Physicians in Eswatini

Eswatini had 0.56 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
Eswatini, 2023 0.56 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2022 0per 1,000 people 2022: 0.56 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Eswatini (2023).

Physicians in Eswatini 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 EswatiniWorld
2023 0.56 per 1,000 people –
2022 0.56 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2020 0.14 per 1,000 people –
2018 0.24 per 1,000 people –
2017 0.18 per 1,000 people –
2016 0.09 per 1,000 people –
2011 0.10 per 1,000 people –
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 0.16 per 1,000 people –
2004 0.16 per 1,000 people –
2003 0.15 per 1,000 people –
2001 0.17 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 from 0.56 per 1,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2001, when it was 0.17 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.39.

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 Eswatini
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