Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2019, Japan ranked the highest in pharmacists per 10,000 people with 19.3 persons followed by Belgium and Spain. On the other end of the scale was Netherlands with 2.16 persons, Iceland with 5.32 persons and Denmark with 5.54 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Pharmacists (Per 10,000 People) indicator page.
| Pharmacists (Per 10,000 People) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | persons | 8.24 | 8.37 | 8.55 | 8.75 | 8.95 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.7 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.30 | 9.40 | 9.90 | 10.1 | 10.4 | ... | ||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | ... | |||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Israel | persons | 7.62 | 7.46 | 7.94 | 7.72 | 8.21 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | ||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.1 | ... | 18.4 | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Latvia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.90 | 7.63 | 7.82 | 8.22 | 9.33 | ||||||||||||
| Lithuania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.56 | ... | ||||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.98 | 7.33 | 7.57 | 7.97 | 8.18 | ||||||
| Portugal | persons | 7.64 | 7.95 | 8.28 | 8.37 | 8.92 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Romania | persons | 7.55 | 7.96 | 8.01 | 8.08 | 8.43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | 8.16 | 8.44 | 8.59 | 8.90 | 9.15 |
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