Physicians in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago had 4.16 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
Trinidad and Tobago, 2021 4.16 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2020 −0.14per 1,000 people 2020: 4.30 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Trinidad and Tobago (2021).

Physicians in Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad and TobagoWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 4.16 per 1,000 people –
2020 4.30 per 1,000 people –
2019 4.21 per 1,000 people –
2018 3.94 per 1,000 people –
2017 3.22 per 1,000 people –
2015 2.54 per 1,000 people –
2011 1.74 per 1,000 people –
2010 1.73 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2009 1.44 per 1,000 people –
2007 1.13 per 1,000 people –
2006 1.17 per 1,000 people –
2003 0.78 per 1,000 people –
2002 0.79 per 1,000 people –
2001 0.93 per 1,000 people –
2000 0.97 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 0.89 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.14 from 4.30 per 1,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 2006, when it was 1.17 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.99.

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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 2021 for Trinidad and Tobago
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