Physicians in American Samoa

American Samoa had 0.78 physicians per 1,000 people in 1999.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1984 to 1999 Source: World Bank
The latest value for American Samoa is for 1999. Most countries have figures for 2020.
American Samoa, 1999 0.78 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 1984 +0.01per 1,000 people 1984: 0.77 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as American Samoa (1999).

Physicians in American Samoa over time

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Physicians per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) (physicians per 1,000 people), 1999 to 2022
Period American SamoaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 0.78 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.77 per 1,000 people in 1984, a change of +0.01.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Workforce Statistics; OECD
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1984 to 1999 for American Samoa
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Workforce Statistics; OECD