Physicians in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Somalia, Fed. Rep. had 0.05 physicians per 1,000 people in 2014.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2014 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Somalia, Fed. Rep. is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2020.
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2014 0.05 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2006 +0.02per 1,000 people 2006: 0.03 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Somalia, Fed. Rep. (2014).

Physicians in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2014 0.05 per 1,000 people –
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2006 0.03 per 1,000 people –
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 0.03 per 1,000 people in 2006, a change of +0.02.
  • Since 1960, when it was 0.02 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.02.

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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 2014 for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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