Number of pharmacists in the European Union in 2023 — 411,080 people. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 353.9%.
1980–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 411,080 | −12,113 | −2.86% |
| 2022 | 423,193 | +4,676 | +1.12% |
| 2021 | 418,517 | +7,758 | +1.89% |
| 2020 | 410,759 | +6,570 | +1.63% |
| 2019 | 404,189 | +6,978 | +1.76% |
| 2018 | 397,211 | +4,393 | +1.12% |
| 2017 | 392,818 | +1,251 | +0.32% |
| 2016 | 391,567 | +4,489 | +1.16% |
| 2015 | 387,078 | +2,484 | +0.65% |
| 2014 | 384,594 | +8,619 | +2.29% |
| 2013 | 375,975 | +19,781 | +5.55% |
| 2012 | 356,194 | +8,836 | +2.54% |
| 2011 | 347,358 | −2,232 | −0.64% |
| 2010 | 349,590 | +2,034 | +0.59% |
| 2009 | 347,556 | +373 | +0.11% |
| 2008 | 347,183 | +10,524 | +3.13% |
| 2007 | 336,659 | +19,116 | +6.02% |
| 2006 | 317,543 | +2,284 | +0.72% |
| 2005 | 315,259 | +4,178 | +1.34% |
| 2004 | 311,081 | −1,760 | −0.56% |
| 2003 | 312,841 | +6,159 | +2.01% |
| 2002 | 306,682 | +6,891 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 299,791 | +7,409 | +2.53% |
| 2000 | 292,382 | +10,364 | +3.67% |
| 1999 | 282,018 | +9,411 | +3.45% |
| 1998 | 272,607 | +554 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 272,053 | +7,629 | +2.89% |
| 1996 | 264,424 | −13,546 | −4.87% |
| 1995 | 277,970 | +8,027 | +2.97% |
| 1994 | 269,943 | +7,230 | +2.75% |
| 1993 | 262,713 | +2,261 | +0.87% |
| 1992 | 260,452 | −2,156 | −0.82% |
| 1991 | 262,608 | +41,234 | +18.63% |
| 1990 | 221,374 | +2,278 | +1.04% |
| 1989 | 219,096 | +3,399 | +1.58% |
| 1988 | 215,697 | +5,204 | +2.47% |
| 1987 | 210,493 | +4,755 | +2.31% |
| 1986 | 205,738 | +104,009 | +102.24% |
| 1985 | 101,729 | +10,804 | +11.88% |
| 1984 | 90,925 | +2,057 | +2.31% |
| 1983 | 88,868 | +1,895 | +2.18% |
| 1982 | 86,973 | +2,355 | +2.78% |
| 1981 | 84,618 | −5,944 | −6.56% |
| 1980 | 90,562 | — | — |
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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