Number of pharmacists rose 1.89% to 54,493 persons in Germany in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, number of pharmacists in Germany reached an all time high of 54,493 persons in 2018 and an all time low of 41,607 persons in 1991.
Germany has been ranked 6th within the group of 26 countries we follow in terms of number of pharmacists, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Pharmacists | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | persons | 5,918 | 5,999 | 6,104 | 6,194 | 6,246 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 13,280 | 13,508 | 13,643 | 13,876 | 14,084 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | persons | 6,383 | 6,724 | 6,965 | 7,172 | 7,308 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69,679 | 70,136 | 70,247 | 70,025 | 69,346 | ... | |||
| Germany | persons | 51,431 | 52,004 | 52,568 | 52,430 | 53,480 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | persons | 7,524 | 7,594 | 7,039 | 7,353 | 7,557 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68,474 | 70,277 | 69,939 | 70,074 | 70,934 | ||
| Luxembourg | persons | 382 | 382 | 397 | 406 | 416 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 3,566 | 3,635 | 3,599 | 3,651 | 3,571 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 27,446 | 27,747 | 28,121 | 29,268 | 29,330 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Spain | persons | 52,100 | 54,567 | 55,400 | 56,167 | 53,867 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | 5,223 | 5,292 | 5,339 | 5,863 | 5,889 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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