Physicians in Norway

Norway had 4.98 physicians per 1,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Norway, 2023 4.98 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2022 +0.07per 1,000 people 2022: 4.91 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Norway (2023).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 3.84 per 1,000 people Middle value of 10 countries

Physicians in Norway 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 NorwayWorld
2023 4.98 per 1,000 people –
2022 4.91 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 4.77 per 1,000 people –
2020 4.68 per 1,000 people –
2019 4.58 per 1,000 people –
2018 4.47 per 1,000 people –
2017 4.35 per 1,000 people –
2016 4.22 per 1,000 people –
2015 4.09 per 1,000 people –
2014 4.43 per 1,000 people –
2013 4.31 per 1,000 people –
2012 4.23 per 1,000 people –
2011 4.19 per 1,000 people –
2010 4.11 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 4.05 per 1,000 people –
2008 3.96 per 1,000 people –
2007 3.84 per 1,000 people –
2006 3.73 per 1,000 people –
2005 3.56 per 1,000 people –
2004 3.40 per 1,000 people –
2003 3.23 per 1,000 people –
2002 3.22 per 1,000 people –
2001 3.54 per 1,000 people –
2000 3.38 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 3.29 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.07 from 4.91 per 1,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.31 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.67.

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 Norway
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