Pharmacists per 10,000 population by country
Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population)
Countries reporting
152
Highest
23.36 per 10,000 population
Monaco
Lowest
0.01 per 10,000 population
Madagascar
Median
2.34 per 10,000 population
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
2,272
What the numbers show
Pharmacists per 10,000 population is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 23.36 per 10,000 population in Monaco; the lowest is 0.01 per 10,000 population in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.34 per 10,000 population, and the mean is 4.68 per 10,000 population.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,336.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 2,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 90.7%).
Pharmacists per 10,000 population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 23.36 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 2 | Belgium | 21.18 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 3 | Jordan | 20.3 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 20.28 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 103.0% | falling |
| 5 | Japan | 20.26 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 6 | Syria | 16.31 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 7 | Lebanon | 16.3 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 15.28 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 216.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Italy | 13.42 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 11 | Qatar | 12.44 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 12 | Lithuania | 12.39 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 12.29 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 12.09 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 11.79 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 11.42 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 17 | Barbados | 11.41 per 10,000 population | 2022 | — | rising |
| 18 | United States | 11.13 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 11.11 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 110.4% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 11.07 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 11.04 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 133.9% | falling |
| 23 | San Marino | 10.98 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 24 | Greece | 10.82 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 10.17 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 9.99 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 27 | Andorra | 9.77 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 28 | Australia | 9.37 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 29 | France | 9.34 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 9.28 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 9 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 8.97 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 8.78 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 34 | Israel | 8.64 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 35 | India | 8.56 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 36 | Latvia | 8.54 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 37 | Slovakia | 8.47 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 38 | Hungary | 8.4 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 39 | South Korea | 8.04 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 40 | Sweden | 7.83 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 41 | Austria | 7.62 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 7.34 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 7.27 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 7.27 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 335.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 7.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 7.13 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 47 | New Zealand | 7.09 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 48 | Maldives | 7.01 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 48 | Oman | 7.01 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 51 | Germany | 6.71 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 52 | Singapore | 6.65 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 6.61 per 10,000 population | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.28 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 55 | Malaysia | 6.26 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Iraq | 6.19 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 238.3% | rising |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 5.95 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 58 | Denmark | 5.81 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 5.8 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 60 | Jamaica | 4.83 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 1,688.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Philippines | 4.73 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 79.2% | falling |
| 62 | Belarus | 4.5 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 4.48 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 64 | Egypt | 4.26 per 10,000 population | 2018 | — | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 4.22 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 955.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Brazil | 4.14 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 67 | Libya | 4.1 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 68 | North Korea | 3.91 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 69 | China | 3.73 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 70 | Vietnam | 3.37 per 10,000 population | 2016 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 71 | Iran | 3.36 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 3.21 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 73 | Algeria | 3 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Norway | 2.81 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 59.3% | rising |
| 75 | Montenegro | 2.75 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 76 | South Africa | 2.7 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 2.56 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 2.42 per 10,000 population | 2021 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bolivia | 2.41 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 276.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Namibia | 2.27 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 81 | Nepal | 2.25 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 411.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Thailand | 2.24 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 2.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 84 | Netherlands | 2.17 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 85 | Brunei | 2.1 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 86 | Djibouti | 2.09 per 10,000 population | 2014 | up 850.0% | volatile |
| 87 | East Timor | 2.08 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 1,385.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Pakistan | 2 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 89 | Indonesia | 1.97 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 1.92 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 91 | Colombia | 1.84 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 92 | Ghana | 1.73 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 652.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahrain | 1.65 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 93 | Peru | 1.65 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 217.3% | falling |
| 95 | El Salvador | 1.59 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Serbia | 1.55 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 1.47 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 2,000.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 1.39 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.38 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 1.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 337.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 1.1 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 1.09 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 103 | Moldova | 1.06 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.92 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 105 | Nigeria | 0.82 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 0.78 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 107 | Gabon | 0.77 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 108 | Tonga | 0.76 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Mali | 0.75 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 733.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Zambia | 0.71 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 111 | Bhutan | 0.68 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 353.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0.62 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 113 | Botswana | 0.53 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Yemen | 0.53 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.51 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 116 | Comoros | 0.48 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 117 | Cambodia | 0.46 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 118 | Ecuador | 0.41 per 10,000 population | 2015 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 119 | Armenia | 0.39 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0.39 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.39 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Russia | 0.39 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 123 | Uganda | 0.36 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Tanzania | 0.35 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Eswatini | 0.34 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 126 | Ukraine | 0.33 per 10,000 population | 2014 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 0.32 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 127 | Liberia | 0.32 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Mauritius | 0.32 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 90.4% | rising |
| 130 | Benin | 0.31 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Togo | 0.28 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.25 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 132 | Kiribati | 0.25 per 10,000 population | 2016 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 134 | Sudan | 0.24 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Cameroon | 0.22 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Kenya | 0.21 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.2 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 137 | Senegal | 0.2 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 139 | Cape Verde | 0.19 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 0.19 per 10,000 population | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Guinea | 0.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.15 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Burundi | 0.09 per 10,000 population | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.09 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Chad | 0.08 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Malawi | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 148 | Rwanda | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Congo | 0.05 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Gambia | 0.04 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 0.03 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Niger | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population)