Physicians in Tonga

Tonga had 1.01 physicians per 1,000 people in 2021. The value for 2021 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 2021 Source: World Bank
Tonga, 2021 1.01 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2020 +0.07per 1,000 people 2020: 0.95 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Tonga (2021).

Physicians in Tonga 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 TongaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 1.01 per 1,000 people –
2020 0.95 per 1,000 people –
2019 1.01 per 1,000 people –
2013 0.51 per 1,000 people –
2010 0.54 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 0.58 per 1,000 people –
2008 0.53 per 1,000 people –
2002 0.29 per 1,000 people –
2001 0.34 per 1,000 people –
2000 0.50 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.07 from 0.95 per 1,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 1997, when it was 0.44 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.57.

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 Tonga
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