Number of pharmacists in Kazakhstan in 2024 — 6,850 people. Ranked 19 in the world out of 70. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 35.5%.
1980–2024 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kazakhstan
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6,850 | +334 | +5.13% |
| 2023 | 6,516 | +219 | +3.48% |
| 2022 | 6,297 | −341 | −5.14% |
| 2021 | 6,638 | +237 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 6,401 | +700 | +12.28% |
| 2019 | 5,701 | −3,658 | −39.09% |
| 2018 | 9,359 | +751 | +8.72% |
| 2017 | 8,608 | −3,803 | −30.64% |
| 2016 | 12,411 | −1,890 | −13.22% |
| 2015 | 14,301 | +138 | +0.97% |
| 2014 | 14,163 | +335 | +2.42% |
| 2013 | 13,828 | +288 | +2.13% |
| 2012 | 13,540 | +333 | +2.52% |
| 2011 | 13,207 | +1,942 | +17.24% |
| 2010 | 11,265 | −965 | −7.89% |
| 2009 | 12,230 | −645 | −5.01% |
| 2008 | 12,875 | +224 | +1.77% |
| 2007 | 12,651 | −1,397 | −9.94% |
| 2006 | 14,048 | −1,580 | −10.11% |
| 2005 | 15,628 | +4,040 | +34.86% |
| 2004 | 11,588 | +1,198 | +11.53% |
| 2003 | 10,390 | +3,918 | +60.54% |
| 2002 | 6,472 | +1,761 | +37.38% |
| 2001 | 4,711 | +153 | +3.36% |
| 2000 | 4,558 | +951 | +26.37% |
| 1999 | 3,607 | −508 | −12.35% |
| 1998 | 4,115 | +255 | +6.61% |
| 1997 | 3,860 | +1,687 | +77.63% |
| 1996 | 2,173 | +1,020 | +88.46% |
| 1995 | 1,153 | −9,943 | −89.61% |
| 1994 | 11,096 | −1,607 | −12.65% |
| 1993 | 12,703 | −1,887 | −12.93% |
| 1992 | 14,590 | −134 | −0.91% |
| 1991 | 14,724 | +144 | +0.99% |
| 1990 | 14,580 | +233 | +1.62% |
| 1989 | 14,347 | +99 | +0.69% |
| 1988 | 14,248 | +180 | +1.28% |
| 1987 | 14,068 | +533 | +3.94% |
| 1986 | 13,535 | +277 | +2.09% |
| 1985 | 13,258 | +417 | +3.25% |
| 1984 | 12,841 | +553 | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 12,288 | +441 | +3.72% |
| 1982 | 11,847 | +680 | +6.09% |
| 1981 | 11,167 | +541 | +5.09% |
| 1980 | 10,626 | — | — |
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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