Number of pharmacists in South Asia in 2023 — 1,786,579 people. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 18,660.7%.
2004–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.79M | — | — |
| 2021 | 1.41M | +180,439 | +14.71% |
| 2020 | 1.23M | +1.17M | +2,089.88% |
| 2019 | 55,996 | −1.18M | −95.48% |
| 2018 | 1.24M | +293,345 | +31.03% |
| 2017 | 945,498 | +200,681 | +26.94% |
| 2016 | 744,817 | +729,188 | +4,665.61% |
| 2015 | 15,629 | −663,940 | −97.7% |
| 2014 | 679,569 | — | — |
| 2012 | 668,359 | — | — |
| 2007 | 683,703 | — | — |
| 2004 | 9,523 | — | — |
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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