Physicians in Palau

Palau had 1.81 physicians per 1,000 people in 2023.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1998 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Palau, 2023 1.81 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2022 −0.66per 1,000 people 2022: 2.47 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Palau (2023).

Physicians in Palau 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 2023
Period PalauWorld
2023 1.81 per 1,000 people –
2022 2.47 per 1,000 people 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 2.81 per 1,000 people –
2020 1.80 per 1,000 people –
2019 2.19 per 1,000 people –
2018 1.57 per 1,000 people –
2017 1.91 per 1,000 people –
2014 1.41 per 1,000 people –
2010 1.58 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 1.55 per 1,000 people –
2006 1.33 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 −0.66 from 2.47 per 1,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2006, when it was 1.33 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.48.

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
1998 to 2023 for Palau
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