Number of pharmacists in South-Eastern Asia in 2020 — 116,448 people. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 88.2%.
2004–2020 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 116,448 | +1,505 | +1.31% |
| 2019 | 114,943 | +10,202 | +9.74% |
| 2018 | 104,741 | −47,587 | −31.24% |
| 2017 | 152,328 | — | — |
| 2015 | 121,442 | +31,059 | +34.36% |
| 2014 | 90,383 | — | — |
| 2012 | 50,539 | — | — |
| 2010 | 67,087 | +26,206 | +64.1% |
| 2009 | 40,881 | +4,137 | +11.26% |
| 2008 | 36,744 | — | — |
| 2004 | 61,868 | — | — |
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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