Physicians in Cuba

Cuba had 9.54 physicians per 1,000 people in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Cuba, 2021 9.54 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2020 +0.25per 1,000 people 2020: 9.29 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Cuba (2021).

Physicians in Cuba 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 CubaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 9.54 per 1,000 people –
2020 9.29 per 1,000 people –
2019 8.68 per 1,000 people –
2018 8.51 per 1,000 people –
2017 8.19 per 1,000 people –
2016 8.00 per 1,000 people –
2015 7.80 per 1,000 people –
2014 7.58 per 1,000 people –
2013 7.41 per 1,000 people –
2012 7.26 per 1,000 people –
2011 6.96 per 1,000 people –
2010 6.77 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 6.63 per 1,000 people –
2008 6.60 per 1,000 people –
2007 6.42 per 1,000 people –
2006 6.34 per 1,000 people –
2005 6.27 per 1,000 people –
2004 6.20 per 1,000 people –
2003 6.07 per 1,000 people –
2002 6.00 per 1,000 people –
2001 5.95 per 1,000 people –
2000 5.94 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 5.86 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.25 from 9.29 per 1,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 6.96 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.59.

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 Cuba
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