Number of pharmacists in Southern Africa in 2024 — 19,487 people. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 69.8%.
2004–2024 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,487 | +686 | +3.65% |
| 2023 | 18,801 | +888 | +4.96% |
| 2022 | 17,913 | — | — |
| 2020 | 739 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,046 | — | — |
| 2011 | 13,273 | — | — |
| 2004 | 11,477 | — | — |
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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