Pharmacists per 10,000 people
Pharmacists per 10,000 population (ISCO-08 code 2262), as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts, divided by the national population. Depending on the country's source, the count covers practising pharmacists only or all registered pharmacists.
Pharmacy technicians and assistants are not counted. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Key facts
- Pharmacists per 10,000 people in the United States was 9.52 per 10,000 people in 2024, according to World Health Organization.
- Jordan had the highest pharmacists per 10,000 people of 129 countries in 2022, at 20.3 per 10,000 people, and Madagascar the lowest, at 0.01 per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 191 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by pharmacists per 10,000 people, 2022
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Syria
- Paraguay
- Gabon
- Cyprus
- Uzbekistan
- Eswatini
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