Pharmacists — Health and social employment in Iceland
Iceland: Pharmacists — Health and social employment was 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025. ▲ Rising
Pharmacists — Health and social employment in Iceland, 2016–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants for pharmacists — health and social employment in 2025. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pharmacists — health and social employment in Iceland peaked at 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 2016.
Iceland ranks 3rd of 22 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Pharmacists — Health and social employment in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2017 | 1.79 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.84 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.0% |
| 2025 | 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.84 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 4 |
| 2020s | 1.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 1 Latvia 1.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 1 Malta 2.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 2 Belgium 2.19 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 2 Lithuania 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 2 Croatia 1.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 3 Estonia 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Finland 2.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Netherlands 0.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 5 Portugal 1.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 6 Italy 1.82 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
More work & labour data for Iceland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4964 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4501 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5492 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2312 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 373.77 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 16.3 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 169.5 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 193.08 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 362.58 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pharmacists — health and social employment in Iceland?
- Pharmacists — health and social employment in Iceland was 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest pharmacists — health and social employment recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025.
- What is the lowest pharmacists — health and social employment recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2016.
- How does Iceland rank for pharmacists — health and social employment?
- Iceland ranks 3rd out of 22 countries with data for 2025.
- Is pharmacists — health and social employment rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Pharmacists — Health and social employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides data on the number of pharmacists by status (ie. practising pharmacists, professionally active pharmacists, and pharmacists licenced to practice). Practising pharmacists prepare, dispense or sell medicaments and drugs for patients and provide advice. Professionally active pharmacists are practising pharmacists and other pharmacists for whom their education in pharmacy is a prerequisite for the execution of the job. Pharmacists licensed to practice include practising and other (non-practising) pharmacists who are registered and entitled to practice. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.