Physicians in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau had 0.25 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
Guinea-Bissau, 2022 0.25 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2021 +0.03per 1,000 people 2021: 0.22 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Physicians in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2022 0.25 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 0.22 per 1,000 people –
2020 0.19 per 1,000 people –
2018 0.30 per 1,000 people –
2016 0.10 per 1,000 people –
2015 0.20 per 1,000 people –
2011 0.06 per 1,000 people –
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 0.08 per 1,000 people –
2008 0.05 per 1,000 people –
2004 0.14 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 +0.03 from 0.22 per 1,000 people in 2021.
  • Since 1996, when it was 0.17 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.09.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 1.86 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
1960 to 2022 for Guinea-Bissau
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