Number of pharmacists in Europe & Central Asia in 2023 — 536,063 people. Since 1989, the indicator has risen by 100.7%.
1989–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 536,063 | −15,254 | −2.77% |
| 2022 | 551,317 | +11,818 | +2.19% |
| 2021 | 539,499 | +302 | +0.06% |
| 2020 | 539,197 | +8,865 | +1.67% |
| 2019 | 530,332 | +1,723 | +0.33% |
| 2018 | 528,609 | +14,713 | +2.86% |
| 2017 | 513,896 | −2,564 | −0.5% |
| 2016 | 516,460 | +5,886 | +1.15% |
| 2015 | 510,574 | −339 | −0.07% |
| 2014 | 510,913 | +6,205 | +1.23% |
| 2013 | 504,708 | +27,138 | +5.68% |
| 2012 | 477,570 | +8,468 | +1.81% |
| 2011 | 469,102 | +7,564 | +1.64% |
| 2010 | 461,538 | +2,935 | +0.64% |
| 2009 | 458,603 | +2,496 | +0.55% |
| 2008 | 456,107 | +13,545 | +3.06% |
| 2007 | 442,562 | +18,348 | +4.33% |
| 2006 | 424,214 | +3,291 | +0.78% |
| 2005 | 420,923 | +9,149 | +2.22% |
| 2004 | 411,774 | −628 | −0.15% |
| 2003 | 412,402 | +13,326 | +3.34% |
| 2002 | 399,076 | +46,286 | +13.12% |
| 2001 | 352,790 | +7,009 | +2.03% |
| 2000 | 345,781 | +16,698 | +5.07% |
| 1999 | 329,083 | +10,717 | +3.37% |
| 1998 | 318,366 | −1,029 | −0.32% |
| 1997 | 319,395 | +9,519 | +3.07% |
| 1996 | 309,876 | −7,090 | −2.24% |
| 1995 | 316,966 | — | — |
| 1992 | 314,193 | — | — |
| 1989 | 267,072 | — | — |
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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