Physicians in Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde had 0.73 physicians per 1,000 people in 2023.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2023 0.73 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2022 +0.01per 1,000 people 2022: 0.72 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Cabo Verde (2023).

Physicians in Cabo Verde 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 2023
Period Cabo VerdeWorld
2023 0.73 per 1,000 people –
2022 0.72 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 0.73 per 1,000 people –
2020 0.73 per 1,000 people –
2019 0.74 per 1,000 people –
2018 0.71 per 1,000 people –
2017 0.66 per 1,000 people –
2016 0.73 per 1,000 people –
2015 0.74 per 1,000 people –
2014 0.46 per 1,000 people –
2013 0.60 per 1,000 people –
2012 0.51 per 1,000 people –
2011 0.57 per 1,000 people –
2010 0.57 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 0.14 per 1,000 people –
2004 0.49 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 +0.01 from 0.72 per 1,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 0.60 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.13.

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 2023 for Cabo Verde
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