Physicians in French Polynesia

French Polynesia had 1.70 physicians per 1,000 people in 2000.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1985 to 2000 Source: World Bank
The latest value for French Polynesia is for 2000. Most countries have figures for 2020.
French Polynesia, 2000 1.70 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 1985 +0.45per 1,000 people 1985: 1.25 per 1,000 people
World, 2000 1.52 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Physicians in French Polynesia 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 2022
Period French PolynesiaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2000 1.70 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 1.25 per 1,000 people in 1985, a change of +0.45.
  • The figure for the world in 2000 was 1.52 per 1,000 people.

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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
1985 to 2000 for French Polynesia
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