Physicians in South Korea
South Korea had 2.61 physicians per 1,000 people in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.
South Korea, 2022
2.61
Change from 2021
+0.09per 1,000 people
World, 2022
1.86 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
3.61 per 1,000 people
Physicians in South Korea over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Physicians per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.61 per 1,000 people | 1.86 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 2.52 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2020 | 2.51 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2019 | 2.46 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2018 | 2.39 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2017 | 2.34 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2016 | 2.29 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2015 | 2.24 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2014 | 2.21 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2013 | 2.18 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2012 | 2.10 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2011 | 2.06 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2010 | 2.02 per 1,000 people | 1.49 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 1.95 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 1.87 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 1.75 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 1.70 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 1.64 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 1.58 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 1.58 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 1.50 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 1.40 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2000 | 1.30 per 1,000 people | 1.52 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 1.32 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.09 from 2.52 per 1,000 people in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 2.10 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.51.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 1.86 per 1,000 people.
More for South Korea
All statistics for South Korea
Hospital beds
12.8 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
84.3 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
21.3 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
72.0 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
88
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
7.59 litres
2024 · WHO