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Pharmacists

<p>This dataset provides data on the number of <strong>pharmacists by status</strong> (<em>ie.</em> practising pharmacists, professionally active pharmacists, and pharmacists licenced to practice).</p>

<p><strong>Practising pharmacists</strong> prepare, dispense or sell medicaments and drugs for patients and provide advice.</p>

<p><strong>Professionally active pharmacists</strong> are practising pharmacists and other pharmacists for whom their education in pharmacy is a prerequisite for the execution of the job.</p>

<p><strong>Pharmacists licensed to practice</strong> include practising and other (non-practising) pharmacists who are registered and entitled to practice.</p>

<p />Please refer to the <a target="_blank" href="https://stats.oecd.org/wbos/fileview2.aspx?IDFile=74b03a34-fc9e-4c7b-a1b2-63ff44b31adc">Sources and Methods</a> for detailed country-specific information.</p>

oecd-sdmx:DSD_HEALTH_REAC_EMP@DF_PHST

Pharmacists

OECD.ELS.HD

Publisher
OECD.ELS.HD
Source
OECD Data Explorer (oecd-sdmx)
Status
Active
Formats
SDMX-JSON
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (Data) · open
Standard
SDMX 2.1
Countries
49 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
oecd-sdmx:DSD_HEALTH_REAC_EMP@DF_PHST
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Pharmacists carries observations for 49 countries and areas:

Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Switzerland · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Spain · Estonia · Finland · France · United Kingdom · Greece · Croatia · Hungary · Ireland · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Japan · Korea · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Moldova · North Macedonia · Malta · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · New Zealand · Peru · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Serbia · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Türkiye · Ukraine · United States