Number of pharmacists in the United Kingdom in 2023 — 65,406 people. Ranked 6 in the world out of 101. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 87.1%.
2002–2023 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 65,406 | +4,264 | +6.97% |
| 2022 | 61,142 | +4,294 | +7.55% |
| 2021 | 56,848 | −370 | −0.65% |
| 2020 | 57,218 | −1,021 | −1.75% |
| 2019 | 58,239 | +1,014 | +1.77% |
| 2018 | 57,225 | +1,265 | +2.26% |
| 2017 | 55,960 | −582 | −1.03% |
| 2016 | 56,542 | +2,162 | +3.98% |
| 2015 | 54,380 | +1,119 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 53,261 | +1,946 | +3.79% |
| 2013 | 51,315 | +1,584 | +3.19% |
| 2012 | 49,731 | +1,689 | +3.52% |
| 2011 | 48,042 | +7,401 | +18.21% |
| 2010 | 40,641 | +999 | +2.52% |
| 2009 | 39,642 | +727 | +1.87% |
| 2008 | 38,915 | +781 | +2.05% |
| 2007 | 38,134 | +427 | +1.13% |
| 2006 | 37,707 | +1,240 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 36,467 | −311 | −0.85% |
| 2004 | 36,778 | +874 | +2.43% |
| 2003 | 35,904 | +945 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 34,959 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United Kingdom
65,406
Finland
6,504
Ireland
5,744
Norway
3,542
Lithuania
2,700
Latvia
1,607
Estonia
955
Iceland
233
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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