Physicians in Tunisia

Tunisia had 1.32 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
Tunisia, 2021 1.32 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2020 0per 1,000 people 2020: 1.32 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Tunisia (2021).

Physicians in Tunisia 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 TunisiaWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2021 1.32 per 1,000 people –
2020 1.32 per 1,000 people –
2019 1.30 per 1,000 people –
2017 1.28 per 1,000 people –
2016 1.26 per 1,000 people –
2015 1.29 per 1,000 people –
2014 1.25 per 1,000 people –
2010 1.21 per 1,000 people 1.49 per 1,000 people
2008 1.09 per 1,000 people –
2007 1.01 per 1,000 people –
2005 0.92 per 1,000 people –
2004 1.31 per 1,000 people –
2003 0.81 per 1,000 people –
2002 0.80 per 1,000 people –
2001 0.79 per 1,000 people –
2000 0.76 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people
1999 0.74 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2020.
  • Since 2005, when it was 0.92 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.40.

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 Tunisia
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