Physicians in China
China had 3.11 physicians per 1,000 people in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1965.
China, 2022
3.11
Change from 2021
+0.60per 1,000 people
World, 2022
1.86 per 1,000 people
Median of G20 countries, 2022
3.14 per 1,000 people
Physicians in China over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Physicians per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.11 per 1,000 people | 1.86 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 2.52 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2020 | 2.39 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2019 | 2.26 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2018 | 2.12 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2017 | 2.00 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2016 | 1.89 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2015 | 1.80 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2014 | 1.71 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2013 | 1.66 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2012 | 1.56 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2011 | 1.49 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2010 | 1.46 per 1,000 people | 1.49 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 1.42 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 1.34 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 1.29 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 1.27 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 1.24 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 1.22 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 1.19 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 1.14 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 1.28 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2000 | 1.26 per 1,000 people | 1.52 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 1.24 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.60 from 2.52 per 1,000 people in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 1.56 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.55.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 1.86 per 1,000 people.
More for China
All statistics for China
Hospital beds
5.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
78.0 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
17.5 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
68.0 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
85
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
2.58 litres
2024 · WHO