10 11
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Somalia* Congo (Dem. Rep. of)*
Malawi* Burundi Uganda Zambia
Bangladesh Tanzania Ethiopia Bhutan
Afghanistan Nepal
Cameroon Kenya
Zimbabwe PIC
Pakistan Mali
Senegal Nigeria
Cambodia Ghana
Vietnam Bosnia and Herzegovina
China Iran
South Africa Hong Kong SAR, China
Netherlands Malaysia
Singapore Uruguay Thailand Turkey Albania Israel
Mexico Norway Hungary
Saudi Arabia India
Finland Philippines Romania
Moldova (Rep. of) Croatia
Denmark Lithuania
Czech Republic Costa Rica
Great Britain Switzerland
Grenada Ukraine
USA Germany
Macedonia (Rep. of) New Zealand
Canada Ireland France
Australia Belgium
Korea (Rep. of) Portugal
Italy Iceland Spain
China Taiwan Egypt Jordan Japan Malta
Pharmacists per 10,000 population
3020100
Sample mean 6.02 Figure 3.2. Density of pharmacists per 10,000 population
(n=82 countries and territories) (*indicates a non-zero value)
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In most countries and territories, there is a greater density of pharmacists than pharmacies. However, some have many times more pharmacies than pharmacists (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, Vietnam and Zambia; see also Figure 3.4), flagging the issue of appropriate supervision of pharmaceutical services. Figure 3.3 shows the density of both pharmacists and pharmacies by WHO region for comparison. Regions with fewer pharmacists tend to have more pharmacies per capita showing as a smaller gap between pharmacists and pharmacies per capita.
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8
6
4
2
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Africa
SE Asia
Americas
Western Paciļ¬c
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Density pharmacies per 10,000 Density pharmacists per 10,000
Sample mean (pharmacists)
Sample mean (pharmacies)
Figure 3.3. Mean WHO regional values
of pharmacists and pharmacies per capita