Number of pharmacists rose 1.65% to 6,349 persons in Austria in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, number of pharmacists in Austria reached an all time high of 6,349 persons in 2018 and an all time low of 2,972 persons in 1980. When compared to Austria's main peers, number of pharmacists in Germany amounted to 54,493 persons, 7,842 persons in Hungary, 71,953 persons in Italy and 5,886 persons in Switzerland in 2018.
Austria has been ranked 16th within the group of 26 countries we follow in terms of number of pharmacists.
| 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 | ||
| Poland | persons | 27,446 | 27,747 | 28,121 | 29,268 | 29,330 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | persons | ... | 3,333 | 3,644 | 3,826 | 4,183 | 4,243 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | persons | 1,189 | 1,244 | 1,295 | 1,356 | 1,422 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | 5,223 | 5,292 | 5,339 | 5,863 | 5,889 | ... |
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