Physicians (per 1,000 people)

Dataset SH.MED.PHYS.ZS published by World Bank, World Development Indicators. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Publisher: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Original producer: World Health Organization, Global Health Workforce Statistics; OECD
Code: SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Last update by provider: 8 October 2026
Last checked here: 9 November 2026
Licence (series metadata): CC BY-4.0
Source note: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Country data

Definition published with the series

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Measures taken from this dataset

Measure	Fixed selection	Unit
Physicians per 1,000 people (WHO)	SH.MED.PHYS.ZS	physicians per 1,000 people