Physicians in United Kingdom
United Kingdom had 3.30 physicians per 1,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
United Kingdom, 2023
3.30
Change from 2022
+0.16per 1,000 people
World, 2022
1.86 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
3.84 per 1,000 people
Physicians in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.30 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2022 | 3.14 per 1,000 people | 1.86 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 3.16 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2020 | 3.03 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2019 | 2.93 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2018 | 2.83 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2017 | 2.80 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2016 | 2.77 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2015 | 2.77 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2014 | 2.74 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2013 | 2.70 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2012 | 2.69 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2011 | 2.68 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2010 | 2.65 per 1,000 people | 1.49 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 2.64 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 2.56 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 2.48 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 2.45 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 2.40 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 2.32 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 2.19 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 2.11 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 2.04 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2000 | 1.99 per 1,000 people | 1.52 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 1.91 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.16 from 3.14 per 1,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 2.70 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.60.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
2.4 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 years
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
10.2%
2019 · Eurostat