Physicians in Samoa

Samoa had 0.56 physicians per 1,000 people in 2021.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2021 0.56 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2020 0per 1,000 people 2020: 0.56 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Samoa (2021).

Physicians in Samoa 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 2022
Period SamoaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 0.56 per 1,000 people –
2020 0.56 per 1,000 people –
2019 0.56 per 1,000 people –
2016 0.33 per 1,000 people –
2013 0.46 per 1,000 people –
2010 0.33 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2008 0.45 per 1,000 people –
2005 0.27 per 1,000 people –
2003 0.27 per 1,000 people –
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 0.67 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 from 0.56 per 1,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 1998, when it was 0.33 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.23.

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 2021 for Samoa
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