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Physicians by country, 2020

Generalist and specialist medical practitioners per 1,000 people. National definitions of who is counted vary.

136 places ranked for 2020. Highest: Cuba (9.29 per 1,000 people). Lowest: Niger (0.04 per 1,000 people). The median is 2.23 per 1,000 people.

Unit: physicians per 1,000 people Source: World Bank Trend, map and download

Highest 10

  1. 1. Cuba 9.29 per 1,000 people
  2. 2. Monaco 8.61 per 1,000 people
  3. 3. Greece 6.19 per 1,000 people
  4. 4. Portugal 5.58 per 1,000 people
  5. 5. Austria 5.34 per 1,000 people
  6. 6. Argentina 5.30 per 1,000 people
  7. 7. Georgia 5.12 per 1,000 people
  8. 8. Norway 4.68 per 1,000 people
  9. 9. Belarus 4.61 per 1,000 people
  10. 10. Andorra 4.59 per 1,000 people

Lowest 10

  1. 136. Niger 0.04 per 1,000 people
  2. 135. South Sudan 0.04 per 1,000 people
  3. 134. Malawi 0.05 per 1,000 people
  4. 133. Chad 0.06 per 1,000 people
  5. 132. Burundi 0.07 per 1,000 people
  6. 131. Sierra Leone 0.07 per 1,000 people
  7. 130. Kenya 0.07 per 1,000 people
  8. 129. Gambia 0.08 per 1,000 people
  9. 128. Togo 0.08 per 1,000 people
  10. 127. Senegal 0.08 per 1,000 people

The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 136. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

In short

  • Among the 136 countries with a value for 2020, the highest is Cuba (9.29 per 1,000 people) and the lowest Niger (0.04 per 1,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 2.23 per 1,000 people and half below.
  • From 2019 to 2020 the value rose in 5 countries and fell in 5.

Full ranking

Physicians by country, 2020
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Cuba 9.29 per 1,000 people 2020
2 Monaco 8.61 per 1,000 people 2020
3 Greece 6.19 per 1,000 people 2020
4 Portugal 5.58 per 1,000 people 2020
5 Austria 5.34 per 1,000 people 2020
6 Argentina 5.30 per 1,000 people 2020
7 Georgia 5.12 per 1,000 people 2020
8 Norway 4.68 per 1,000 people 2020
9 Belarus 4.61 per 1,000 people 2020
10 Andorra 4.59 per 1,000 people 2020
11 Spain 4.55 per 1,000 people 2020
12 Lithuania 4.48 per 1,000 people 2020
13 Germany 4.44 per 1,000 people 2020
14 Switzerland 4.39 per 1,000 people 2020
15 Denmark 4.38 per 1,000 people 2020
16 Sweden 4.32 per 1,000 people 2020
17 Iceland 4.32 per 1,000 people 2020
18 Trinidad and Tobago 4.30 per 1,000 people 2020
19 Bulgaria 4.28 per 1,000 people 2020
20 Saint Lucia 4.23 per 1,000 people 2020
21 Malta 4.16 per 1,000 people 2020
22 Czechia 4.15 per 1,000 people 2020
23 Moldova 4.04 per 1,000 people 2020
24 Italy 3.97 per 1,000 people 2020
25 Australia 3.90 per 1,000 people 2020
26 Russia 3.81 per 1,000 people 2020
27 Netherlands 3.81 per 1,000 people 2020
28 Mongolia 3.78 per 1,000 people 2020
29 Slovakia 3.67 per 1,000 people 2020
30 Kazakhstan 3.66 per 1,000 people 2020
31 Finland 3.61 per 1,000 people 2020
32 Croatia 3.61 per 1,000 people 2020
33 Israel 3.57 per 1,000 people 2020
34 United States 3.52 per 1,000 people 2020
35 Belgium 3.51 per 1,000 people 2020
36 Estonia 3.48 per 1,000 people 2020
37 Ireland 3.46 per 1,000 people 2020
38 New Zealand 3.44 per 1,000 people 2020
39 North Macedonia 3.34 per 1,000 people 2020
40 Latvia 3.34 per 1,000 people 2020
41 Romania 3.31 per 1,000 people 2020
42 Poland 3.30 per 1,000 people 2020
43 Slovenia 3.30 per 1,000 people 2020
44 France 3.25 per 1,000 people 2020
45 Cyprus 3.20 per 1,000 people 2020
46 Armenia 3.16 per 1,000 people 2020
47 Hungary 3.14 per 1,000 people 2020
48 Azerbaijan 3.13 per 1,000 people 2020
49 Saudi Arabia 3.08 per 1,000 people 2020
50 United Kingdom 3.03 per 1,000 people 2020
51 Serbia 2.88 per 1,000 people 2020
52 Montenegro 2.83 per 1,000 people 2020
53 United Arab Emirates 2.83 per 1,000 people 2020
54 Chile 2.80 per 1,000 people 2020
55 Mauritius 2.69 per 1,000 people 2020
56 Lebanon 2.68 per 1,000 people 2020
57 Singapore 2.64 per 1,000 people 2020
58 Barbados 2.62 per 1,000 people 2020
59 Japan 2.59 per 1,000 people 2020
60 South Korea 2.51 per 1,000 people 2020
61 Costa Rica 2.49 per 1,000 people 2020
62 Mexico 2.43 per 1,000 people 2020
63 Canada 2.42 per 1,000 people 2020
64 Colombia 2.39 per 1,000 people 2020
65 China 2.39 per 1,000 people 2020
66 Ecuador 2.31 per 1,000 people 2020
67 Uzbekistan 2.31 per 1,000 people 2020
68 Kuwait 2.27 per 1,000 people 2020
69 Malaysia 2.18 per 1,000 people 2020
70 Oman 2.00 per 1,000 people 2020
71 Tajikistan 2.00 per 1,000 people 2020
72 Türkiye 1.99 per 1,000 people 2020
73 Turkmenistan 1.96 per 1,000 people 2020
74 Dominican Republic 1.95 per 1,000 people 2020
75 Albania 1.88 per 1,000 people 2020
76 Palau 1.80 per 1,000 people 2020
77 Kyrgyzstan 1.69 per 1,000 people 2020
78 Panama 1.63 per 1,000 people 2020
79 Syria 1.50 per 1,000 people 2020
80 Peru 1.44 per 1,000 people 2020
81 Guyana 1.39 per 1,000 people 2020
82 Tuvalu 1.35 per 1,000 people 2020
83 Tunisia 1.32 per 1,000 people 2020
84 Paraguay 1.30 per 1,000 people 2020
85 Guatemala 1.28 per 1,000 people 2020
86 Sri Lanka 1.17 per 1,000 people 2020
87 Micronesia 0.97 per 1,000 people 2020
88 Bolivia 0.96 per 1,000 people 2020
89 Tonga 0.95 per 1,000 people 2020
90 Iraq 0.92 per 1,000 people 2020
91 Nepal 0.86 per 1,000 people 2020
92 Viet Nam 0.86 per 1,000 people 2020
93 Philippines 0.75 per 1,000 people 2020
94 Timor-Leste 0.75 per 1,000 people 2020
95 Bahrain 0.74 per 1,000 people 2020
96 Cabo Verde 0.73 per 1,000 people 2020
97 India 0.72 per 1,000 people 2020
98 Egypt 0.67 per 1,000 people 2020
99 Bangladesh 0.66 per 1,000 people 2020
100 Indonesia 0.62 per 1,000 people 2020
101 Gabon 0.59 per 1,000 people 2020
102 Samoa 0.56 per 1,000 people 2020
103 Thailand 0.51 per 1,000 people 2020
104 Honduras 0.49 per 1,000 people 2020
105 Bhutan 0.49 per 1,000 people 2020
106 Comoros 0.44 per 1,000 people 2020
107 Botswana 0.43 per 1,000 people 2020
108 Namibia 0.38 per 1,000 people 2020
109 Laos 0.36 per 1,000 people 2020
110 Afghanistan 0.25 per 1,000 people 2020
111 Zambia 0.25 per 1,000 people 2020
112 Mauritania 0.20 per 1,000 people 2020
113 Guinea-Bissau 0.19 per 1,000 people 2020
114 Yemen 0.18 per 1,000 people 2020
115 Ghana 0.17 per 1,000 people 2020
116 Uganda 0.16 per 1,000 people 2020
117 Côte d'Ivoire 0.15 per 1,000 people 2020
118 Liberia 0.15 per 1,000 people 2020
119 Eswatini 0.14 per 1,000 people 2020
120 Zimbabwe 0.13 per 1,000 people 2020
121 Rwanda 0.12 per 1,000 people 2020
122 Ethiopia 0.10 per 1,000 people 2020
123 Cameroon 0.10 per 1,000 people 2020
124 Burkina Faso 0.10 per 1,000 people 2020
125 Eritrea 0.09 per 1,000 people 2020
126 Mozambique 0.08 per 1,000 people 2020
127 Senegal 0.08 per 1,000 people 2020
128 Togo 0.08 per 1,000 people 2020
129 Gambia 0.08 per 1,000 people 2020
130 Kenya 0.07 per 1,000 people 2020
131 Sierra Leone 0.07 per 1,000 people 2020
132 Burundi 0.07 per 1,000 people 2020
133 Chad 0.06 per 1,000 people 2020
134 Malawi 0.05 per 1,000 people 2020
135 South Sudan 0.04 per 1,000 people 2020
136 Niger 0.04 per 1,000 people 2020

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

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How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2020, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2020 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

Earlier years: use the year selector above. Methodology · Coverage and freshness

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