Physicians in Greenland

Greenland had 1.14 physicians per 1,000 people in 1980.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 1980 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Greenland is for 1980. Most countries have figures for 2020.
Greenland, 1980 1.14 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 1970 +0.23per 1,000 people 1970: 0.91 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Greenland (1980).

Physicians in Greenland 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 GreenlandWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.91 per 1,000 people in 1970, a change of +0.23.
  • Since 1960, when it was 1.17 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.03.

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 1980 for Greenland
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