Health - Pharmacy density in Saxony above federal average
Supply with pharmacies is better in Saxony than the national average. At the end of 2023, 4,509 people were supplied by a pharmacy in the Free State – in Germany, on average, it was 4,819 people, according to figures from the Federal Statistical Office.
In Saarland, only 3,781 people went to a pharmacy. This is the lowest number of all federal states. Following Saarland are Saxony-Anhalt with 3,894 and Thuringia with 4,288 people per pharmacy. At the other end are the city-states Bremen (5,321), Berlin (5,290), and Hamburg (5,177).
Fewer pharmacies mean more turnover
Nationwide, pharmacy supply is getting worse. According to the Statistical Office, there were still an average of 3,909 inhabitants per pharmacy ten years ago.
The turnover of pharmacies has increased in real terms by more than one third from 2013 to 2023. However, the turnover went down again recently: in Germany, pharmacies generated three percent less revenue in 2023 than in the previous year.
Source: Destatis on pharmacies
- Despite having a better pharmacy supply than the national average, Germany still lags behind cities like Bremen, Berlin, and Hamburg, with Saxony having 4,509 people supplied by pharmacies compared to Germany's 4,819.
- The Federal Statistical Office has reported that Saarland, with its population of 3,781 people per pharmacy, has the lowest pharmacy supply among all federal states, followed closely by Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
- Interestingly, despite having fewer pharmacies, the turnover of pharmacies in Germany has increased significantly from 2013 to 2023, according to statistics from the Federal Statistical Office.
- Despite a decrease in revenue in the last year, the turnover of pharmacies in Dresden, Germany, has still increased in real terms by more than one third from 2013 to 2023, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office.
