Contact Contacts
Number of pharmacists — all countries

Number of pharmacists — Saudi Arabia

Number of pharmacists in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 36,810 people. Ranked 14 in the world out of 101. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 132.1%.

2023 36,810 people +8.14% vs 2022
World rank 14of 101
Period maximum 36,810 people2023
Period minimum 14,928 people2010

Trend over time

2008–2023 · people

Number of pharmacists — Saudi Arabia, 2008–202310,00020,00030,00040,0002008201020122014201620182020202220232008: 15,862 people2009: 14,943 people2010: 14,928 people2011: 15,317 people2012: 15,590 people2014: 21,639 people2015: 23,624 people2016: 25,119 people2017: 28,312 people2018: 29,125 people2019: 31,872 people2020: 27,529 people2021: 30,840 people2022: 34,040 people2023: 36,810 people
Change over the period: +20,948 (+132.06%) Average annual rate: 5.77 %
Number of pharmacists — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 36,810 +2,770 +8.14%
2022 34,040 +3,200 +10.38%
2021 30,840 +3,311 +12.03%
2020 27,529 −4,343 −13.63%
2019 31,872 +2,747 +9.43%
2018 29,125 +813 +2.87%
2017 28,312 +3,193 +12.71%
2016 25,119 +1,495 +6.33%
2015 23,624 +1,985 +9.17%
2014 21,639 — —
2012 15,590 +273 +1.78%
2011 15,317 +389 +2.61%
2010 14,928 −15 −0.1%
2009 14,943 −919 −5.79%
2008 15,862 — —

Western Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TR Türkiye 40,610 SA Saudi Arabia 36,810 IQ Iraq 32,370 JO Jordan 23,728 AE United Arab Emirates 16,263 IL Israel 7,817 QA Qatar 3,707 CY Cyprus 1,057
Full table for all countries

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.

Other indicators for Saudi Arabia

Healthcare Physicians, total

How many physicians work in a country — in absolute numbers, from 1971 onward.

Saudi Arabia by year Healthcare Nurses and midwives, total

How many nurses and midwives work in a country — usually three times as many as physicians.

Saudi Arabia by year Healthcare Dentists per 10,000 people

Provision of dentists — the only category of doctors WHO counts separately.

Saudi Arabia by year Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)

All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.

Saudi Arabia by year Healthcare Health expenditure per capita

How much is spent on health per person a year, in US dollars.

Saudi Arabia by year Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 people

The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

Saudi Arabia by year
All indicators for Saudi Arabia