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Number of pharmacists — all countries

Number of pharmacists — G20

Number of pharmacists in the G20 in 2023 — 3,303,046 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 198.2%.

2023 3.3M people −1.24% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 3.34M people2022
Period minimum 987,319 people2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · people

Number of pharmacists — G20, 2000–202301M2M3M4M2000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1,107,597 people2002: 1,065,578 people2003: 1,118,964 people2004: 1,065,609 people2005: 987,319 people2006: 1,758,267 people2007: 1,690,594 people2008: 1,920,853 people2009: 1,620,400 people2010: 1,937,277 people2011: 1,653,813 people2012: 1,884,234 people2013: 1,703,518 people2014: 2,000,727 people2015: 1,176,190 people2016: 2,149,507 people2017: 2,284,643 people2018: 2,679,943 people2019: 1,269,342 people2020: 2,739,301 people2021: 2,783,200 people2022: 3,344,376 people2023: 3,303,046 people
Change over the period: +2.2M (+198.22%) Average annual rate: 4.87 %
Number of pharmacists — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 3.3M −41,330 −1.24%
2022 3.34M +561,176 +20.16%
2021 2.78M +43,899 +1.6%
2020 2.74M +1.47M +115.8%
2019 1.27M −1.41M −52.64%
2018 2.68M +395,300 +17.3%
2017 2.28M +135,136 +6.29%
2016 2.15M +973,317 +82.75%
2015 1.18M −824,537 −41.21%
2014 2M +297,209 +17.45%
2013 1.7M −180,716 −9.59%
2012 1.88M +230,421 +13.93%
2011 1.65M −283,464 −14.63%
2010 1.94M +316,877 +19.56%
2009 1.62M −300,453 −15.64%
2008 1.92M +230,259 +13.62%
2007 1.69M −67,673 −3.85%
2006 1.76M +770,948 +78.08%
2005 987,319 −78,290 −7.35%
2004 1.07M −53,355 −4.77%
2003 1.12M +53,386 +5.01%
2002 1.07M — —
2000 1.11M — —

About the indicator

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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