Physicians in Bolivia

Bolivia had 1.28 physicians per 1,000 people in 2021.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Bolivia, 2021 1.28 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2020 +0.32per 1,000 people 2020: 0.96 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Bolivia (2021).

Physicians in Bolivia 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), 2000 to 2022
Period BoliviaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 1.28 per 1,000 people –
2020 0.96 per 1,000 people –
2019 1.09 per 1,000 people –
2017 1.02 per 1,000 people –
2016 1.57 per 1,000 people –
2011 0.46 per 1,000 people –
2010 0.43 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2007 0.33 per 1,000 people –
2001 1.18 per 1,000 people –
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.32 from 0.96 per 1,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 1993, when it was 0.43 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.86.

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
1960 to 2021 for Bolivia
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