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Physicians by country, 2020, OECD (38 countries)

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

37 places ranked for 2020. Highest: Greece (6.19 per 1,000 people). Lowest: Türkiye (1.99 per 1,000 people). The median is 3.52 per 1,000 people.

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

Members since Costa Rica joined on 25 May 2021. About this group

Highest 10

  1. 1. Greece 6.19 per 1,000 people
  2. 2. Portugal 5.58 per 1,000 people
  3. 3. Austria 5.34 per 1,000 people
  4. 4. Norway 4.68 per 1,000 people
  5. 5. Spain 4.55 per 1,000 people
  6. 6. Lithuania 4.48 per 1,000 people
  7. 7. Germany 4.44 per 1,000 people
  8. 8. Switzerland 4.39 per 1,000 people
  9. 9. Denmark 4.38 per 1,000 people
  10. 10. Sweden 4.32 per 1,000 people

Lowest 10

  1. 37. Türkiye 1.99 per 1,000 people
  2. 36. Colombia 2.39 per 1,000 people
  3. 35. Canada 2.42 per 1,000 people
  4. 34. Mexico 2.43 per 1,000 people
  5. 33. Costa Rica 2.49 per 1,000 people
  6. 32. South Korea 2.51 per 1,000 people
  7. 31. Japan 2.59 per 1,000 people
  8. 30. Chile 2.80 per 1,000 people
  9. 29. United Kingdom 3.03 per 1,000 people
  10. 28. Hungary 3.14 per 1,000 people

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Full ranking

Physicians by country, 2020, OECD (38 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Greece 6.19 per 1,000 people 2020
2 Portugal 5.58 per 1,000 people 2020
3 Austria 5.34 per 1,000 people 2020
4 Norway 4.68 per 1,000 people 2020
5 Spain 4.55 per 1,000 people 2020
6 Lithuania 4.48 per 1,000 people 2020
7 Germany 4.44 per 1,000 people 2020
8 Switzerland 4.39 per 1,000 people 2020
9 Denmark 4.38 per 1,000 people 2020
10 Sweden 4.32 per 1,000 people 2020
11 Iceland 4.32 per 1,000 people 2020
12 Czechia 4.15 per 1,000 people 2020
13 Italy 3.97 per 1,000 people 2020
14 Australia 3.90 per 1,000 people 2020
15 Netherlands 3.81 per 1,000 people 2020
16 Slovakia 3.67 per 1,000 people 2020
17 Finland 3.61 per 1,000 people 2020
18 Israel 3.57 per 1,000 people 2020
19 United States 3.52 per 1,000 people 2020
20 Belgium 3.51 per 1,000 people 2020
21 Estonia 3.48 per 1,000 people 2020
22 Ireland 3.46 per 1,000 people 2020
23 New Zealand 3.44 per 1,000 people 2020
24 Latvia 3.34 per 1,000 people 2020
25 Poland 3.30 per 1,000 people 2020
26 Slovenia 3.30 per 1,000 people 2020
27 France 3.25 per 1,000 people 2020
28 Hungary 3.14 per 1,000 people 2020
29 United Kingdom 3.03 per 1,000 people 2020
30 Chile 2.80 per 1,000 people 2020
31 Japan 2.59 per 1,000 people 2020
32 South Korea 2.51 per 1,000 people 2020
33 Costa Rica 2.49 per 1,000 people 2020
34 Mexico 2.43 per 1,000 people 2020
35 Canada 2.42 per 1,000 people 2020
36 Colombia 2.39 per 1,000 people 2020
37 Türkiye 1.99 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.

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