
Malaysia$12,193,468$37,863,551$39,517,708$50,278,913$52,903,044$55,728,740$62,423,187
Maldives$21,530$30,587$63,556$82,272$87,747$77,722$145,018
Mali     $1,325 
Malta$680,330$764,028$978,016$1,033,200$996,259$500,784 
Mauritius$293,418$290,395$341,944$364,669$384,458$473,490$542,703
Mayotte  $2,345$171   
Mexico$12,802,912$14,527,688$20,507,122$18,757,226$20,137,182$24,620,472$15,738,656
Moldova$45,654$45,119$93,622$160,528$119,468$144,351$162,699
Mongolia$493$1,460$77    
Montenegro  $1,106$967 $1,320$2,460
Morocco$659,565$974,433$1,129,408$1,201,923$1,078,715$1,491,131 
Mozambique$1,798$6,039$6,166$9,379$15,371$4,741$10,000
Namibia$358,946$445,006$656,228$1,001,042   
Nepal    $67,899$117,793 
Netherlands$157,738,378$198,476,295$196,357,225$215,655,100$174,539,099$180,474,272 
Netherlands Antilles$471,389$609,553$701,366$715,019   
New Caledonia$287,805$333,455$327,886$425,965$396,188$332,125$374,676
New Zealand$6,888,588$7,182,420$12,782,723$24,232,478$17,666,766$17,881,877$25,032,055
Nicaragua$126,380$130,063$163,403$214,244$202,798$187,432$216,357
Niger$2,835$42$106    
Nigeria $71 $5,793 $8,884 
Norway$39,675,631$45,773,083$55,915,150$57,865,648$56,299,527$64,760,971$73,302,486
Oman$326,593$251,756$691,540$572,926$509,800$544,888 
Pakistan$474,450$268,116$372,634$391,416$337,140$338,503$262,409
Panama$754,940$1,271,068$1,143,828$2,306,962$2,191,069$1,853,299$2,110,882
Paraguay$216,242$274,230$543,019$535,036$496,508$681,820$862,604
Peru$840,313$1,085,671$1,551,798$1,669,446$1,734,981$1,982,848$1,951,422
Philippines$324,016$397,141$735,368$669,294$338,572$718,754$560,068
Poland$7,121,998$9,665,769$15,254,622$21,303,195$22,530,729$25,726,824$29,381,371
Portugal$7,860,552$9,148,580$11,324,501$13,904,263$16,146,764$16,437,306$29,704,965
Qatar$1,303,564$1,527,950$1,754,064$2,678,852 $2,357,542 
Romania$816,167$1,067,515$1,236,576$1,419,121$1,336,349$1,788,110$1,895,850
Russia$11,899,111$20,936,706$38,259,423$61,259,138$67,733,794$75,103,827$84,667,106
Rwanda$8,218$607    $18,340
Saint Kitts and Nevis$3,418 $1,207$8,426   
Saint Lucia$5,523$11,914$27,988$37,517   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$98$321$2,316$6,647$10,026$15,889 
Samoa   $239 $255 
Saudi Arabia$11,494,728$13,800,164$16,454,937$214,400 $17,067,221 
Senegal$1,228$3,142  $1,263$4,669$10,593
Serbia$827,225$1,133,776$1,266,443$1,514,268$1,591,683$1,773,352$2,038,591
Seychelles$9,760$7,076$9,905$19,652   
Singapore$199,399,621$275,747,986$365,973,276$310,368,148$294,551,931$254,634,399$266,802,146
Slovakia$1,336,434$1,279,660$1,644,489$2,306,300$2,194,483$2,402,214$1,451,132
Slovenia$1,520,838$1,610,821$2,130,314$2,535,980$2,753,679$2,786,311$2,880,907
South Africa$10,750,982$11,427,331$11,357,889$11,277,547$11,234,947$13,260,810$13,735,611
Spain$52,121,662$40,878,299$60,370,863$88,781,766$87,061,437$107,854,464 
Sri Lanka$35,320$50,945$14,919$34,731$8,950$51,284$232,410
Sudan$34,090$7,777$45,403$1,330$98  
Suriname$84,515$55,333$71,429$87,333$76,020$78,605$150,900
Swaziland$107,892$49,823$47,439    
Sweden$52,727,156$52,467,959$62,609,484$65,965,170$61,624,364$68,810,438$75,157,382
Switzerland$22,283,870$26,930,840$30,285,724$38,563,028$45,618,687$55,657,434$67,087,046
Syria$407,748$130,974   $268,014 
Tanzania$1,147$1,171$13,203$14,446$24,469$30,602$6,389
Thailand$10,214,823$14,394,704$15,243,812$18,052,949$20,681,151$19,260,382$17,178,383
Tonga  $291$123$163$119 
Trinidad and Tobago$163,162$115,142$170,338$77,602$14,721$29,516 
Tunisia$531,243$571,290$633,142$737,481$727,079$858,175 
Turkey$8,465,645$9,230,295$12,174,179$14,203,910$11,663,641$14,164,616$17,168,766
Uganda$1,431$11,122$4,690$6,865$4,163$2,264 
Ukraine$1,014,132$4,072,929$5,413,565$10,278,250$8,839,359$11,127,711$11,749,556
United Arab Emirates$8,074,023 $14,810,909$17,247,746   
United Kingdom$306,226,961$377,721,540$421,699,066$408,291,411$373,885,780$398,103,082$458,501,674
United States$414,975,444$396,251,627$413,659,414$506,357,099$577,622,454$605,644,967$523,523,091
Uruguay$320,964$375,358$508,139$718,644$662,108  
Vanuatu $3,796$5,830    
Venezuela$1,499,506$1,335,585$2,790,520$5,585,792$5,933,996$4,170,916$3,792,528
Vietnam$359,248$468,779$558,083$928,540$948,574$1,360,860 
Yemen$25,115$50,290$24,426$98,989$25,052$27,321$18,329
Zambia$22,466$5,246$8,610$12,956$5,428$9,880 
Zimbabwe$31,615$33,126$32,419$22,750$13,337$23,943