Physicians in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan had 1.57 physicians per 1,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1981.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1981 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Kyrgyzstan, 2023 1.57 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2022 −0.03per 1,000 people 2022: 1.60 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Kyrgyzstan (2023).

Physicians in Kyrgyzstan 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 2023
Period KyrgyzstanWorld
2023 1.57 per 1,000 people –
2022 1.60 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 1.65 per 1,000 people –
2020 1.69 per 1,000 people –
2019 1.76 per 1,000 people –
2018 1.79 per 1,000 people –
2017 1.84 per 1,000 people –
2016 1.85 per 1,000 people –
2015 1.85 per 1,000 people –
2014 1.84 per 1,000 people –
2013 1.87 per 1,000 people –
2012 1.88 per 1,000 people –
2011 1.90 per 1,000 people –
2010 1.87 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 1.88 per 1,000 people –
2008 1.89 per 1,000 people –
2007 1.89 per 1,000 people –
2006 1.96 per 1,000 people –
2005 2.02 per 1,000 people –
2004 1.98 per 1,000 people –
2003 2.08 per 1,000 people –
2002 2.02 per 1,000 people –
2001 1.75 per 1,000 people –
2000 1.80 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 2.84 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.03 from 1.60 per 1,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1.87 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.30.

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
1981 to 2023 for Kyrgyzstan
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