Number of pharmacists in Eastern Asia in 2016 — 715,058 people. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 28.2%.
2008–2016 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 715,058 | — | — |
| 2012 | 626,364 | — | — |
| 2008 | 557,922 | — | — |
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.
How many physicians work in a country — in absolute numbers, from 1971 onward.
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