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Pharmaceutical industry direct employment
Global: 7.8 million in 2022.
- 7.8 million Latest · Global · 2022
- Annual Release cadence
- 1 Record · 1 region · 2022
Verified 15 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher · Next period 2023
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Pharmaceutical industry direct employment
Global, 2022
Every record
1 record · 1 region · 2022. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
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How this measure is built
- Definition
- Total number of people directly employed by the pharmaceutical industry.
- Measure
- One slice of Employment ( counting rule: direct, form: count ) . Total number of individuals employed within a specified industry sector or facility. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 1 document
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines | IFPMA | — | 1 |
Other slices of employment
- Employment rate of labour force with an ICT education 12 ict education
- ICT sector share of total employment 10 ict sector
- Share of ICT specialists in total employment 10 ict specialist
- Share of employed persons with tertiary ICT education 9 tertiary ict education
- Average annual growth rate of employed women with an ICT education 8 female ict education
- Male share of ICT specialists 8 male ict specialist
- Female ICT specialists in employment 7 female ict specialist
- Share of youth among employed persons with an ICT education 7 youth ict education
- Average annual growth rate of employed persons with tertiary ICT education 6 tertiary ict education
- ICT specialists employment annual growth rate 6 ict specialist
- ICT specialists in employment 6 ict specialist
- Production and nonsupervisory employees 6 production and nonsupervisory
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest pharmaceutical industry direct employment?
Global: 7.8 million in 2022.
Where does this data come from?
From 1 document published by IFPMA. Every figure on this page links to its record, which preserves the original source evidence.
How often is it updated?
Annual. The newest published period is 2022; the next release should cover 2023. A new figure appears here once the publisher releases it and it passes verification.
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StatOrigin. (2026). Pharmaceutical industry direct employment [Data set]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/indicators/pharmaceutical-industry-direct-employment
"Pharmaceutical industry direct employment." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/indicators/pharmaceutical-industry-direct-employment. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
StatOrigin. "Pharmaceutical industry direct employment." Data set, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://statorigin.org/indicators/pharmaceutical-industry-direct-employment.
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