health - A pharmacy for 4,899 Rheinland-Pfälzers
In Rhineland-Palatinate, a total of approximately 4,899 people rely on a pharmacy. The federal state is therefore close to the national average. According to statistics from the Federal Statistical Office, a pharmacy served 4,819 people in Germany as a whole at the end of the previous year.
In the neighboring Saarland, only 3,781 people relied on a pharmacy. This is the lowest number for all federal states and city-states. Following Saarland are Saxony-Anhalt with 3,894 and Thuringia with 4,288 people per pharmacy. At the other end of the spectrum are the city-states of Bremen (5,321), Berlin (5,290), and Hamburg (5,177).
Fewer pharmacies mean more revenue
The pharmacy supply in Germany is getting worse nationwide. On average, a pharmacy in Germany served 4,819 people at the end of 2023. Ten years ago, according to the Federal Statistical Office, this figure was on average still 3,909 inhabitants.
However, the revenue of pharmacies has increased significantly in real terms from 2013 to 2023. Most recently, pharmacy revenue in Germany decreased by three percent compared to the previous year.
Source: Destatis on pharmacies
- Interestingly, Mainz, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, has a similar pharmacy dependency as the national average with approximately 4,899 people relying on pharmacies.
- In contrast, the nearby Saarland, also part of Germany, has the lowest dependence on pharmacies with only 3,781 people relying on them, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office.
- The revenue of pharmacies in Rhineland-Palatinate, such as those in Mainz, has significantly increased in real terms from 2013 to 2023, despite the decreasing number of pharmacies serving a larger population.
- Data from the Federal Statistical Office shows that Saarland, as well as Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, have fewer people per pharmacy compared to other federal states and city-states in Germany, including Rhineland-Palatinate and Rhineland-Palatinate's city of Mainz.
- The pharmacy scene in Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as in the rest of Germany, including states like Saarland and other states with high population densities like Bremen, Berlin, and Hamburg, is closely monitored by the Federal Statistical Office, which provides statistics on the workings of the pharmacy industry in Germany.
