Physicians in Djibouti

Djibouti had 0.21 physicians per 1,000 people in 2022.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Djibouti, 2022 0.21 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2014 +0.01per 1,000 people 2014: 0.20 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Physicians in Djibouti 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 DjiboutiWorld
2022 0.21 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2014 0.20 per 1,000 people –
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2006 0.22 per 1,000 people –
2005 0.17 per 1,000 people –
2004 0.16 per 1,000 people –
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 0.13 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.20 per 1,000 people in 2014, a change of +0.01.
  • Since 1981, when it was 0.22 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.01.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 1.86 per 1,000 people.

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 2022 for Djibouti
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