Number of pharmacists in OPEC in 2020 — 75,316 people. Since 2014, the indicator has fallen by 15.6%.
2014–2020 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 75,316 | −23,432 | −23.73% |
| 2019 | 98,748 | −14,472 | −12.78% |
| 2018 | 113,220 | +5,764 | +5.36% |
| 2017 | 107,456 | +31,764 | +41.96% |
| 2016 | 75,692 | −13,568 | −15.2% |
| 2015 | 89,260 | +9 | +0.01% |
| 2014 | 89,251 | — | — |
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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