# Pharmacists per 10,000 people in Japan

Pharmacists per 10,000 people in Japan was 20.26 per 10,000 people in 2022. Source: World Health Organization.

- Indicator id: `pharmacists_per_10k`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: per 10,000 people
- Definition: 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: World Health Organization, Density of pharmaceutical personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0014) (https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C668579/45CA7C8)
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- Citation: World Health Organization, data.who.int. Density of pharmaceutical personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0014) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C668579/45CA7C8 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | per 10,000 people |
|---|---:|
| 2022 | 20.26 |
| 2020 | 19.84 |
| 2018 | 18.94 |
| 2016 | 18.1 |
| 2014 | 16.95 |
| 2012 | 16.08 |
| 2010 | 15.42 |
| 2008 | 14.52 |
| 2006 | 13.61 |
| 2004 | 12.86 |
| 2002 | 12.11 |
| 2000 | 11.25 |
| 1998 | 10.29 |
| 1996 | 9.44 |
| 1994 | 8.49 |
| 1992 | 7.69 |
| 1990 | 7.3 |