Pharmaceutical personnel per 1000 by country
Countries reporting
165
Highest
23.36
Monaco
Lowest
0.01
Madagascar
Median
2.98
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,512
What the numbers show
Pharmaceutical personnel per 1000 is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 23.36 in Monaco; the lowest is 0.01 in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.98, and the mean is 4.89.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,336.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 5,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 94.6%).
Pharmaceutical personnel per 1000: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 23.36 | 2020 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 2 | Jordan | 21.1 | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 20.26 | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 4 | Syria | 16.59 | 2022 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 5 | Lebanon | 16.3 | 2020 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 16.02 | 2023 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 15.28 | 2023 | up 216.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Italy | 13.85 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 12.87 | 2024 | up 36.6% | flat |
| 10 | Mongolia | 12.85 | 2024 | up 132.4% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 12.84 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 12.45 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 13 | Iceland | 12.2 | 2024 | up 161.2% | falling |
| 14 | India | 12.12 | 2024 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 12.09 | 2022 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 11.89 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 11.66 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 18 | Finland | 11.61 | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 19 | Barbados | 11.58 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 11.33 | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 11.21 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 11.07 | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 10.8 | 2018 | up 205.1% | rising |
| 24 | San Marino | 10.42 | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 10.01 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 26 | Andorra | 9.77 | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 9.59 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 9.59 | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 9.58 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 9.52 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 30 | United States | 9.52 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 32 | Lithuania | 9.46 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 33 | France | 9.43 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 34 | Kuwait | 9 | 2020 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 35 | Croatia | 8.78 | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 36 | Hungary | 8.66 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 37 | Latvia | 8.59 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 38 | Slovakia | 8.49 | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 39 | Oman | 8.3 | 2024 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 40 | South Korea | 8.26 | 2023 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 41 | Sweden | 8.02 | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 42 | Seychelles | 7.98 | 2024 | up 1,895.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 7.86 | 2023 | up 397.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 7.7 | 2022 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Austria | 7.69 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 46 | Czechia | 7.64 | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 47 | New Zealand | 7.4 | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 48 | Poland | 7.39 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 48 | Slovenia | 7.39 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 50 | Chile | 7.27 | 2023 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 51 | Iraq | 7.18 | 2023 | up 204.2% | rising |
| 52 | Maldives | 7.01 | 2020 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.01 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 54 | Switzerland | 7 | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Estonia | 6.99 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 6.97 | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Germany | 6.65 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Grenada | 6.52 | 2016 | up 229.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Malaysia | 6.43 | 2024 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Norway | 6.42 | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.28 | 2018 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 62 | Moldova | 6.11 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 63 | Singapore | 6.04 | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 5.95 | 2022 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 65 | Denmark | 5.88 | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 5.78 | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 67 | Niue | 5.56 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 68 | North Korea | 5.4 | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 5.37 | 2022 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 5.31 | 2024 | up 78.2% | flat |
| 71 | Egypt | 5.26 | 2021 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 72 | Belarus | 4.66 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 73 | Turkey | 4.65 | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 4.17 | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 75 | Libya | 4.1 | 2020 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 76 | China | 4 | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 77 | Brazil | 3.8 | 2024 | down 45.2% | flat |
| 78 | Iran | 3.36 | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 79 | Vietnam | 3.34 | 2017 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 3.33 | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 81 | Tuvalu | 3.13 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 82 | Algeria | 3 | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 83 | Laos | 2.98 | 2024 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 2.92 | 2024 | up 412.3% | volatile |
| 85 | South Africa | 2.86 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | Montenegro | 2.79 | 2024 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 87 | Namibia | 2.73 | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 2.56 | 2020 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 89 | Nepal | 2.51 | 2024 | up 470.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Indonesia | 2.44 | 2024 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Tunisia | 2.42 | 2021 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 92 | Bolivia | 2.41 | 2021 | up 276.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Pakistan | 2.32 | 2024 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 94 | Thailand | 2.3 | 2022 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 95 | Brunei | 2.29 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 2.18 | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 97 | Netherlands | 2.16 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 98 | Djibouti | 2.09 | 2014 | up 850.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Ghana | 2.07 | 2024 | up 989.5% | volatile |
| 100 | East Timor | 2 | 2023 | up 1,328.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Colombia | 1.85 | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 102 | Bahrain | 1.65 | 2020 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 102 | Peru | 1.65 | 2023 | up 217.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 1.62 | 2024 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 1.59 | 2023 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 1.55 | 2022 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 107 | Nigeria | 1.51 | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.38 | 2019 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 1.37 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 1.32 | 2024 | up 842.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 1.1 | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 1.09 | 2023 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 113 | Jamaica | 1.01 | 2024 | up 288.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Georgia | 0.92 | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 115 | Gabon | 0.77 | 2022 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 116 | Tonga | 0.76 | 2021 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 0.7 | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 118 | Bhutan | 0.68 | 2022 | up 353.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 0.62 | 2022 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 120 | Tanzania | 0.56 | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Benin | 0.54 | 2024 | up 5,300.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Botswana | 0.54 | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Kiribati | 0.53 | 2023 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 123 | Yemen | 0.53 | 2022 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 125 | Kenya | 0.49 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 126 | Comoros | 0.48 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 0.47 | 2024 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 128 | Cambodia | 0.46 | 2018 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 129 | Mali | 0.43 | 2024 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Ecuador | 0.41 | 2015 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 0.39 | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.39 | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Russia | 0.39 | 2020 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 134 | Eswatini | 0.37 | 2024 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 135 | South Sudan | 0.36 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Uganda | 0.36 | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 0.34 | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.33 | 2014 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 0.32 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 140 | Togo | 0.28 | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 141 | Liberia | 0.27 | 2024 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.26 | 2024 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 0.24 | 2024 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Sudan | 0.24 | 2017 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.22 | 2022 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.21 | 2024 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritania | 0.2 | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.16 | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Mozambique | 0.16 | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Guinea | 0.15 | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 151 | Morocco | 0.14 | 2024 | down 94.6% | falling |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 0.12 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 0.11 | 2022 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 154 | Burundi | 0.09 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.09 | 2022 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Malawi | 0.08 | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Chad | 0.08 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 159 | Congo | 0.06 | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Gambia | 0.04 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Rwanda | 0.04 | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 0.02 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Niger | 0.02 | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.01 | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Madagascar | 0.01 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |