The number of public pharmacies in Saxony continues to decline. At the end of last year, there were 876 - 115 fewer than ten years previously, according to the State Statistical Office in Kamenz. In 2014, the number was still 991.
On average, one public pharmacy in the state supplied around 4,629 people in 2024. Nationwide, this figure was last at 4,750 (as of 2023). In Saxony, there were 22 public pharmacies for every 100,000 inhabitants. In 2014, there were still 24.
Within Saxony, the coverage rate was highest in Central Saxony with 25 pharmacies per 100,000 inhabitants. It was lowest in the district of Meißen and in the city of Dresden with 19 each. In Leipzig, the figure was 20 and in Chemnitz 22.
In total, around 2,255 pharmacists were working in pharmacies in Saxony as at December 31, 2024 - their average age was 44. Ten years earlier, it was 43 years. In addition to the public pharmacies, there were 19 hospital pharmacies in the state with 171 pharmacists.
In addition, 17 percent of 16- to 74-year-olds in the state used the option of ordering medicines or food supplements online last year in a reference period of three months.
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