Number of pharmacists — all countries

Number of pharmacists — Lower-middle-income countries

Number of pharmacists in lower-middle-income countries in 2018 — 1,409,346 people. Since 2018, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2018 1.41M people
World rank
Period maximum 1.41M people2018
Period minimum 1.41M people2018

Trend over time

2018–2018 · people

Change over the period: +0 (+0%)
Number of pharmacists — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2018 1.41M

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.