Number of pharmacists in Egypt in 2021 — 58,366 people. Ranked 9 in the world out of 115. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 97.8%.
2014–2021 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58,366 | +3,818 | +7% |
| 2020 | 54,548 | −1,834 | −3.25% |
| 2019 | 56,382 | +11,368 | +25.25% |
| 2018 | 45,014 | +2,947 | +7.01% |
| 2017 | 42,067 | +3,911 | +10.25% |
| 2016 | 38,156 | +1,583 | +4.33% |
| 2015 | 36,573 | +7,066 | +23.95% |
| 2014 | 29,507 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The number of pharmaceutical personnel, from WHO. The indicator matters for assessing the availability of medicines: in systems with a weak primary level the pharmacy often turns out to be the first and only point of contact a person has with medicine, and provision of pharmacists determines how safe that contact is.
Important: In different countries the category takes in both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, so comparison of absolute numbers between countries is approximate.
Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
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