Physicians in Vanuatu

Vanuatu had 0.16 physicians per 1,000 people in 2019.

Measure: Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Physicians per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2019 0.16 Physicians per 1,000 people
Change from 2018 +0.03per 1,000 people 2018: 0.14 per 1,000 people
World, 2022 1.86 per 1,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Vanuatu (2019).

Physicians in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2022 – 1.86 per 1,000 people
2019 0.16 per 1,000 people –
2018 0.14 per 1,000 people –
2016 0.17 per 1,000 people –
2012 0.19 per 1,000 people –
2010 – 1.49 per 1,000 people
2008 0.12 per 1,000 people –
2007 0.12 per 1,000 people –
2004 0.15 per 1,000 people –
2000 – 1.52 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.03 from 0.14 per 1,000 people in 2018.
  • Since 1986, when it was 0.20 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.04.

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 2019 for Vanuatu
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